Conservatives' politics as dirty as their energy policy

"When you pay 80 cents for [electricity from] a wind turbine that is only operating half the time, and then have to close nuclear and coal plants to do it, you're paying twice!"
-John O'Toole, MPP for Durham, lying through his teeth to disparage Ontario's Green Energy and Green Economy Act in defense of nuclear developments in his region, Nov 23, 2010

C'mon John. We all know you're trying to protect nuclear industry jobs in your riding. But stick to the facts. Under the Green Energy Act, wind energy gets 13.5 cents (on shore), or 19 cents (off shore, OPA, 2010), plus a maximum 1 to 1.5 cent adder if the project is owned by a community or aboriginal group (OPA, 2010).

Mr. O'Toole went on to criticize the Liberals' estimate of 50,000 green jobs being created in the renewable energy sector, saying that these come at the expense of 56,000 jobs lost in other sectors, such as steel smelting and nuclear. Well, John. That's kind of the POINT. People don't want the products those companies supply! We don't want more nuclear plants. We don't want more cars and road infrastructure. We do however, want to live in a Province where people can earn a decent wage making things of value.