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Toronto-Danforth MPP Peter Tabuns is asking for input on topics people would like discussed as well as other stakeholders (either individuals or organizations) that should be invited to attend an upcoming forum on child care in east Toronto.
The meeting is set to take place Monday, Jan. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Roden Public School, 151 Hiawatha Rd. All are welcome to attend.
Representatives from the Roden Child Care Centre and the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care as well as councillors Paula Fletcher and Mary Fragedakis and Toronto District School Board trustees Cathy Dandy and Sheila Cary-Meagher will all be on-hand to provide feedback and answer questions at the meeting.
Tabuns and Fletcher held an initial meeting on the topic in late November.
In a recent email, he said the aim is for constituents and child care stakeholders in Toronto-Danforth to play a leadership role in city-wide and province-wide efforts to preserve child care spaces and stabilize the daycare sector.
Further, Tabuns encouraged constituents to share their concerns with Minister of Education Lauren Broten at
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or 416-325-2600 and Andrea Calver, coordinator with the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, at
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or 416-538-0628.
Tabuns can be reached at
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Rob Ferguson Queen's Park Bureau...Toronto Star
Drop any fears the light bulb police might be peeking in your windows or pounding on the door New Year's Day searching for energy-hungry incandescents.
Energy Minister Chris Bentley confirmed Wednesday that Ontario is scrapping a five-year-old promise to make it "lights out" for incandescent bulbs in 2012 by banning stores from selling them.
He blamed a recent federal government decision to delay new energy efficiency standards for light bulbs until Jan. 1, 2014, when it will become illegal to import inefficient incandescent lighting across the country.
"Did it make sense for us to have a different approach from the federal government on this issue? No," Bentley said.
"Our thinking is how do we make it easiest for consumers. It would be hard and confusing to do it differently."
The Star first reported on Saturday that the Ontario promise, made by former energy minister Dwight Duncan in 2007, was in jeopardy because of the federal move.
But postponing the incandescent ban for two years will just make it harder for the province to meet its energy conservation targets already under fire by Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller, said New Democrat environment critic Peter Tabuns.
"In keeping with the season, this is a lump of coal," said the MPP for Toronto-Danforth, noting that the new compact fluorescent bulbs use less than half the electricity of incandescent bulbs.
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Posted By: Katie Franzios
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· 12/7/2011 3:25:00 PM
The province's energy minister is defending the Liberal government's strategy to reduce energy consumption despite not reaching targets.
That was revealed in the second part of the Environmental Commissioner's report on Ontario's Energy System released today.
Chris Bentley, didn't however, directly answer questions as to why there isn't a system already in place to monitor smart metre use.
NDP Energy critic MPP Peter Tabuns says he doesn't understand how the province can't tell if the smart metres are working the way they want them to. Tabuns also blasts the government for not being more ambitious in their conservation targets and says they didn't push the subject more with the public.
PC leader Tim Hudak says he's always been against smart metres, noting time-of use pricing doesn't help those who are at home during the day and small businesses. |
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Posted on Wed, Dec 7, 2011, 2:10 pm by Keith Leslie
TORONTO – Ontario consumers pay too much for electricity because the Liberal government isn't doing enough to promote conservation, the opposition parties charged Wednesday following a critical report from the province's environmental watchdog.
The Liberal government failed to meet virtually all of its conservation targets, reported environmental commissioner Gord Miller.
"However, the targets were ambitious, and despite the shortfall there was lots of peak energy conserved," Miller told reporters.
"Demand was reduced by an amount equivalent to not having to build about three new natural gas-fired peaking plants, and we all know how popular those are."
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