How Olivia Chow voted at council

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1. 2024.MM14.14REFERRED

   No More Subsidies for New Gas Pipelines that Drive Up Torontonians' Energy Costs

   Fossil fuel subsidies are bad for consumers, bad for air pollution, bad for climate pollution, and bad for human health. This motion is to support a decision by the Ontario Energy Board (“OEB”) to stop forcing existing customers to subsidize construction of new methane gas pipelines, effective 2025. The Ford government is contemplating overriding this very sensible decision, and forcing Toronto customers to keep subsidizing new fossil fuel pipelines. The total subsidy exceeds $250 million each year. It breaches Canadas repeated international commitments to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. It causes higher energy bills for both existing gas customers and new homebuyers. It encourages developers to install gas equipment, which locks in fossil fuel dependence and adverse health effects. And it undermines municipal climate progress. Toronto cannot achieve net zero without eliminating the use of fossil gas for building heating. Gas pipelines generally have a 60-year lifetime. With climate damage accelerating so quickly, it is financially and environmentally irresponsible to subsidize new pipelines and to install gas equipment in new units. Many fast-growing jurisdictions, i…

   City Council · 2024-02-07 14:25 PM

   Waive Referral

   Olivia Chow's vote: Yes

   Two-Thirds required - MM14.4 - Waive referral

   Motion result

   Lost

   Recorded tally

   14-12

   Source outcome