Ontario

The Doug Ford government is quietly signalling to industry that it may be open to clean energy, while committing no fresh funds to fighting climate change “without a carbon tax.”

The 2019 budget forecasts that Ontario’s public account will not reach balance until 2023–24, one year earlier than the prior Liberal government of Kathleen Wynne had proposed but beyond the current term of the government’s mandate, breaking one of Ford’s key election promises.

"Twenty-first century education is supposed to be about problem solving and creative solutions and those things don't get developed when you're online," teacher Beyhan Farhadi told National Observer. "If the government heads in this direction, students will suffer."

Premier John Horgan says the B.C. government will consider "some relief" for those who can't afford record high gas prices.

Premier Doug Ford's Ontario government offered on Tuesday to double the $320 million in funds it had initially allocated for an allowance-based autism support system and consult with the public on additional needs-based services, backtracking on parts of a policy overhaul that had outraged parents and caregivers when it was first announced in February.

A federal judge has ordered a government agency to take a closer look at pipeline company Enbridge's plans for dealing with potential oil spills in the waterway connecting Lakes Huron and Michigan.

United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says if he wins the Alberta election, a formal court challenge of the federal carbon tax will be launched by the end of the month.

From Kenora to Oxford to Ottawa and Toronto, members of the Progressive Conservative provincial government of Doug Ford posted photographs of themselves at gas stations warning drivers to fill up their tanks before a carbon tax kicks in. They failed to recognize federal rebates to taxpayers.

"When I'm not being hopeful for the young people, I cannot stop thinking that it will be so hard if they become invisible again,” said outgoing child advocate Irwin Elman. “That was the tip of the iceberg for me: that nobody really realizes the number of children and youth connected in some way to child welfare care who die without our knowledge...all because we don't listen to them."

The Ontario government is increasing energy bills, air pollution, health impacts and greenhouse gas commissions through policies that promote the use of fossil fuels, says the province's environmental commissioner, Dianne Saxe, in her final report released on March 27, 2019.

Canada's small business operators say they are not ready for the carbon tax to kick in next week — particularly since the federal government has still not told them how they will be compensated for the cost.

Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government said on Thursday it will reform Ontario's electricity system in a bid to reduce costs overall and lower rates for businesses, a move critics say limits the most efficient way to save money in the power grid and threatens thousands of clean energy jobs.

The Ontario government is slashing a series of programs that were designed to help save energy in buildings. It's all part of a plan that Premier Doug Ford's government claims would help “businesses improve their bottom line,” says a leaked provincial document.

The Ford government’s policies, ostensibly made to save taxpayers money, have in fact opened the door to federal policies that would raise the cost of natural gas used to heat the province’s homes and business and cook its food.

Doug Ford delivered the partisan message at a staged event in a suburban community west of the Greater Toronto Area, launching into a full-frontal assault on the federal government’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, without acknowledging the science underpinning global efforts to stabilize the planet’s atmosphere and prevent dangerous climate change.