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Ontario’s energy policy is generating anger and attracting media attention as rates spiral out of control and residents face the heart wrenching dilemma of whether to heat or eat. Energy poverty that the Premier acknowledges is her government’s mistake but fails to take action to correct. A good place to start is to cancel wind power generation contracts and stop construction of any wind project not yet built. It is never too late to do the right thing.
Robyn Urback · Columnist · CBC News November 23, 2016
Wynne has recognized her ‘oopsies’ and is asking for Ontarians’ patience and trust to fix the problem
“Aside from the repeated, incessant warnings — there was no warning.
Ontario’s energy costs have spiraled out of control. Consumers are struggling to pay their hydro bills and still have enough money left to buy a ticket to one of the premier’s cash-for-access fundraisers.
Who — with the exception of everyone — could have foreseen that wasting billions of dollars on cancelled gas plants, paying way above market value for green energy contracts, producing too much energy and selling it to other jurisdictions at a loss, and investing in smart meters that didn’t actually do what they were supposed to do would translate into skyrocketing electricity bills for everyday Ontarians?
Why didn’t someone — besides the auditor general, both opposition parties and various economic experts — say something?
‘My mistake’
Now Ontario finds itself in a mess of its own making, locked in unsustainable contracts and a looming cap-and-trade scheme that will make hydro bills even more expensive, all while some Ontario families have “had to choose between paying the electricity bill and buying food or paying rent,” according to Premier Kathleen Wynne. Thanks, guys.
“Our government made a mistake. It was my mistake. And I’m going to do my best to fix it,” Wynne admitted in a rare moment of contrition during her address to her party’s annual general meeting this past weekend.
“In the weeks and the months ahead, we are going to find more ways to lower rates and reduce the burden on consumers,” she added…”
READ ARTICLE AT: http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/opinion/ontario-hydro-bills-1.3862838
This woman needs to have her butt fired come the next provincial election. What she and all her Liberals have to do is go over to Hydro Ontario and tell them that everyone making over 200,000.00 a year takes a 20% pay cut. Everyone making over a 100,000. a 15% pay cut and less than that a 10% cut.
This won’t likely happen as Wynne and her Liberals don’t have the guts to do it