Green Propserity is a joint effort by 23 of Ontario's leading environmental organizations to outline an action agenda for the province that we believe will help make Ontario a world leader in green practices and programs. For more information on the groups involved, click here.

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment

Canadian Environmental Law Association

Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy

Citizens Environment Alliance

Community Power Fund

Conservation Council of Ontario

David Suzuki Foundation

Earthroots

Ecojustice

Environment North

Environmental Defence

Forest Ethics

Great Lakes United

Greenpeace

Local Food Plus

Ontario Nature

Ontario Smart Growth Network

Ontario Sustainable Energy Association

Pembina Institute

Sierra Club

Toronto Environmental Alliance

Wildlands League

World Wildlife Fund

	Ontario could develop millions of new jobs thanks to a carbon cap-and-trade system that drives innovation in energy and other sectors.

 Putting a price on carbon is the only way we are going to come to grips with our impact on a rapidly unravelling climate.  A system that auctions the majority of carbon credits and that covers the widest possible range of industries and other emission sources will be the most successful in helping us achieve our critically important greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and thereby will help keep global temperatures from crossing into even more dangerous territory.  By pressing ahead with a strong carbon cap and trade plan in conjunction with its partners in the Western Climate Initiative and Quebec, Ontario can avoid being held hostage to the federal government’s desire to protect the big oil companies of the Alberta tar sands at any cost.

Ontario will benefit from this new approach to managing our climate, environmental and health impacts.  Rebuilding the province’s economy with an emphasis on leadership in energy efficiency, renewable energy and other climate-sensitive technologies can help bring jobs and opportunities to the province in a new global economy where climate matters.

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