Monthly Archives: July 2010

VANCOUVER — The Green Party of Canada is pleased to announce NHL star player Georges Laraque as the new Deputy Leader.  “Georges is a very committed Green, passionate about a number of causes, including the relief effort in Haiti, animal welfare and sport,” said Green Leader Elizabeth May.  Originally from Montreal, Mr. Laraque officially joined [...] Continue reading →

The provincial CA and federal EDA executives had a joint meeting a week ago and here’s a brief update on what was discussed, what the near term plans are, etc. Next meeting The next EDA and CA combined meeting is on August 18th at 7:30pm (in the Glebe).  If you’d like to attend then drop [...] Continue reading →

The Green Party is launching a province-wide campaign to call on Premier McGuinty to honour his word and stand behind the promised pricing for all current solar MicroFIT applications. Recent tariff reductions for ground mounted solar projects will hurt thousands of farmers and other project owners, as well as solar installers and manufactures. Take Action [...] Continue reading →

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release July 23, 2010 NEWS Green Party of Ontario (GPO) representative Kevin O’Donnell joined local solar businessmen Rob Beckers (President, Solacity Inc.), David Long (President, Pheonix Radiance) and James Cummings (President, Clearly Solar) at a news conference in Ottawa today to demand the McGuinty government honour its promise to pay green [...] Continue reading →

As a GPC member, you have the chance to control the direction of the party by voting on resolutions appearing at the biennial general meeting. The Ottawa-Centre Greens are holding a discussion on Wednesday, July 28, to help members consider the implications and intent behind the resolutions. It’s being held at Malone’s Pub at the [...] Continue reading →

MEDIA ADVISORY Ottawa Centre Green Party of Ontario representative Kevin O’Donnell joins local solar businessmen Rob Beckser (Solacity Inc.), David Long (Phoenix Radiance) and James Cummings (Clearly Solar) to discuss the government’s recent changes to the solar microFIT program. What: The Green Party of Ontario joins local entrepreneurs to discuss how the Liberal government’s mismanagement [...] Continue reading →

Tyler Hamilton provides a great analysis of how the McGuinty government decision to unexpectedly change the feed-in tariff rate has shaken investor confidence in the Ontario energy sector and adversely affected the financial health of family farms. … So on July 2 – nine months after committing to the 80.2-cent figure – the agency announced [...] Continue reading →

When the Liberal government introduced the microFIT program in February 2009 Greens celebrated that Ontario would finally begin building a renewable energy system. Immediately local green energy entrepreneurs and community organizations, such as Ottawa’s 1000 Solar Rooftops, got to work bringing clean energy to Ontario ratepayers. That progress has been put in jeopardy by the [...] Continue reading →