May 1 in the legislature....hopefully power is the final holdup.
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https://www.ola.org/sites/default/files/node-files/hansard/document/pdf/2019/2019-05/01-MAY-2019_L099_0.pdf
Hon. Greg Rickford
It sounds like there’s going to be a tremendous oppor-tunity, not just for the east-west tie but afterwards, because energy infrastructure in northern Ontario is of course a top priority for this government as we think of new mines coming on board that are completely electrified and as we think about the opportunities. I’m thinking of Eagle’s Nest and the potential in the Ring of Fire region to proceed. Greenstone obviously has a magnificent opportunity. Mines don’t start without energy, and like so many things, we have to get this right.
I’m sure that my NDP colleagues are going to vote to support this bill because the northern Ontario colleagues, more than anything, see the opportunity here to really start to fix structurally some of the things that have been holding us back in the north.
Mr. Paul Calandra
Imagine that. In a province as rich as we are—make no mistake about it: Ontario is a very rich province. It is gov-ernment policy which has impoverished us, but we are rich. We are rich in terms of our resources. The Minister of Energy and Northern Development talked about how important it was for the Ring of Fire and things like that. You can’t open up mines if we don’t have energy. It’s obvious. And if you price energy out of affordability, then guess what? People will go elsewhere. And that’s what has started to happen in the province of Ontario.