2007 Provincial Election Questionnaire: East Toronto Transmission Line
Submitted by OCAA on Fri, 08/31/2007 - 23:00.
Where do Ontario's 2007 candidates stand? The Ontario Clean Air Alliance recently posed this question to provincial candidates: Do you believe that the Minister of Energy should issue a directive to the Ontario Power Authority, pursuant to Section 25.30 of the Electricity Act, telling it to cancel its plans for the East Toronto Transmission Line; and develop an alternative strategy consisting of energy conservation and small-scale local generation to meet the electricity needs of downtown. Here are the replies we received. (*all PDF)
OCAA also sent surveys to the candidates in the Markham and Scarborough-Centre ridings but got no response. Beaches East-York Don Valley East Don Valley West Scarborough Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough Rouge River Toronto Centre Toronto-Danforth For more on the East Toronto Transmission line, see our factsheet:
More information is also available on the Transforming Toronto website.
Read the full responses of the political parties to the OCAA survey |