{"id":2134,"date":"2017-04-05T11:37:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T15:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2017-04-05T23:50:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T03:50:57","slug":"skyrocketing-hydro-rates-have-caused-legion-branch-23-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/05\/skyrocketing-hydro-rates-have-caused-legion-branch-23-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyrocketing Hydro Rates Have Caused Legion Branch 23 Sale &#038; Other Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Apr 5, 2017 @ 11:37<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MichaelMantha\/videos\/1131136256998420\/\" data-width=\"560\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MichaelMantha\/videos\/1131136256998420\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MichaelMantha\/videos\/1131136256998420\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Liberal government voted against giving the people of Ontario a break on their Hydro bills.  They rather play politics instead of approving a 30% cut.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MichaelMantha\/\">Michael Mantha Algoma-Manitoulin<\/a> on Monday, April 3, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Michael Manta talks about some of the problems faced by Northern Ontario residents, and communities dealing with huge electrical bills.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, through its failed energy policies, the Wynne government has damaged our local community,\u201d stated Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli.<\/p>\n<p>North Bay Legion Branch 23 executives revealed they were forced to sell their building due to unaffordable hydro rates<span lang=\"EN-US\">. Despite converting to LEDs, changing ballasts, and doing everything in their power to reduce electricity consumption, the Legion\u2019s hydro bill came in at over $48,000 a year, forcing the sale.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is absolutely heartbreaking,\u201d said Fedeli. \u201cLegion Branch 23 has provided support to our community for years. Whether it\u2019s through their track and field grants, providing a venue for charity events, taking care of our veterans, the Legion has always been there for our community,\u201d Fedeli continued.<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting with Fedeli, executives of the Legion, Preston Quirt, Bill Wilkins, and Jim Thompson spoke of staff layoffs and the growing financial pressures they faced. They went on to say, \u201chydro has broken our backs. We want to lay the blame where it lies \u2014 and that\u2019s with our hydro bill\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Legion Branch 23 joins a long list of others that share similar hydro horror stories. Under the current government, Ontario has been transformed from an economic powerhouse to a have-not province. The main contributor is the complete and utter mismanagement of the province\u2019s energy needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge the government to set aside the politics, put an end to their hydro vanity ads, and take concrete measures to help our communities today. How many more Legions, rinks, and restaurants need to close before the government takes action?\u201d concluded Fedeli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr 5, 2017 @ 11:37 &nbsp; Michael Manta talks about some of the problems faced by Northern Ontario residents, and communities dealing with huge electrical bills. &nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cOnce again, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40],"tags":[156],"class_list":["post-2134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-local","tag-electricity-rates"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 06:18:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2134"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2186,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions\/2186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}