Huron-Bruce MPP to join Climate Summit in Paris

Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson has been invited by the Ontario minister of the environment and climate change, to join the Canadian delegation at the Climate Summit in Paris (COP21), and to participate in the conversation on climate change. The event began Nov. 30 and runs to Dec. 11.

 

As part of the COP21 discussions, the issue of Cap-and-Trade will be forefront on Thompson's agenda.  

"The government is determined to introduce a Cap-and-Trade program in 2017, and given this government's past blunders, I worry this Cap-and-Trade scheme may end up like eHealth, ORNGE and the botched Green Energy Plan," says Thompson. "If we are going to do this, we need to get it right. I want to learn from other jurisdictions what worked, and what had to be fixed when the European Cap-and-Trade process failed the first time".

 

This year's conference is anticipated to attract close to 50,000 participants, including 25,000 official delegates from government, intergovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations, and civil society.

 

"Climate and environment issues affect us all, whether we live here in Ontario, in China or the United Kingdom," says Thompson. "It is imperative that we all take part in the discussion. I plan to observe the conference proceedings and monitor the tone and position the Ontario government sets on the world stage."