Ontario Premier Doug Ford is overriding the province's independent energy regulator after it ruled late last year that the public shouldn't be subsidizing Enbridge's fossil fuel expansion plans as the climate crisis unfolds.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government pledged to overturn a decision from the Ontario Energy Board on the basis it would make the costs of new homes too expensive. But is that really true?
The Ford government is out of touch with the economic and environmental realities of natural gas expansion, Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner and Ontario NDP energy critic Peter Tabuns told Canada’s National Observer.
Ontario has broken the law by forcing the City of Hamilton to expand its boundary to build homes on farmland and wild spaces, an environmental rights group alleges in legal documents as it takes the province to court in a case being tracked by the mayor.
Ontario Greens are calling for an integrity probe after the Opposition NDP asked the province's auditor-general to calculate the spike in value of property suddenly at risk of losing its Greenbelt status.
A recent survey commissioned by voter mobilization group Future Majority found young Ontario voters are concerned about affordable housing, mental health and climate change.