Ontario on track for Canada’s future

The communiqué from this week's Energy and Mines Ministers meeting assumes that Canada needs to supply the world with increasing amounts of energy, mainly through, tar sands developments which are characterized as "responsible and sustainable." Ontario was the only province to distance itself from this unsustainable energy strategy by rejecting the communiqué's wording on the tar sands.

Send Premier McGuinty a letter today applauding him for denouncing the promotion of the tar sand and encouraging the Premiers to push for more federal investment in renewable energy at the Council of the Federations meeting from July 20-22.

More information on the Energy and Mines Ministers meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta:
Ontario stands up to catastrophic global warming, will other provinces follow?
Ontario refuses to call Alberta's oil sands 'sustainable and responsible'
Ontario tax dollars supporting energy in the West, McGuinty says
Corbella: Industry sponsorship of ministerial conference throws gasoline on a simmering fire

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Hon. Dalton McGuinty,

CC Group: Hon. Robert Ghiz, Hon Kathy Dunderdale, Hon. Natalie Normandeau, Hon. Greg Selinger, Hon. Ed Stelmach, View All CC Group (9)

Hon. Robert Ghiz, Hon Kathy Dunderdale, Hon. Natalie Normandeau, Hon. Greg Selinger, Hon. Ed Stelmach, Hon David Alword, Hon. Darrell Dexter, Hon. Christy Clark, Hon. Brad Wall,

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*Message Body: Dear Premier McGuinty, (cc’d Provincial Premiers) We applaud the Ontario government’s actions at the Provincial energy ministers' meeting in Kananaskis where Energy Minister Brad Duguid rejected the notion that the Alberta tar sands are responsible and sustainable. The Minister’s words send a strong message that there is no consensus among Canadian Premiers on support for the tar sands. The Ontario government was the only dissenting voice to oppose the Kananaskis communiqué that endorses a tar sands expansion strategy. By taking this position, Ontario is challenging this unsustainable approach to Canada’s economic future that relies on the unlimited expansion and consumption of fossil fuels. This week, in Vancouver, at the Council of the Federations meeting, Provincial leaders need to acknowledge that our health, economy and trade will benefit from the creation of a new renewable energy vision and strategy for Canada. Our hope is that our Premiers will follow Ontario’s leadership and help build a clean, safe, and sustainable future focused on renewable energy. Our communities are relying on you. Sincerely,

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