Juan_Lennon416
Senior Member
People are not tired of them being in power. They are tired of them doing a terrible job.
That is actually not true.
People are not tired of them being in power. They are tired of them doing a terrible job.
In general, people are just tired of the Liberals governing in Ontario. They have held power since 2003
But of course:sweepingpines said:A good friend of mine works for Hydro One and she told me there's a lot going on right now with people being shifted around to different departments and jobs being cut. Particularly managers who make upwards of 100k a year. My friends department in particular has about 12 people and they were just cut down to 6. The higher ups aren't telling them why this is suddenly happening but she suspects that all of the public pressure to lower rates is causing them to make cuts in order to be able to pass the savings on to customers.
darrrrrren said:My brother used to be a bank teller and he always talked about how everyone cashing huge Hydro one pension cheques had the same subset of last names. Apparently nepotism is rampant there.
“I’m getting involved in the Conservative leadership race because I can’t stand watching incompetent politicians destroy my country. You and (Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau are two of them. (Alberta Premier) Rachel Notley would be the third,” O’Leary wrote on Facebook.
“You and your policies have all but bankrupted a province that was once an economic powerhouse in Canada. If you were the CEO of one of my companies I would have fired you long ago,” said the businessman and star of ABC’s Shark Tank.
“Your complete disregard for the people of Ontario has caused hydro prices to become completely unaffordable for families, sometimes forcing them to choose between groceries and heat,” he continued."
Why Kathleen Wynne might tackle hydro delivery charges to cut electricity bills
On average, the delivery charge makes up nearly 30 per cent of a typical residential hydro bill, but the amount varies widely from place to place. Different local hydro distribution companies charge different rates, unlike the cost of electricity generation, which is standard for all residential hydro customers in the province.
A typical Hydro One customer in a medium-density area pays nearly $68 a month for delivery — more than double the delivery charge for a Thunder Bay Hydro customer. The difference adds up to $409 a year.
Questioned by reporters after her speech, Wynne affirmed that delivery charges are on her radar.
"The delivery charge is something that comes up repeatedly," she said. "I am hearing it consistently as I talk to people across the province."
A Hydro One customer living in a rural area and heating with electricity would face an average monthly bill of $400. The delivery charge alone would be $143. (Colin Perkel/Canadian Press)
But Wynne declined to offer details about the changes she's considering.
"There are so many people who'd like us to deal with the delivery charge, but we've not necessarily landed on how to do that," she said.
"We have to really pull that apart and figure out how do we make sure that there's a fairness across the province in terms of the costs that people are bearing," she said. "We actually have not made those decisions, so I am not going to pre-empt that process."
Households that don't heat with electricity consume on average 750 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month.
Right now delivery charges rise when a household uses more electricity. But the Ontario Energy Board has ordered local utilities to transition to a flat delivery charge per household within the next eight years.
The biggest savings from a flat delivery charge would go to households with the highest bills — those that heat with electricity.
Hydro One's customers are divided into three categories for delivery charges: urban, medium density and low density (rural). The utility says most of the 330,000 low-density customers heat with electricity, typically consuming 2,000 kWh per month.
Such a rural customer's monthly delivery charge alone would be $143 (on a bill totalling $400). That bill is already subsidized by $60.50 per month, paid for from regulatory charges levied on all residential electricity users in Ontario.
The government has one new source of revenue it could use to subsidize high electricity users: funds from the cap and trade program to limit greenhouse gas emissions. The argument could be made that since Ontario's electricity generating sector has made significant cuts in carbon emissions in recent years, heating homes by electricity is greener than other methods.
Whatever action she takes, Wynne is promising it will come quickly.
"We are going to be bringing forward some of the changes that we are going to make before the budget," she said.
The budget date has yet to be announced, but Finance Minister Charles Sousa has indicated it will be in the spring after the federal government tables its budget.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...s-of-ontario-energy-programs/article33705040/Mid-sized businesses ‘falling through the cracks’ of Ontario energy programs
He should think first about winning the Conservative race. The loudmouth doesnt even live in Canada.