Monthly Archives: October 2005

More consultation stuff

By James Keirstead | Published: October 14, 2005

Here’s an interesting article from the recent issue of Building for a Future. It makes a few good points about the problems of a microgen strategy that isn’t really sure what it means by key phrases like ‘technology-blind’.

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What’s your two cents? Or rather pence

By James Keirstead | Published: October 11, 2005

One of the things I find pleasantly surprising in the UK is how open government is when it develops policy. There are always green papers, consultation documents, select committee meetings and other chances to have your say. I haven’t yet figured out how much they change their plans in response to this feedback but it’s nice that they at least go through the motions.

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Compare and contrast

By James Keirstead | Published: October 5, 2005

I came across these two articles (1 and 2) today on the Globe and Mail’s website. The federal government is going to give low income households $250 to help with heating costs this winter since the prices of oil, gas, and electricity have all risen big time, partly due to the Gulf Coast hurricanes. But prices have been rising steadily for a while now and this policy, like that of the Nova Scotian government, implies that future cost increases might also be mitigated by such rebates.

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