2021.DM30.3

Background

“The Government of Ontario is planning to increase its reliance on gas-fired electricity to replace the output of the Pickering Nuclear Station (its operating licence expires on December 31, 2024) and to meet a rising demand for electricity.” Toronto “must join 13 municipal governments across Ontario, to ask that the Provincial government develop and implement a plan to phase-out all gas-fired electricity generation as soon as possible, to help municipalities in Ontario meet their climate targets.”

Source: City of Toronto

Item Description

This item “requests the Government of Ontario to develop and implement a plan to phase-out all gas-fired electricity generation as soon as possible” to help municipalities in Ontario meet their climate goals.

Source: City of Toronto

Proposed by

Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton