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Daily contact, a Ford phone call: docs reveal Ontario government’s close relationship with Enbridge

  • Newly released internal documents reveal frequent communications between Ontario's Energy Ministry and Enbridge Gas in 2023 regarding natural gas projects.
  • These interactions occur amid Ontario's June 12, 2023 release of the 'Energy for Generations' plan that emphasizes increased natural gas use until at least 2050 despite expert advice to phase it out sooner.
  • The government overturned a prior independent energy board decision that would have stopped passing natural gas hookup costs to homeowners and directed the board to support continued expansion of natural gas infrastructure.
  • Energy Minister Stephen Lecce stated, repeatedly, 'There is no alternative' to natural gas, describing it as fundamental insurance against blackouts and high costs amid rising power demand.
  • The documents and government actions signal an ongoing close relationship with Enbridge Gas that favors continued fossil fuel reliance despite emissions-free grid targets for 2050.
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Daily contact, a Ford phone call: docs reveal Ontario government’s close relationship with Enbridge

In early October 2023, a senior bureaucrat in the Ontario Energy Ministry emailed an Enbridge official with a “sort of urgent” request.

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The Narwhal broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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