The made-in-Ontario provision is totally justifiiable–the German solar industry should understand that better than anyone: it was born with a massive subsidy in its mouth. At this stage in the game it’s completely reasonable to support the industry and to receive for that support a nice little jobs creation program. The Germans are being stupid. Clearly it’s a win-win situation: they’ll still get the business….business that probably wouldn’t exist but for the local content rules.

Hopefully this is just silly businessmen paying their dues at the altar of the free market, and that they’ll smarten up and recognize the opportunity they’ve been given.