[All] Tim Hudak intends to kill microfit program

Wed Aug 17 10:27:18 EDT 2011

Hi folks

Just got this via email. 

Lulu

--- On Wed, 8/17/11, Tim Hudak, MPP <timhudak at niagara.net> wrote:

From: Tim Hudak, MPP <timhudak at niagara.net>
Subject: RE: Louisette Lanteigne has sent a message from website
To: butterflybluelu at rogers.com
Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 9:31 AM

Dear Ms. Lanteigne, 

On behalf of Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak, I want to thank you for your email
regarding green energy. Tim appreciates you taking the time to share your
views on this issue.

The people of Ontario need a change from Dalton McGuinty's Liberals who have
forced massive, industrial wind turbines on communities where they are not
welcome. In April 2010, the Ontario PC Caucus put forward a motion in the
Ontario Legislature that called on Dalton McGuinty to place a moratorium on
industrial wind farms until an independent, comprehensive study of the
health and environment impacts of these projects is completed. We also
called on the McGuinty government to restore planning authority over these
industrial wind farms to municipalities - a right he stripped away with his
so-called Green Energy Act.

Regrettably, the McGuinty Liberals voted against our motion and, for the
last year, have continued to let Toronto bureaucrats force wind farms into
communities where they are not wanted. Local councils have been robbed of a
say over what happens in their communities. This has allowed industrial wind
farms to be place in communities without consultation with local councils or
residents. We will restore the local decision making powers that were taken
away by the McGuinty Liberals. We will end the constant provincial tinkering
and delays in local official plans.

As outlined in Changebook, a Tim Hudak government will end the Liberal
government's schemes that have families subsidize hydro prices. We will end
the feed-in-tariff program that, in some cases, pays up to 15 times the
usual cost of hydro. We will end the king of all secret, sweetheart deals -
the $7 billion dollar Samsung deal - that happened without a competitive
process or a guarantee of job creation targets. We will do this in a fair
and legal way. Those who already have contracts under the current FIT rules
can count on our government to honour those agreements.

Changebook also puts forward a plan for investing in affordable clean energy
supply mix. An Ontario PC government will focus on technologies that are
proven to be effective, efficient and clean - like natural gas,
hydroelectric and nuclear. Any investments in nuclear technology will, of
course, be subjected to the most rigorous safety standards in the world. We
will have an open and fair process for alternate energy sources like solar,
wind and biomass that demands affordable prices and respects local
decisions. 

I encourage you to visit www.changebook.ca to read more on how Tim plans to
bring real change and relief for Ontario families.

Susanna Campbell
Office of Tim Hudak, MPP Niagara West - Glanbrook 
Ontario PC Leader 
Phone: 905.563.1755 | Fax: 905.563.1317 | www.timhudakmpp.com 
Follow Tim Hudak on Facebook and Twitter 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Hudak MPP Website [mailto:timhudak at niagara.net] 
Sent: August 16, 2011 9:43 PM
To: timhudak at niagara.net
Subject: Louisette Lanteigne has sent a message from website

Name: Louisette Lanteigne
Email: butterflybluelu at rogers.com

Hello Mr. Hudak

Just a quick note to let you know that my family has completed our EcoEnergy
Audit and right now we are in the process of upgrading our hot water heater
to a tankess and we are going to upgrade our furnace and air conditioner to
the most efficient models available. We\'ll be upgrading our attic and
basement insulation as well All in all it will cost about $12,000 to do all
this but my family cares about climate change and we want to do our part to
reduce our carbon footprint. The EcoEnergy program educated us on what our
options were and we are very happy with how things are going. I hope if
elected the Tories will continue to support this program so others home
owners can do their part while supporting Canadian jobs. It\'s a win win
program.

I\'ve also attended workshops recently regarding the MicroFit program and
right now I\'m thinking of investing in the Life Co-op that wants to install
a large 2 mega watt wind turbine in St. Agatha. This single turbine has the
capacity to provide all 500 homes in the area with clean energy and I
support that. With MicroFit the system pays for itself in just 8 years and
the rest is paid to shareholders by way of dividends. It\'s a great program
to offset provincial infrastructure costs while fostering local jobs. 

Here in Waterloo we\'ve got church groups joining up to set up solar panels
and they\'re using MicroFit to help support them with revenues. I wish
Ontario schools could get on board seeing that they have so much roof space
to work with. 

I don\'t see the need for Ontario to keep building coal or nuclear plants at
the cost of taxpayers that pollute our environment and open us up to major
nuclear risks. Big infrastructure projects like that only benifit those
specific corporations when the money could be better spent if spread across
a wider demographic via the MicroFit program. I\'m hoping to God the Tories
keep this program going because right now, the lack of support is putting a
chill on our local investors looking into these systems. If the Tories gave
the green light, the money will start flowing again. 

So where do the Tories stand on EcoEnergy and the Green Energy Act? Is
MicroFit going to keep going or are taxpayers going to be stuck paying mega
corporations for their coal and nuclear power?

Thanks kindly for you time. 

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