Renewable energy projects, protected areas and recycling: #NovaScotia
Wind Energy
To ensure a more diverse energy mix, Nova Scotia Power and the municipal electric utilities must have 25% renewables in their mix by 2015 and 40% by 2020.
We are well on the path to /1
meeting those requirements, and wind will play a major role as projects already approved will reach the technical limit of 500 megawatts around 2015.
Federal regulations establish a requirement for coal-fired units to meet specific emissions standards or /2
shut down at the end of their useful life.
Tidal Energy
To develop the Bay of Fundy’s resource, the Province of Nova Scotia has taken a number of strategic actions: • Supporting the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) /3
Releasing the start of this thread.
This thread is about Alberta - UCP cuts and disastrous policies by Jason Kenney:
December 05, 2020 • Worker Rights and Safety
Proposed end to WCB fair practices office 'shortsighted'
Bill 47, Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, /1
UCP cuts and disastrous polices by Jason Kenney - Alberta
will dissolve the Fair Practices and Medical Panels offices, which employs 54 people and helps people navigate the WCB system, by April 1, 2021. /2
UCP cuts and disastrous policies by Jason Kenney - Alberta
Workers’ Compensation
UCP tabled Bill 47, an omnibus bill that will make workplaces less safe and leave workers less protected. Some of the many changes include limiting workers' right to refuse unsafe work./3
Thread on Doug Ford screw ups that cost Ontario taxpayer $$.
Cancelled well over $330 million in Environmental projects
Lost over $330 million to money laundering in Casinos
Lost over $42 million in Cannabis sales due to delayed store openings. /1
/2 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cut OHIP+ so families with sick children will have to seek private coverage first and pay deductibles and co-payments.
Cut planned mental health funding by more than $330 million.
Cut funding for the dementia strategy.
/3 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
2019 Budget – cut provincial funding for public health by almost 1/3 (27%) and cut public health units from 35 to 10.
Municipalities revealed Ford government plan to cut and restructure ambulance services, down from 59 to 10.
"It reflects Nova Scotians' commitment to following public health measures and doing their part to help slow the spread of COVID-19," Premier McNeil said.
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador each report four new cases of COVID-19 a.msn.com/01/en-ca/BB1bG…
In Newfoundland and Labrador, health officials reported four new cases of COVID-19, three of them men who recently returned to the province from Alberta. The fourth case involves a man from the central region who was a close contact of a previous case.
Meanwhile, the premiers of all four Atlantic provinces are cautioning against non-essential travel into neighbouring provinces.
Information on extended CERB and EI in Canada from today's media presser: (thread)
The new plan released Thursday details how most people will be transitioned onto EI, though three new temporary benefits are also being established, including a form of paid sick leave. /1
In total, these new financial assistance plans are budgeted to cost at least $37 billion over the next year.
While CERB was set to run out at the start of the month for those who have been on the program from the outset, the government is extending the program by an /2
additional four weeks, to a maximum of 28 weeks. Then, as of Sept. 27, almost all CERB claimants who qualify for Employment Insurance will be transitioned onto that program as their avenue for support once their 28 weeks of CERB run out. /3