The Green Energy Act, now before the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is designed to expedite the process of promoting subsidized industrial wind power in the province by taking planning responsibilities away from local municipalities, while remitting most key decisions to subsequent Ministerial regulations. Michael Trebilcock, Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Toronto and fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute, shares five major objections he has to the pending legislation.

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From the April 17, 2009 issue of Canada Watch, a weekly summary of Canadian news and information sources compiled by the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC.