PremierFord_ClimateLetter

A coalition of over 115 organizations, including the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, calls on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to reinstate climate policy and meet legislated emissions targets. The letter highlights the increasing financial and human costs of climate change in Ontario, citing record heat waves, floods, and forest fires, and notes that Ontario is Canada's second most carbon-polluting province.

• The signatories demand that the Ontario government publicly commit to its existing legislated emissions reduction targets and provide a detailed, scientifically sound plan to meet them.
• Ontario's legislated emissions reduction goals, based on 1990 levels, are a 15 per cent reduction by 2020, 37 per cent by 2030, and 80 per cent by 2050.
• Climate-related events in Ontario have caused significant financial and human loss, including over $124 million in insured flooding damage in the Windsor region in August 2017 and 831 recorded fires by the first week of August 2018, which is more than 60% above the ten-year average of 511.
• Despite meeting its 2014 target of six per cent below 1990 levels—partly through the closure of all coal-fired electricity-generating stations—Ontario is the second most carbon-polluting province in Canada, following Alberta.

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} }