a central issue. As the sixth largest government in Canada, with a budget of over $11 billion annually, Toronto city …As Toronto gears up for a municipal election this fall, the city's poor record on fiscal accountability promises to be …. To increase transparency and accountability, Toronto should consolidate its now separate capital and operating budgets …

Ontario electricity consumers will benefit from less risk and lower prices if the province moves to a capacity market … for obtaining generation, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Rethinking Ontario’s Electricity System … with Consumers in Mind,” author Michael Wyman calls for the province of Ontario to adopt a capacity market, in which …

's bottom line well into the future, alleviating the pressure of aging on government finances and Canada's economy. …

Ontario’s Green Energy and Green Economy Act subsidizes producers of renewable electricity by paying them far more for … Ontario household of $310 per year; ostensibly designed to reduce emissions and create jobs, Ontario’s renewable electricity … subsidy is an expensive way of meeting these goals. The drag of unnecessarily high electricity costs on the Ontario economy …