PremierFord_ClimateLetter

A letter dated August 8, 2018, from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and 36 other organizations to Premier Doug Ford, urging the Ontario government to commit to legislated emissions reduction goals and present a scientifically sound plan to achieve them.

• The signatories call on Premier Doug Ford's government to publicly commit to Ontario's existing legislated emissions reduction goals and to provide a detailed, scientifically sound plan to meet these goals as soon as possible.
• Ontario's legislated emissions reduction targets, set by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2016, aim for reductions relative to 1990 levels of 15 per cent by 2020, 37 per cent by 2030, and 80 per cent by 2050.
• Ontario is identified as the second most carbon polluting province in Canada, following Alberta, despite having met its 2014 target of six per cent below 1990 levels, partly through the closure of all coal-fired electricity-generating stations.
• The document cites immediate climate-related impacts in Ontario, including 831 recorded fires by the first week of August 2018 (over 60% higher than the ten-year average of 511), over $124 million in insured flooding damage in the Windsor region in August 2017, and humidex values of 47 degrees Celsius in Ottawa during a July heat wave.

APA

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (2018). PremierFord_ClimateLetter. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PremierFord_ClimateLetter.pdf#new_tab

Chicago

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. PremierFord_ClimateLetter. 2018. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PremierFord_ClimateLetter.pdf#new_tab.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment |title=PremierFord_ClimateLetter |date=8 August 2018 |url=https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PremierFord_ClimateLetter.pdf#new_tab |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{canadianassociationofphysiciansfortheenvironment2018premierfordclimateletter, author = {{Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}}, title = {{PremierFord\_ClimateLetter}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2018}, month = aug, url = {https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PremierFord_ClimateLetter.pdf#new_tab}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }