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Hydro

2/24/2017

Time to Fix Hydro ‘Mistake’

By Paul Kahnert Hydro in Ontario is a mess and rates are skyrocketing. The high number of people who have trouble paying or can’t pay their Hydro bills is growing by the day. Businesses are leaving the province and/or refusing to locate here because of high Hydro rates. A group that is especially being ignored Continue readingTime to Fix Hydro ‘Mistake’

Video | 9/12/2015

Weekend Video: Keep Ontario’s Hydro Public

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has a short-sighted plan to sell 60% of Hydro One for a one-time payment to fund transit. That’s like burning the furniture to heat the house. It doesn’t make economic sense. And Ontarians are going to be stuck paying higher electricity bills. To add insult to injury, rather than saying they Continue readingWeekend Video: Keep Ontario’s Hydro Public

5/26/2015

Oppose Privatizing Ontario’s Power

By Paul Kahnert Ed Clark, Premier Wynne’s privatization advisor insisted in the May 19 Toronto Star that the partial sell-off of Hydro One to private owners will produce greater efficiencies through private sector discipline and that those benefits are passed onto rate payers through lower rates. Baloney. This is exactly the same line that the Continue readingOppose Privatizing Ontario’s Power

5/19/2015

Selling Hydro One: Gutting oversight to line pockets of corporations

By Paul Kahnert After announcing the possible sale of Hydro One, Premier Wynne, on March 10, went on the record in the Globe and mail and said, “whatever we do, we are going to control prices. We are going to make sure that the regulatory regimes that will protect people in this province stay in Continue readingSelling Hydro One: Gutting oversight to line pockets of corporations

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