Ontario reveals plans to address climate change

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Ford government says it will spend $400-million over four years on Ontario Carbon Trust to partner with private sector on clean tech

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It's a plan for a plan, with a lot of colourful graphics and a whole lot of hope. Maybe fordnation will acknowledge that according to their plan, over 70% of the reductions to meet the Paris Accord targets have already been done.

Wow a plan actually based on INCENTIVES that will work as opposed to a plan like Trudeau’s carbon tax where he takes the money then gives it back to you anyway...

Fat Boy Ford’s plan sounds a lot like what Australia tried . They handed out billions of taxpayers dollars to businesses to invest in green technology. Business pocketed the money nothing was done and green house emissions increased, great plan FBF

“ plan”

We will now see if Trudeau’s goal is to actually reduce emissions or impose his one size fits all carbon plan on all provinces.

With buck-a-beer no doubt.

the lyrics to a Dennis Leary song?

Still trying to fully parse it, but at first blush sounds like a corporate welfare plan with taxpayers dollars. onpoli

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