This could be the billion dollars we have been looking for to kick start the Ring of Fire. The question now is whether Ford can convince cabinet members that building a road to it will actually help with the reduction of carbon emissions, by giving First Nations a link to other energy sources besides diesel; such as hydro, natural gas lines, or even propane. 

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4841483

Ford government sitting on $1B in cap-and-trade money

 

Environmental commissioner says by law it can only be spent on reducing greenhouse gases

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Ontario has as much as $1 billion in its coffers from cap-and-trade auctions. The province's environmental commissioner is warning the Ford government that it must spend the money on reducing carbon emissions. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters)

........The money was brought into provincial coffers under a law that says it can only be spent on measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, Ford has dismissed the money as a "slush fund," and his government is pushing forward legislation to use some of to cover the costs of cancelling the cap-and-trade program......

..."They will have quite a bit of money left," said Saxe in an interview. "That can be money they can use to invest in [climate-change] solutions." .......

TM