I believe that climate…

I believe that climate change is the single greatest issue imperilling the safety and security of Ontarians today. We need to take certain measures with expediency.

1) We need to commit to moving towards 100% renewable energy.

2) Conservation is consistently shown to be the most cost-effective means of reducing greenhouse gas production, therefore measures such as paying full value for conservation kilowatts is called for.

3) We need to close the Pickering Nuclear Station as soon as its license expires.

4) We need to sign long-term deals with Quebec to import water power which is cheaper and safer than what we are currently producing and will carry us over until we are fully producing renewable energy on our own.

5) As well, we need to take the off ramps and not rebuild Darlington and Bruce, which are expensive and dangerous dinosaurs in the future production of energy. Renewable energy is the way that the world the is moving and such technologies are becoming more cost efficient all the time. Nuclear is not on the same track.

I am confident that if we take these measures all Ontarians will benefit from not only a health, safety and security perspective, but also from an economic perspective.

[Original Comment ID: 206890]