[All] Ontario's Climate Change report 2015

[Susan Koswan]

Okay - tell me if I'm sounding paranoid here. But based on what I just read
(below) in the Ontario government's climate change report from 2015 about
liability, it occurred to me that they're selling off Hydro One to avoid
potential lawsuits due to inaction on climate change. 

 

Or is this just me?

Susan K 

 

Page 10
https://eco.on.ca/reports/2015-climate-change-report-feeling-the-heat/

 

The courts have found that Ontario's crown corporation Hydro One has a duty
to deliver electricity safely and that the former Ontario Hydro had a duty
to have adequate emergency response systems in place.

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Similarly, the provincial government has been found to have a responsibility
to protect against hazards from electrical infrastructure 

on provincially owned land that may cause physical harm to members of the
public.

27

As extreme weather events increase, the province will face greater potential
liability, both via its ownership of electricity transmission assets and as
an owner of land where electrical infrastructure is installed, from
weather-related electrical hazards.

28 

 

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