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Select Committee on Energy
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Select committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on specific issues. This committee was first appointed in February 1988 under committee chair Douglas A. Carrothers.
The Select Committee on Energy was re-established in December 1989 under chair Barbara Sullivan. The Committee ended when the 34th parliament was dissolved in July 1990.
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The Select Committee on Energy investigated Ontario Hydro's strategy for meeting the province's electricity requirements into the 21st century. Investigation was primarily based on a report from Hydro, Demand Supply Planning Strategy, released in December of 1987. The committee made a number of recommendations, including that an environmental audit be undertaken. It also endorsed the recommendations of its predecessor, the Select Committee on Energy (1985-1986).
The Committee was given a new mandate in December 1989. In response to public concern about climate warming, it was charged with identifying how provincial policy affected carbon dioxide emissions and the means of reducing them. The committee consulted international experts who confirmed that global climatic change could have serious consequences.
The Committee issued an interim report on climate change in March 1990. Public consultations were scheduled but pre-empted by an election call in July 1990. No final report was issued after Parliament was dissolved in July 1990.
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The Select Committee on Energy was first appointed in February, 1988 on the recommendation of Hon. Sean Conway, Minister of Mines and Government House Leader. The Committee was re-appointed in December 1989 on the recommendatin of Hon. Christopher Ward, Minister of Government House Services and Government House Leader.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.
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The Richard Sage and Eileen Weir book refers to the Select Committee on Energy (1985-1986) as the Committee's predecessor.
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