Ontario’s “green” Liberals win third term

7 October 2011 Geoff Zeiss

It looks like the Ontario Liberals will win a third term, at least partly because of a very green platform.  Over the past two terms the Liberals have introduced a number of green measures that have made Ontario one of the greenest jurisidictions in North America. The Liberal platform in this election continues to be green.

  • The Green Energy Act passed in 2009 includes a Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program which has already led to 7000 micro power generation projects. (The Progressive Conservatives wanted to scrap the FIT program.)
  • Coal phase-out by 2014 (Also supported by the PCs.)
  • New nuclear capacity (The PCs wanted to speed up nuclear power development.)
  • Clean Energy Benefit, a 10 per cent rebate that the Liberals will continue to give to energy ratepayers until 2015.
  • Public transit in the form of expanded GO Train service in the greater Toronto region
  • Electric cars will make up five per cent of new vehicle sales by 2020. The Liberals will invest $80 million in charging stations and offer a rebate for buying an electric vehicle.
Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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