Sentences with phrase «hydro rates»

It's going to hurt when they have to raise hydro rates on those families.

Residential hydro rates in Ontario increased a whopping 71 percent between 2008 to 2016, compared to 34 percent in the rest of Canada, according to a -LSB-...]

«The reality seems to be the transmission lines can handle a fair chunk of power and we should be looking at this as an option to deal with high hydro rates,» said Tabuns.

Residential hydro rates in Ontario increased a whopping 71 percent between 2008 to 2016, compared to 34 percent in the rest of Canada, according to a -LSB-...]

Finally, far from proving that Site C represents the best value for money, Premier Clark has refused to allow an independent oversight of either the Site C business plan or how the project compares to other energy sources in terms of costs, job creation and resulting hydro rates.

That's what makes the Liberal plan to cut critical services while also increasing medicare premiums, hiking hydro rates, and jacking up user fees so disastrous for children in the province.

Horgan noted that half of British Columbians are living paycheck to paycheck, while hydro rates, car insurance, and medical services premiums have skyrocketed year after year.

The Clark government's mismanagement of B.C. Hydro has also led to a spike in debt at the Crown corporation, meaning they will be forced to raise hydro rates even more.

Comparing the current, higher rates in New York City to rates in Toronto (and across Ontario) in an attempt to quell public outrage is misleading, as it doesn't make it clear that the two jurisdictions have always had significantly different hydro rates (with Ontario's being much lower).

In short, while it's getting worse in Toronto and across Ontario as hydro rate increases blow past inflation, it's getting better in other parts of North America — even in high cost markets like New York.

«GREEN» ENERGY THAT IS N'T Wind ENERGY IS BAD BUSINESS: • Because Ontario has the highest industrial hydro rates in North America, companies like Magna International are suspending investment in the province or moving out entirely and taking these jobs elsewhere.

Instead, the Progressive Conservative leader plans to lower business taxes, stabilize business hydro rates, and cut red tape.

Healthcare (48 per cent) tops Ontarians» list of important election issues, followed by hydro rates (47 per cent), taxes (39 per cent) the economy (33 per cent) and jobs (31 per cent).

If the Liberals want to attract businesses, they should focus on lowering Ontario's high hydro rates, corporate taxes and payroll taxes, he said.

By 2017, B.C. families and industries will have seen their power costs increase by 80 per cent on the B.C. Liberal's watch, including as a result of Premier Clark's broken election promises on hydro rates.

«At a time when Christy Clark is hammering average British Columbians with massive cost hikes from the medical services tax, to ferry fares, to ICBC and hydro rates, taxpayers deserve to know where their hard earned money is going, especially if the money is going to legal fees for another Christy Clark scandal cover up.»

In April, hydro rates will jump by nine per cent.

Instead the budget continues Christy Clark's practice of taking more money from the pockets of British Columbians through hikes to MSP, hydro rates, ICBC rates, camping fees, ferry fares and more,» said New Democrat spokesperson for finance Carole James.

«If Christy Clark wanted lower taxes for ordinary people she wouldn't have doubled the MSP, and jacked up hydro rates and ICBC premiums.»

«While Christy Clark is busy grabbing all she can from the pockets of the middle class through rising MSP premiums, ICBC premiums, hydro rates and ferry fares, at the same time, she's leaving millions on the table in bad deals,» said Holman.

«In Christy Clark's economy, British Columbians have seen the second - worst wage growth in the country, and her government is making affordability even worse with repeated increases to MSP, hydro rates, ICBC insurance and more.»

They have doubled medical service premiums and ferry fares on many routes, and hydro rates have skyrocketed.

Additionally, the B.C. Liberals are leaving schools short on funding after hitting them with hikes to MSP premiums, hydro rates and more operational expenses.

Hydro — Despite telling voters ahead of the election that hydro rates wouldn't necessarily go up, as soon as the election was over the Clark government announced a massive 28 - per - cent hike, which will make customers pay $ 477 more on their bill.

«One of the things that we heard most consistently was hydro rates.

The Ontario Association of Food Banks in its recent 2016 «Hunger Report» noted: «Since 2006, hydro rates have increased at a rate of 3.5 times inflation for peak hours, and at a rate of eight times inflation for off - peak hours.