Ambition, Arrogance and Ontario's Appetite for Climate Change

Opinion

How will the Ontario government’s $7 billion Climate Change Action Plan affect the province’s agriculture industry? Based on the details released this week in the Globe and Mail, the big jolt would likely come in the form of a phase-out of natural gas in the province. Farm leaders have lobbied hard for the gasification of rural Ontario in hopes of bringing a cheaper energy source to Ontario farmers. The ag industry was happy to see the commitment to rural gas renewed in the provincial budget last April, but the Globe and Mail reports the Liberal government now intends to begin…