The new Doug Ford government has “gutted” Ontario’s climate change programs without providing replacements as the problems of global warming become more urgent, Environmental Commissioner Dianne Saxe says in a damning new report. Article Continued BelowEnvironment Minister Rod Phillips stood firm on the government’s course after its election with a solid 76-seat majority on June 7, and pledged a climate change plan will be revealed later this year. “As I told the commissioner directly, we absolutely respect her role ...(but) she has the luxury of advocating for higher taxes,” he added. This is a government that has not been serious about climate action,” said New Democrat MPP Peter Tabuns (Toronto-Danforth). “Nobody, including the environmental commissioner, has done any work to see how cap and trade was actually working in Ontario.

Source: thestar September 25, 2018 14:15 UTC