I disagree with cancelling…

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I disagree with cancelling the Green Energy Act without implementing something equivalent in driving Ontario away from CO2 emitting technologies.
In Ontario, we need to transform our 100-year-old system into something that’s a lot more modern. This is a costly undertaking but needs to be tackled. Inflation, aging infrastructure and the expense of running nuclear plants are the main costs today - not Green Energy. We need to do it - can you do it more efficiently and effective? I hope so!
Farmers and small-business owners in rural Ontario have signed on to programs such as microFIT and net metering to offset hydro costs by producing their own electricity. Other property owners lease land to larger producers of renewable energy. Many participants in microFIT will not break even on their projects until 2019 or later — if their contracts were cancelled, they would face potential losses. Are you ready for the lawyers to sue Ontario to get their money back? We have the projects lets cut back on gas plants and nuclear and use and sell the renewable energy.

Many small to medium sized cities could thrive in building businesses based on green energy technology - why not build programs around this? Drive the economy this way? We have a diverse climate and could be a world leader with a little planning.