Ralph Torrie is Director of Research for Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based research and publishing company focused on the role of business in the sustainability transition. He has 45 years of experience in the energy and environment space and has been actively involved in the climate change issue since 1988. He grew up and lives in Cobourg and was a candidate for the Northumberland and Quinte West Green Party in the federal elections of 2008 and 2011. 

In July 2023, the Ford government released “Powering Ontario’s Growth”. The ‘plan’ locks Ontario into a costly and climate-wrecking, energy future. Out of step with much of the world, the Ontario government has decided to push renewable energy to the sidelines as it commits to more fossil gas, more dirty hydrogen and more costly nuclear.

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You can see the plan at this link: https://www.ontario.ca/page/powering-ontarios-growth

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This webinar is part of a series of events in September in which public engagement is needed to fight back against an anti-climate agenda in Ontario. Register now.

Other events include:

Lobby breakfast at Queen's Park

Tuesday September 26, 2023, 7:30am - 9am
Queen’s Park, Toronto ON

Training session: Monday September 25, 7 - 9 pm, Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave.

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Overnight billeting can be arranged for those from out of town.

One way to fight for a renewable energy future!  Please join in our lobby day, this will involve sending an invitation to your MPP and attending the breakfast, or arranging another meeting time with your MPP. Coordinated by CCL, OCEC, OCAA and ClimateFast, this day of lobbying will address Ontario's energy future with a specific focus on fighting the planned expansion of gas plants in Ontario.  Lobbying can be very effective and the more ridings we represent that day, the better.  One of our speakers will be Zoe Keary-Matzner, who is a litigant in the youth climate suit. Register now.