The Green Party of Ontario is looking ahead to the 2018 provincial election.
Leader Mike Schreiner is touring southwest Ontario, making a stop in Windsor after travelling through Sarnia and Chatham-Kent.
He admits to being a fan of wind power, but is frustrated at how the current Liberal government rolled out the system at huge cost to the ratepayer.
Schreiner also wants the province to halt a plan to pour $14-billion into a retrofit of the Darlington nuclear plant: "They don't want to say no to the nuclear lobby, and none of the parties have the courage to do that because it's such a powerful lobby. No nuclear project in Ontario's history has come in on time or on budget, so why do we keep pouring money down this black hole?"
"Nuclear power is essential to the system, but there needs to be more investigation of how to keep it operating," says Schreiner. "The government should conduct an independent public review of the costs of nuclear power and all other forms of generation, so we can make an intelligent public choice about the kind of electricity generation we want that's going to be affordable and cost effective."
Schreiner says the challenge they face is telling people the Green Party has policies in all sectors including education, small business and protection of drinking water.
He admits to being in Windsor to find potential candidates in the 2018 election.