Natural market force should be encouraged, we must not follow disastrous path of Ontario

Even as the importance of renewable energy grows, traditional energy sources will continue to constitute the largest component of our energy mix. Promoting clean technology investments in traditional energy will pay large environmental dividends.

Massive subsidization of solar farms and industrial wind turbines by the Liberal governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne, pictured, resulted in rate increases of as much as 155 per cent for some Ontario ratepayers over the past decade, writes Conservative MP Mark Strahl. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP MARK STRAHL

July 17, 2017

For many Canadians it’s easy to imagine that the world’s near future energy needs can easily be met through the development of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy. The truth is that while renewable energy is promising and will be an increasingly important component of our ene...

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