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THURSDAY, DECEMBER a. 20|5 - WATElLoo CHRONICLE - 9 v T“ 7 Wâ€"fi" V ' "”“‘_' . “fiâ€"ifif 7” ”W ' ' ' ' 7 W 77; fl w w s y \ 1 i I LETTERS TO T HE (illRONlLLh 2 Adi“ dan don ’ _ _ Mamâ€"i g g g ope 1 RT 51m One gets paid up to $4 million a year in Ontario each month. It also resulted [h the em mth half the costumers as the CEO of in 60,000 people having their hydro gone gOOd tune ’ iSl'BSdeOI' the snow Hydro Quebec, with no complaints disconnected in 2015, with a mini l ho e that the LRT “a“ and the from the Wynne government. mum fee of$16000to reconnect. . . . . Inge" have ordered a rail mm, in fact Premier Wynne has taken in most cases a security deposit Llflfithm Cngvradio thisdpastweek, I heard the song Make plow (0 remove the snou from [he away the powers ofthe auditor general was required while Quebec, US. states In, ‘ sagas. ”I ylann the.“ ‘ ‘th . h , tracks. to investigate the salaries and what and Manitoba are benefiting from the be ‘tsiftrily a lye atzpume nsttrlnashsong, “1 “Shaun?!” If they haven't, they better order ” goes on at Hydro One due to the 60 generosity of the Wynne government 1aud me esan ”warm, catc yc orus. lirig-a- g-a- orig, now, per cent sale of Hydro One, in 20l4 by taking our excess hydro off our grid Din-g ongiingâ€"a-long. _ » As of now, the mum-I1 “it“, WP there were about 12,500 employees at a major cost to Ontarians. I I 5:12“ songéoo, OArden told Te ove'rrthemphgge affiw ports LR’l' and the region due“, I we“ from (JPG and Hydro One on the sun- The Liberals are robbing Peter to l ylears c worn on 0:5 I?“ m an inzgrvtetn (I); e romc e. know who is going to get the tub of shine list. Up by nearly 1,000 people pay Paul. In 2010, the Liberals added r wrote“ years ago en wasiust _yearso ' snow removal. over 2013, imagine how this affects our eight per cent more tax on our hydro F I always wanted to do something mm “' and [was ,SO glad l i You take Charles Street, downimm rates. bill with the HST. Wynne is now rebat- l rememlbgred i(tjaltlhthose years later. because i don t write down to Borden Avenue, 'Ihere Is no “say 4, Did Wynne make Hydro One and ing us back that amount starting Jan. 1 l "mfg“ mom; denotations. littl . (1 fl h d " city snowplow can clear the gnu“- (m the ()Pt; unions a deal they couldn‘t 2017. by rebating us and not cancelling i h “I 0d' in" n on a e “gene tape an nally a 1 the LRT tracks in ma conâ€"1d“, refuse in return to suppon her in the the PST portion ofthe HSFtaic She has j accannce 212?” n‘ , b l ved rf with l " I can't believe that m“ ”m“. fit) per cent sale of Hydro One by givâ€" added $1 billion a year to our provin» I 10 inc 0 , Si ciunuiyx' "$5108? ype (201,331,118 '17T(‘0i.i)‘l- removal problem, and the other proh in); them a $111 million loan to buy cial debt which is expected to hit $378 l (is! gles WC u rig Ari; . Le “F ou, 0 e Your ' ‘ lem of access for “Hagen”. vehicles, Hydro One stock for their employ billion by 2020-2021. That’s up from I fl? (afinéitwe' Jam} en ls Tasting I wasn't a top issue of mm ern at the ees" Remember when Wynne stated, $138 billion dollars when the Liberals S ‘ ‘ tsumsploncegem own I start of this LRT plan. Ontario needed to sell 60 per cent of first took office. to 5 MaSsey on_ ecem r 192 1 \l \ll\l l \l l . DonSnider Hydro One to raise badly needed cash, Also the OBS? wouldn't be tree I loved her poetic and confesstonal l I l l . ; km‘fu’m’y so how does this deal raise funds? essary if we had affordable hydro in prose style. from the moment I read l \ ‘ N l “in hydro rates have drastically Ontario and one way or another we Kinfilsllvgiiibklelil 1,55?“ D0" t iou l : - lnt‘l'eaSPd since the liberals took office pay for these rebates. , .. ' 3 i Energy rates Increase as in 2003. We went from 4.3 cents a kilo if you have any concerns, Contact Arden “T",es" 1 marvel at words. I . t~c 1 executive pay does too watu’hour all day to now having the Wynne by email at premier@ontario. savour them like a rare steak or a red l 4: '“'~ v highest hydro rates in North America. ca or 41632571941. wtne. Words are “ha! my world relies ' l The (ll-If) of Hydro Quebec gets pdld This is a major factor in 335,000 “Ii-Am on“ Words are what I S?“ at the end of on ‘ ($483,000) and the (Ti-(J of Hydro adults and children using food banks Smith Falls the day. We buy, them like we bl“) food. > We use them like we do gasoline. We . h’ " ' " ""’4‘*""' “M "' " ' ' ' ’ " " ’ f‘ ’ ’* 7‘ hang them on our wale we send them L ‘ 1 It, . l to our friends and to our enemies. We 3 s e a e g at negates me i need words to live. We need words to ‘ MARSHALL ‘ ; i tell ourselves that we are here at all.’ i WARD ] Dear Mr Maidmrnt, thank you for reading and freetrade agreements 7 with a massive sector of the popuv "e, words often capture moments 1___ n ,,,,l,.-_.c. ; I YESP‘mdmfl to my ( tilumn Iation that have been directly and negatively impacted by of great truth and wisdom. l ‘ i do want to (limb something I did not tall myself an decadesof’progressive' political polity “Being who yoti are. is quite simply that. God's own design," ' Ellie. I understand that what some call progress has, unfortu she writes. "He made us as we are meant to be, Who we are. u lam labelled “n “t'lm‘ N nately. left people behind “But you (IAN choose to be a prick." 7 Isuppost' I am labelled as am "elite" bt-t arise I am a well- I could make a long. reasoned argument abotit being Listening to Make it Christmas Day this holiday season, I‘m i educated feminist. i'rnhriu e ( entrist plillln‘s in a protracted period of change, where the reminded how Arden is the real deal. In an industry predicated and suppon publit institutions like our local ' I | . - economy is recalibrating, with pains and 0" YOUlh and beauty, she is a "U" renegade Wh" reminds “5 Of I libraries And it hugs the heck out of me. l" t l l\ _ gains being felt by different people, in differ» I "19 importance Of love, f"rf¢"9“9“' and (“ml‘BSSl‘m' especially l M much 3‘ lh“ “WW “is“. “if“!!! major, S( l \ .\ ent ways but I acceptyour point that people i 31 this time ofyear . 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