The Hansard quote of Renner on Feed in Tariffs

[Sheryle Carlson]

The Hansard quote of Renner

The Speaker: The hon. member.
Ms Blakeman: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. To the same
minister. Well, Alberta enjoys more sunny and windy days than
almost anywhere, yet Ontario will be the wind and solar power
capital of Canada and will have created 50,000 green technology
jobs in doing so, not even to mention what they’re doing in Texas.
Why is the minister letting our jobs and investment in our province
leave the province for Ontario and Texas?

Mr. Renner: Mr. Speaker, the process that’s being used in Ontario
is a process that has been broached with the Alberta government.
Frankly, as Minister of Environment I’m not entirely opposed to it.
It’s something that’s called feed-in tariffs. Essentially what it
means
is that all of the consumers of power in a jurisdiction would pay an
environmental surcharge on their bill, and then that surcharge, that
lump of dollars that is an environmental tax, for lack of a better
term, is then reallocated to the producers of environmentally
sustainable power. It has some merit, but it’s something that I’m not
sure the government would arbitrarily impose upon Albertans
without first asking them if they are in favour of it.
The Speaker: The hon. member.
Ms Blakeman: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Back to the