McGuinty wants federal taxpayers to subsidize newnukes for Ontario

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Recently, the Government of Ontario received the price bids from the three

companies that want to build two new nuclear reactors at the Darlington

Nuclear Station. According to the Globe and Mail, Energy Minister George

Smitherman had “sticker shock†when he saw the prices being quoted.

 

As a result, the McGuinty Government is now asking the federal government

to subsidize the construction of new reactors for Ontario. This doesn’t

make sense for a number of reasons.

· First, if you want to create a culture of conservation, you

shouldn’t subsidize the cost of electricity supply.

· Second, according to a new Ontario Clean Air Alliance report,

_Powerful Options_

(http://www.cleanairalliance.orgactive/0/replacingnuclear.pdf) ,

Ontario’s electricity needs can be met at a much lower cost

with an integrated combination of energy conservation and efficiency, wind

power, natural gas-fired combined heat and power and hydro-electric imports

from Quebec and Labrador.

· Third, shifting subsidies from one set of taxpayers to another

is just a way of hiding the fact that nuclear is not economically

competitive.

 

Please click _here_ (http://www.cleanairalliance.org/send_a_message) to

contact Prime Minister Harper and the leaders of Canada’s other federal

parties and tell them that you don’t want your tax dollars used to subsidize

new high-cost nuclear reactors for Ontario.

 

Please pass this message on to your friends.

 

Thank you for your support.

 

Jessica Fracassi, Communications & Membership Director

Ontario Clean Air Alliance

402-625 Church St, Toronto M4Y 2G1

Phone: 416-926-1907 ext. 245

Fax: 416-926-1601

Email: _jessica_ (jessica)

Website: _www.cleanairalliance.org_ (http://www.cleanairalliance.org/)

Website: _www.OntariosGreenFuture.ca_ (http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/)

 

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The Ontario Clean Air Alliance is a diverse, multi-stakeholder coalition

of approximately 90 organizations including cities, health associations,

environmental and public interest groups, corporations, public utilities,

unions, faith communities and individuals. The OCAA’s short term goal is to

achieve the complete phase out of Ontario’s four coal-fired power plants by

2010. Our long term goal is to ensure that all of our electricity needs are

met by ecologically sustainable renewable sources. Our partner

organizations represent more than six million Ontarians.

 

Interested in volunteering with the OCAA? Please contact _Angela Bischoff_

(angela) at _angela_

(angela) , 416-926-1907 ext. 246.

 

Sign our petition: _http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition.php_

(http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition.php) .

 

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(http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48852021264 & ref=ts) .