Tag Archives: privatization

How selling Hydro One really helped Ontario taxpayers

Posted on March 12, 2018 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(March 12, 2018) By selling the utility, Ontario taxpayers, in essence, locked in tomorrow’s future profits today.

The Hydro One sale’s upsides

Posted on November 5, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(November 5, 2015) The sale of Hydro One offers a number of potential benefits to both ratepayers and the province.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, Hydro One, hydro one sale, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, privatization | 2 Comments

Privatization perks

Posted on September 23, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(September 23, 2015) The Ontario government is helping Hydro One’s unions who want a piece of the upcoming privatization.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, Energy Probe, Hydro One, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, privatization | Leave a comment

A broken electricity system, not a Hydro One sale, the real risk to ratepayers

Posted on May 20, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(May 20, 2015) Privatizing Hydro One won’t be bad for ratepayers, but a lack of reform in the province’s electricity sector will be.

Posted in Conservation, Electricity, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, Energy Probe, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, privatization | 2 Comments

Lawrence Solomon: Subways, profitable subways

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Lawrence Solomon

Politics have transformed once economic subways into an unaffordable public transit option. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Privatization, Public Transit, Transportation | Tagged Lawrence Solomon, privatization, public transit, Queen Street, subways, Toronto | Leave a comment

Fairness on the road

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Lawrence Solomon

(June 12, 2014) Road tolls don’t deprive people of options, they add travel options for all, improving the quality of life. Continue reading →

Posted in Public Transit, Toll Roads, Transportation | Tagged commuters, Lawrence Solomon, privatization, public transit, toll roads | 1 Comment

Lawrence Solomon: Atwood’s library

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(August 5, 2011) Toronto has an extraordinary library system with close to 100 branches. The former is mostly about books; the latter mostly about everything but books. This is true of most Canadian cities, where the great history of building public libraries to bring books to the people is running up against rapidly changing cultures and technologies. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged budget, budget cuts, fix your city, KPMG, Lawrence Solomon, Margaret Atwood, Mayor Ford, municipal financing, NGOs, privatization, retail, Toronto, Toronto Public Library, TPL | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Fix Your City – KPMG cuts are merely cautious

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(July 29, 2011) “Even if city council votes for a fraction of the several hundred millions of dollars in suggested cuts, the cuts suggested by city-hired consultants KPMG could transform the city,” the Toronto Star warned last week in an article about proposed budget cuts under Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Continue reading →