{"id":7147,"date":"2017-10-18T11:28:58","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=7147"},"modified":"2017-10-18T11:33:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:33:07","slug":"pcs-call-for-resignation-of-energy-minister-glenn-thibeault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/18\/pcs-call-for-resignation-of-energy-minister-glenn-thibeault\/","title":{"rendered":"PC&#8217;s call for resignation of Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Oct 18, 2017 @ 11:28<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p>In the wake of an explosive report from the Auditor General showing that Ontario families will pay an extra $4 billion for Kathleen Wynne&#8217;s expensive hydro scheme, Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown called on Ontario\u2019s Energy Minister to resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Auditor General\u2019s report was a scathing indictment of Liberal political corruption and their contempt for the people of Ontario,\u201d said Brown during Question Period.<\/p>\n<p>The AG said the scheme was \u201cneedlessly complex,\u201d and that the government is trying to keep the true cost of her scheme buried by \u201cimproperly\u201d accounting billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an egregious abuse of power and someone must be held responsible,\u201d added Brown. \u201cI have no doubt all of cabinet was complicit \u2013 and the direction came from the premier and her senior staff. But the minister of energy is the main spokesperson for this charade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, the Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault must be accountable. Will the premier accept the resignation of him today?\u201d Brown asked.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Ontario PC MPP Lisa MacLeod tabled a motion at the Public Accounts committee to comprehensively study the Auditor General\u2019s report, and call for Ministers and senior political staff to testify about these questionable revelations. The motion will be debated Wednesday, October 25.<\/p>\n<p>Motion tabled in Committee:<\/p>\n<p>MPP Lisa MacLeod: I move, that the Standing Committee on Public Accounts postpone consideration of all matters currently before the Committee until the completion of its review on the report on \u201cThe Fair Hydro Plan: Concerns About Fiscal Transparency, Accountability, and Value For Money\u201d from the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct 18, 2017 @ 11:28 In the wake of an explosive report from the Auditor General showing that Ontario families will pay an extra $4 billion for Kathleen Wynne&#8217;s expensive hydro scheme, Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown called on Ontario\u2019s Energy Minister to resign. \u201cThe Auditor General\u2019s report was a scathing indictment of Liberal political &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[891],"class_list":["post-7147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provincial","tag-energy-minister-glenn-thibeault"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 04:38:38","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\/7147","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7148,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7147\/revisions\/7148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}