About time

Ontario is preparing to lift a controversial moratorium on the development of offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes that has been in place for nearly 14 months, the Toronto Star has learned.

A Ministry of Natural Resources official says the department is "getting ready" to make an announcement and that new minister Donna Cansfield is "anxious to demonstrate leadership in the area."

The potential for wind in Ontario is simply enormous. I'd say it's a mystery that the McGuinty government has blockaded this as long as they have, but it's really not a mystery at all.