{"id":47352,"date":"2015-04-21T20:18:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T12:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=47352"},"modified":"2025-01-09T07:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T12:05:22","slug":"liberal-government-turns-back-on-consumers-with-opportunistic-hydro-one-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/21\/liberal-government-turns-back-on-consumers-with-opportunistic-hydro-one-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal government turns back on consumers with opportunistic Hydro One proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46983\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hydro-One-e1429204647624.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46983\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hydro-One-e1429204647624.jpg\" alt=\"Hydro One (Photo courtesy of Valley Heritage Radio Canada)\" width=\"522\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hydro-One-e1429204647624.jpg 522w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hydro-One-e1429204647624-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hydro One (Photo courtesy of Valley Heritage Radio Canada)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>QUEEN\u2019S PARK \u2013 The Liberal government has reversed years of opposition to the sale of Hydro One, purely to pay for its scandals and irresponsible management of Ontario\u2019s finances, PC Interim Leader Jim Wilson said today.\u00a0 \u201cIn 2002, Dalton McGuinty said that \u201cwhen you turn a natural public monopoly over\u2026it is the consumer who ultimately pays the price.\u00a0 Rates would go up\u2026 What would possess the government, I mean any government, to sell [this] asset\u201d, Wilson quoted in the Legislature today.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson asked the Premier \u201cwhy are you selling a majority stake in Hydro One when you said yourself that you can\u2019t guarantee that hydro rates won\u2019t increase as a result?<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy elavil online <a href=\"https:\/\/hillrisedental.com\/newpatient\/html\/elavil.html\">https:\/\/hillrisedental.com\/newpatient\/html\/elavil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u201d\u00a0 He noted that even with OEB oversight customers are already facing a 42 percent increase over 5 years and further asked, \u201cif you can\u2019t guarantee that the sale of a majority in Hydro One won\u2019t increase rates any higher, why on earth would you expose the hardworking people of Ontario to even more hardship?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGuinty was not the only Liberal to oppose selling Hydro One.\u00a0 In 2012, former Energy Minister Chris Bentley said that the whole asset needed to be kept in public hands so that it could work for families and businesses.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy antabuse online <a href=\"https:\/\/hillrisedental.com\/newpatient\/html\/antabuse.html\">https:\/\/hillrisedental.com\/newpatient\/html\/antabuse.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u00a0 Obviously, families and businesses are no longer a Liberal priority if a sale of a majority in Hydro One would \u201cexpose the hardworking people of Ontario to even more hardship,\u201d stated Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Wilson said that the government was \u201cnot only giving up majority control, but taking  billion that by law is supposed to be used to pay down hydro debt and lead to lower electricity prices for everyone.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zoloft online <a 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