New information revealed by the NDP shows that Doug Ford blew almost a quarter of a billion dollars ripping up green energy contracts. Peter Tabuns, Ontario NDP Energy critic, blasted Ford today in question period for burning through $231 million in taxpayer dollars while Ontario families struggle to afford high hydro prices that keep going up on Ford\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n
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The revelation comes after the NDP spotted a strange number in the Public Accounts for the Ministry of Energy \u2014 a $231 million expense for \u201cother transactions.\u201d Follow-up with the Legislative Library produced responses from the ministry identifying this expense as the cost of cancelling\u00a0roughly\u00a0750 green energy contracts,\u00a0including the White Pines wind project. This flies in the face of the Ford government\u2019s claim that there would be no cost associated with tearing down the windmills.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe Ford government was clearly just making stuff up again when it claimed that ripping up green energy contracts wouldn\u2019t cost Ontario families,\u201d said Tabuns. \u201cThe $231-million price tag for Ford\u2019s war on green energy projects exposes that claim as pure fiction.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFord is forcing Ontario families to pay the price of his wrong-headed decision to rip up green energy projects, much like the Liberals wasted money cancelling gas plant projects. This just adds insult to injury as Ford takes things from bad to worse for Ontario families by letting hydro bills go up, not down, instead of fixing the hydro mess left behind by the Liberals.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ontario\u2019s skyrocketing hydro prices are hurting people like Glynnis Hill, a senior from London-Fanshawe who lives on a fixed income. Even after receiving OESP, reading by candlelight, staying up late to do laundry in off-peak hours and wearing a coat indoors, Hill struggles to afford her high hydro bills.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOntario families deserve so much better than a government that blows millions ripping up green energy contracts while turning its back on people like Glynnis,\u201d said Teresa Armstrong, NDP MPP for London-Fanshawe. \u201cThis government should be taking immediate steps to bring families real relief on high hydro bills, not making things worse and wasting money ripping up green energy contracts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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