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Category Archives: Privatization
I knew Jane Jacobs, and everything urban lefties say about her is wrong
Jane was anything but anti-development and anti-change. Her thinking transcended cities to include economic development and wealth creation generally. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Privatization, Uncategorized
Tagged economic development, Jane Jacobs, Lawrence Solomon, Sam Sullivan
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Parker Gallant: Liberal gas plant report: keep moving folks, nothing to see here!
(February 22, 2015) MPP Shafiq Oaadri, Chair, of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy presented the “Liberal” member’s perspective to the Legislature on “The Cancellation and Relocation of the Gas Plants and Document Retention Issues” several days ago.
Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Privatization, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Utility Reform
Tagged Climate Change, electricity, green energy, natural gas, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies, wind turbines
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Lawrence Solomon: Subways, profitable subways
Politics have transformed once economic subways into an unaffordable public transit option. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Pumped storage equals pumped energy prices
(November 18, 2013) As Hans and Franz of SNL fame used to say, “we want to pump you up,” and that appears to be what Northland Power Inc. want to do with a water-filled abandoned iron ore mine in Marmora, Ontario. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Ontario’s environmental commissioner, serving the public or simply sucking up?
(October 14, 2013) On October 10, 2013, Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller released his 194-page annual report titled, “Serving the Public,” and backed it up with a “supplement” that ran to 247 pages. His press conference at 10 a.m. on that day attracted little attention resulting in only minor media coverage. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Utility Regulation and Commodity Deregulation, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Privatization, Renewables
Tagged Climate Change, Crown land, Global Warming, Gord Miller, green energy, Ontario, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, wind power, wind turbines
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Turning transit stations into profit centres: Ottawa Business Journal
(March 4, 2011) Ottawa Business Journal discusses Energy Probe executive director Lawrence Solomon’s proposal to sell transit stations to the private sector. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Privatization, Transportation
Tagged Energy Probe, Lawrence Solomon, P3, PPP, privatization, public transit, transit stations
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Lawrence Solomon: Transit competition
(February 25, 2011) Energy Probe executive director Lawrence Solomon argues that Toronto should follow the UK’s example, and privatize the TTC. Continue reading
Posted in Privatization, Transportation
Tagged Lawrence Solomon, PPP, privatization, public transit, Rob Ford, Toronto, transportation, TTC
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Energy Probe’s Executive Director Lawrence Solomon in Maclean’s article on road tolling
(Jan. 12, 2011) Lawrence Solomon was mentioned in Andrew Coyne’s feature for Macleans about road congestion in Canada and the possibility of road tolls as a solution. Continue reading
Posted in Privatization, Transportation
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Toronto’s Rush Hour Commute One Of The World’s Worst Says Maclean’s Magazine
(Jan. 11, 2010)Energy Probe’s Executive Director Lawrence Solomon tells Citytv that the best way for Toronto to solve its gridlock problem is to introduce road tolling. Continue reading
Posted in Privatization, Public Transit, Toll Roads, Transportation
Tagged Energy Probe, Lawrence Solomon, public transit, road tolls, transportation
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Lawrence Solomon: Ford’s promised cuts are far too timid
(Oct 16, 2010) He could save more by privatizing hydro, water, parking and the TTC. Continue reading
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