{"id":983,"date":"2017-02-27T10:46:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T15:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=983"},"modified":"2020-08-24T13:34:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T17:34:31","slug":"horwath-lays-out-plan-for-ontarians-to-pay-less-for-and-own-more-of-hydro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/27\/horwath-lays-out-plan-for-ontarians-to-pay-less-for-and-own-more-of-hydro\/","title":{"rendered":"Horwath lays out plan for Ontarians to pay less for, and own more of hydro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-983-1\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/64809496\/ndp_hydro-plan_final_ntc.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/64809496\/ndp_hydro-plan_final_ntc.mp4\">https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/64809496\/ndp_hydro-plan_final_ntc.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"m-7797079120399722292msonospacing\">Feb 27, 2017 @ 10:46<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-7797079120399722292msonospacing\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Today Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath laid out her plan to cut hydro bills for everyone across the province by up to 30 per cent and to return Hydro One back to public ownership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-7797079120399722292msonospacing\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-7797079120399722292msonospacing\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u201cIt\u2019s time for the people of Ontario to pay less for \u2013 and own more of \u2013 our hydro,\u201d said Horwath. \u201cAffordable, reliable public power will be the backbone of the electricity system under an NDP government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-7797079120399722292msonospacing\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-7797079120399722292msonospacing\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Lower hydro bills start with more public control of the electricity system in Ontario.\u00a0 Along with returning Hydro One to public hands, the NDP plan lays out an end to the practice of paying for electricity Ontario doesn\u2019t need, and an immediate review and renegotiation of bad private power contracts signed by Liberal and Conservative governments. Additional commitments built into the package include equalizing rural and urban delivery charges, capping private profit margins and ending Time of Use billing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-7797079120399722292msonospacing\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-7797079120399722292msonospacing\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u201cElectricity isn\u2019t a luxury. It shouldn\u2019t be priced like one,\u201d said Horwath. \u201cInstead of subsidizing hydro bills by taking money from hospitals and schools, I\u2019ll lower the cost of power. Families will see immediate relief, and permanent change on their hydro bills. It\u2019s time for a government that gets what families are dealing with \u2013 and takes action to make life easier in Ontario.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-7797079120399722292msonospacing\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-7797079120399722292msonospacing\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">With profits flowing to private and foreign corporations, Horwath said making hydro public again is the best way to get hydro bills under control and deliver long-term financial returns to the province.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">No rate increase would be required to finance the return of Hydro One to public ownership.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The NDP\u2019s ambitious but achievable plan is one piece of a much-needed plan to make life more affordable for all Ontarians; and give the next generation the opportunity to build a great life.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 27, 2017 @ 10:46 Today Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath laid out her plan to cut hydro bills for everyone across the province by up to 30 per cent and to return Hydro One back to public ownership. \u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s time for the people of Ontario to pay less for \u2013 and own more &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40,85],"tags":[135,134,136],"class_list":["post-983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-local","category-politics","tag-pay-less","tag-andrea-horwath","tag-own-more-the-ontario-ndps-plan-to-cut-hydro-prices"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 19:11:48","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\/983","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":986,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions\/986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}