Canada’s provinces agree to push energy strategy
sduford on Aug 10 2007 at 7:47 am | Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Politics, Renewable Energy
Looks like Canada’s provincial Premiers are a lot smarter than the Prime Minister! Stephen Harper is a Bush puppet and has adopted energy and environmental policies that are carbon copies of the USA’s, meaning they are disastrous, irresponsible and misleading. Good thing the Provinces are not following his lead. Now I’d like to see California-style incentives for renewable energy installations and grid-tie interconnectivity.
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The premiers of Canada’s provinces and territories agreed on Thursday to promote an energy strategy that promotes conservation, cuts regulatory delays and boosts the use of cleaner and renewable energy sources.
The Council of the Federation, which bands together the leaders of Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories, released the strategy during its annual meeting, held this year in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Along with promoting conservation and clean energy, the premiers also called for improvements to electricity transmission grids and freer trade in electricity throughout the country.
They also demanded a role with the federal government when international discussions on energy, primarily regulated by the provinces in Canada, are held.