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[14 |, The South Marysburgh Mirror PURE COUNTY BOTTLED WATER Our purification system includes: Filtration process Sediment filter Softened Carbon charcoal filter Reverse osmosis Ultra-violet light Charcoal buffer filter For information on home delivery phone 476-1376 17 MacSteven Drive Picton KOK 2T0 | Hicks’ General Store Milford 476-5258 Groceries Gasoline - Video Rentals etc., etc., etc. URS 8:00 am to 7:00 pm MON-SAT SUNDAY 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Interac, Visa, MasterCard accepted Business opportunities for Ontario in addressing climate change: Greens Monday, December 17, 2007 — Toronto — The Green Party of Ontario says it's not just Ottawa that's showing an embarrassing lack of leadership on climate change. The federal government attracted worldwide criticism at the Bali conference last week, but Ontario's government should be equally ashamed that our province has fallen so far behind Quebec and British Columbia in its efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. "Addressing climate change is more than an em ronmental necessity, " says GPO Leader Frank de Jong. “it isalsoa mic opp . manufac- turing powerhouse, Ontario should be leading North Amer- , ica on this front, and making a profit in the process. In- stead, our government is standing by while other jurisdic- tions take action to ensure their long-term viability." Quebec has introduced a carbon tax and will adopt California Standard auto emissions, while B,C.'s finance minister, Carole Taylor, recently announced plans to shift taxes off incomes and onto resources. Ontario's govern- ment, meanwhile, has failed to step up to the plate, the GPO maintains. "If Ontario did away with direct and indirect subsi- dies and required businesses, governments, institutions and individuals to pay the true cost of energy, land and re- sources, we would have a much-needed incentive to be- come leaders in greenhouse gas reductions rather then con- tinental laggards," de Jong says. "The Green Party's climate change plan for Ontario is creative, cost-effective and progressive. Green taxes, when applied early and fairly, encourage innovation, effi- ciency and alternatives. When coupled with the right regu- lations, they provide a total package for a solution to the climate change crisis. Every economic decision is influ- enced in part by the tax system, so if we get the taxes and regulations right, the market will take care of the rest." The GPO believes the key is to shift taxes off "goods" that benefit us all, such as incomes, and onto "bads", such as waste and excessive energy and resource consumption. "We think Ontarians should pay for what they burn, not for what they eam," de Jong says. Continued on page 19