Dear Premier and Ontario…

Dear Premier and Ontario Government,

The following is provided with respect to Bill 4, Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018:

Firstly, no action to implement this Bill should be taken until the Government has completed its consultation on the climate action plan which is to replace it.

The recent IPCC report (see: http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/) has highlighted the critical requirement for immediate action to combat climate change. Ontarians have always been proud to step up and to do what is required of them to advance the interests of fairness, freedom and justice, and expect our government to take all feasible actions to protect Ontarians (and others around the world) from harm by taking effective action to reduce our GHG emissions.

A number of jurisdictions have experience in taking effective action to reduce GHG emissions from which Ontario could draw lessons, including:

1. California, see: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/climate-change-programs
2. UK, see: https://www.theccc.org.uk/our-impact/ten-years-of-the-climate-change-ac…
3. Sweden, see: https://sweden.se/nature/sweden-tackles-climate-change/

In addition, I do not agree with the provisions of the Act which are intended to remove possible causes of action and to extinguish claims. The government is not above the law and should be subject to and governed by the same legal principles, and courts, as all others within the province.