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CHAMPION | Thursday, September 29, 2016 | 6 < o L4 O 3 E 0o 2 «3 o * 6 & o T m C Opmion _ Are they listening? is elimination of the provincial eightâ€"perâ€"cent of the 13 per cent HST on hydro bills starting in January 2017 | enough? The tax adjustment was announced in the Throne Speech delivered in the Legislature at Queen‘s Park by Ontario Lt.â€"Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswel September 12. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne‘s Liberal government is reportedly to spend $1 billion anrually to make it happen. Associate Minister of Education Care) and Halton MPP Indira Naidooâ€"Harris expanded on the announcement‘s results for local residents at a press conference earlier this month. On average, the move will save Ontario households $11 a month. Savings could be higher, should the hydro bill be steeper. Some say the timing of the announcement appears suspect â€" following reports of a sudden realization | Ontario families needed a break on the hydro front and after a Liberal loss in the Scarboroughâ€"Rouge River byâ€"election. "Your government has listened and has heard your concerns," said the speech read in the Legislature by Dowdeswell. "It recognizes that the cost of electricity is now stretching family budgets." While it was noted that hydro rates had to increase in order to, rightly so, remove coal from the power genâ€" eration equation, was the sudden ecognition that hydro costs may have become a burden to residents and businesses in Ontario, and the subsequent elimiâ€" nation of a relatively newly-implemented tax, born out of concern for beleaguered Ontarians‘ As people square up on their hydro tab, with bills reâ€" flective of high rates and in the wake cof a very hot sumâ€" mer, providing a break as of next January does little to take the heat off now. This is in the wake of suddenly realzing people are stretched? And it will cost $1 billion? A whose cost? Nothing appears to add up except our mounting cost of hydro. Either there‘s a crisis or not. Either one is aware it exists or they don‘t. Either the issue is addressed or it contin ues to limp along. A crisis does not just arrive apparent|y out of the blue, despite repeated complaints it exists and then equalâ€" ly rapidly disappear, with a promise o a few bucks or numbers that, when spread over time will likelty dilute themselves. r scandals, billions in ies that are skyrocketing (and have been for a long sold outside of province for pit next January is not a fix waste, investigations, hydro time), energy being 1 1 a month starting fon, it comes up lacking. Arecentatives n tune with the tance, ~ Even as a bandage solut Are Ontario‘s elected ref electorate or do the earbuds in while marching to their own tune? (Early Years and Child | | AUTUMN OUTING: Reader Jennifer Tasce (@jennifer.tasca) shared this photo, snapped at Springridge Farm, with the Champion vu Instagram. Do you have a unique, interesting, fun or cute photo taken in Milton that you would like to submit to be considered for Snapshot? Send submissions (minimum 600 KB resolutun) to editor@miltoncanadianchampion.com or use the hashtag #MiltonChampion on Instagrim. Please include the name of the photographer (for publication) and a description 0| the phao including the location where it was taken A fairâ€"ly satisfying night Redemption _ is rarely as sweet or as memorable as when enjoyed on the fall fair midway â€" games stage. Spoiler alert, there‘s very little genuine _ glory attached to this tale. A few years back Steve LeBianc News/Sports Edito I had won some prizes at the Miiton Fall Fair for my former coâ€"workers/friends‘ little ones, and with another adorable girl having been added to one of those families since then, | was determined to win her one as well So with a quick viewing of Karate Kid hav ing provided ufficient inspiration Friday, | headed out to the fairgrout 1 t t J m 1 mIn [ n ds with ample beeline to my goâ€"to game of chance â€" the water gun target shot. Whether it was overconfidence or stiffer competition than I‘m used to, I lost four straight times in rapid succession. Shame quickly took hold for this avid â€" and ofâ€" ten successful â€" midway games player. While it clearly wasn‘t my night at my game of choice, did it have to be comâ€" plete failure? The evening was still young and my finances and resolve had yet to be exhausted. Cue the comeback. Turning my attention to the dart throw next door, | fortified my focus and popped two of three balloons on my first attempt. Then â€" with what | can only assume was the highlight of my dart throwing career â€" six balloons burst on my seven shots. The pride | felt walking away with a stuffed tiger was unrivaled. It‘s kinda sad that this is the closest I get to feeling like a hero. But hey, I‘ll take what I can get. insidehaliton.com the C Canacian 2@# 1O 555 Industrial Drive, Milton, Ont. L9T 5E1 905â€"878â€"2341 Advertising Fax: 905â€"876â€"2364 Classified: 905â€"875â€"3300 Circulation: 905â€"878â€"5947 www.miltoncanadianchampion.com V.P â€" Group Publisher Nell Oliver Regional General Manager Kelly Montague Director of Advertising Daniel Baird Managing Editor Catherine O‘Hara Production Manager Circulation Director Charlene Hall Office Manager Lorl Ann Gvozdanovic The Canadian Champion, published every Thursday, is a division of Metroland Media Group Ltd. 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