John Godfrey
John Godfrey, the former member of parliament for the riding of Don Valley West, has been appointed a special adviser to the Ontario government on climate change. As adviser and chair of a climate action group Mr.Godfrey will report to Environment Minister Glen Murray on ways for Ontario to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets. Ontario is in the midst of a 45-day public consultation period on climate change, as it weighs whether to implement a cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax. The government says the discussion paper will inform its decision – expected to come this spring – on which carbon pricing mechanism to adopt. The Ontario government committed to carbon pricing in 2008 when it signed the Western Climate Initiative with California and Quebec, which have since created a joint cap-and-trade system. John Godfrey was for MP Don Valley West from 1993 to 2008 and most recently was the headmaster at Toronto French School.
