I sent an email to the…

I sent an email to the Premier shortly after he was elected, urging him not to abandon the existing cap-and-trade program without a reasonable alternative. The response I received was unsatisfactory, in fact, his office proposed no environmental protection plan whatsoever. To no one's surprise, Bill 4 fails to match the urgency of the climate crisis and represents a major step backward in the fight against climate change. It is unfair and irresponsible to eliminate the province’s only climate plan without a transparent one to replace it. It is deeply disappointing to this father, grandfather and taxpayer.

Contrary to the Premier's bluster about being pro-business and pro-jobs, Bill 4 closes Ontario for business to the $26 trillion global clean economy and will have a negative effect on clean jobs and investment.

A credible climate plan would include binding targets to shift Ontario towards being 100% carbon neutral by 2050, supported by specific measures in the areas of energy efficiency, home and building heating, transportation, electricity, and climate adaptation.

As a citizen of Ontario, I am embarrassed by this bill and plead with you to abandon it until you can come up with something better.