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While this amendment makes sense given the current U.S. tariff trade challenges that could
lead to the ban of U.S. goods and services, the Ministry of Mines and Energy’s technical
briefing released with the legislation uses the People’s Republic of China as their example of
a “specific country, region or territory of origin”.
The use of Chinese goods and services (and not only Chinese State-owned enterprises) as
the example is problematic as the Minister of Energy and Mines continue to create hurdles
for renewable energy proponents in the government’s upcoming Second Long-Term
Procurement (LT2) while stacking the deck in favour of fossil fuel technologies including
dirty natural gas-powered generation.
The People’s Republic of China currently produces upwards of 80 per cent of all components
for solar panels and approximately 67 per cent of those of wind mills.
Enacting a ban of Chinese components in future energy procurements would effectively foil
the deployment of future solar and wind projects in Ontario. This move would deprive
Ontarians from the lowest-cost, fastest to build energy sources.
Soumis le 16 mai 2025 9:53 PM
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Projet de modifications à la Loi sur les mines, à la Loi de 1998 sur l’électricité et à la Loi de 1998 sur la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario pour protéger l’économie de l’Ontario et rendre la province plus prospère.
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