by Mike Robinson. Puslinch councillors have deferred a decision on requesting the province equalize hydro costs until it has more information. The item came up at the Dec. 7 council meeting. In November the northern Ontario municipality of Greenstone (Geraldton)…
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Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown and the Ontario PC Caucus demanded that Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal Government stop further electricity rate increases, during an Opposition Day debate in the Ontario Legislature on October 25. “Ontario is in an energy crisis,” Mr….
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We should all be celebrating! I’m under the impression that all the talk of having an infrastructure deficit was just that – talk. We obviously have all the money we need for roads and bridges and culverts and sports fields…
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When will this Liberal electricity nightmare in Ontario end? After absorbing punishing electricity rate increases in May 2015, November 2015 and January of this year we are once again going to see our rates going up on May 1st. “They…
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By Ted Arnott. As of the end of December, the Ontario Government phased out the “Ontario Clean Energy Benefit,” which in recent years has reduced electricity bills by 10 percent. To be fair, the “Debt Retirement Charge” is ending this…
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After just raising our electricity prices in MAY of this year, prepare yourself for more bad news. On November 1st rates are going up again. On peak energy rates in the morning from 7am to 11am (when we all get…
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The high cost of hydro continues to be the Achilles’ heel of Kathleen Wynne’s Government. Electricity prices in Ontario have been skyrocketing in recent years, mostly due to conscious and deliberate policy decisions which the Government has made. Our local…
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First we’re told we DIDN’T USE ENOUGH electricity so prices have to go up (read full article here), and now I get the flyer below in my mail telling me to CONSERVE ENERGY AND USE EVEN LESS – complete with…
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The Ontario Legislature is back in session and Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott has begun presenting petitions calling on the Government to take immediate action to stabilize hydro rates. On February 16, the very first day the Legislature resumed after…
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Deja Vu all over again? It seems like I just wrote an article about electricity prices being raised for the second time in 2015. But wait … its been a couple of months since the Liberals raised our rates ……
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The high cost of electricity is one of the top concerns in Ontario today. We hear of seniors whose hands tremble as they open their hydro bill. We also hear of lost jobs when industries leave Ontario and head south,…
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