OSPE’s 2019 Year-in-Review
As 2019 comes to a close, we at OSPE would like to thank each of our dedicated members for sharing their time, expertise and unwavering support with us over the…
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December 23, 2019
Federal Government provides Fiscal and Economic Update and PM Releases Ministerial Mandate Letters
Fiscal and Economic Update Finance Minister Bill Morneau delivered his first fiscal and economic update following the 2019 federal election. The Government of Canada projects the federal deficit will be: $26.6…
December 19, 2019
OSPE Member Profile: Rob Harvey, P.Eng.
OSPE Member Rob Harvey, P.Eng., Director of Energy Infrastructure at Hydrogenics, was the keynote speaker at the 2019 Hamilton Halton Engineering Week (HHEW). Rob has worked in the energy sector…
December 13, 2019
Messages from OSPE’s President & CEO – Winter 2019
Message from OSPE President & Chair A new year, a new decade, and new opportunities for OSPE are right around the corner. This past year has been one of many…
December 11, 2019
New Excess Soil Regulations in Ontario – the Government is Listening to Engineers
OSPE has been advocating for regulatory changes to excess soil for years. Engineers have been calling on the government to ensure that soil is treated as a resource and not…
December 9, 2019
30 years after l’Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Mass Shooting
Today on the 30th anniversary of the l'École Polytechnique de Montréal massacre and the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, we commemorate the lives of the…
December 6, 2019
OSPE Representative Invited to the Government of Ontario Energy Working Group
On August 13th, 2019, the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) issued a letter outlining its requirements regarding the connection of distributed energy resources (DERs) by licensed electricity distributors. OSPE’s submission to…
December 4, 2019
OSPE’s Position on The Government’s Decision to Develop Small Modular Reactors
On December 1st, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the development of Small Modular Reactors. Premier…
December 3, 2019
Government announces Advisory Panel on Climate Change
On November 28th, the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Park, Jeff Yurek, announced the appointment of his Advisory Panel on Climate Change. The government’s announcement fell on the one-year…
November 29, 2019
The need for more renewable energy projects; not less
Ontario’s Conservative government has recently spent $231M on cancelling over 750 renewable energy projects and contracts. In the last twelve months, the following legislation and projects have been scrapped: Green…
November 27, 2019
