[All] 46% Hydro increase = 10% rebate for Ontario Green Energy

[Eleanor Grant]

It's true that we haven't been paying the true cost of power.

But many people CAN'T pay it.

A steep rise in prices will lead to homelessness - on the part of both
homeowners and renters.

Will you be glad to see that?

We need more solidarity between environmental and poverty activists.  We've
been working at cross-purposes for too long.

Eleanor Grant
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2010/11/18 Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu at rogers.com>

> I listened to the Liberal budget speech at Queens Park live. Minister
> Dwight Duncan said the 10% Hydro rebate is the Ontario Clean Energy Rebate.
>
> Over the next 5 years, hydro must go up 46% to shift Ontario to Clean
> Energy and replace old infrastructure. The old infrastructure was loosing
> power equal to Niagara falls running dry. He said the previous Tory
> government ignored fixing it so as a result Ontario had to buy coal power
> from the US to compensate.
>
> The Liberals have since invested in fixing up the infrastructure to prevent
> energy loss and they have invested in adding green energy and now we're
> closing Ontario's coal plants which will remove air pollution equal to the
> emissions of 7 million cars.
>
> By shifting to cleaner energy it creates jobs. In Sarnia, 800 construction
> jobs came from the creation of the world's largest solar energy project.
> There are new jobs in Guelph, Windsor etc. based on wind and solar power.
> Hydro created 600 new jobs for aboriginal communities in Northern Ontario
> etc.
>
> We've now got 700 new Wind Turbines providing energy to millions of Ontario
> residents.
>
> In my view this move creates incentives to conserve, and it lowers health
> care costs related to the illness costs of smog. By investing here we'll
> save money in other sectors while creating economic stimulus.
>
> During the speech the Tory MPP's were going nuts. The rep from Hamilton
> East was told to leave. It was amazing. Ontario Liberals are leading the
> Green shift in Ontario.
>
> CBC has a write up but the feedback has been negative which is par for the
> course on anything involving an end to fossil fuels. The write up is here:
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/11/18/ontario-duncan-economic-update234.html#socialcomments#ixzz15fFDsbef<http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/11/18/ontario-duncan-economic-update234.html#socialcomments%23ixzz15fFDsbef>
>
> Talk to you later
>
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