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<strong>The</strong> International News Weekly October 27, 2017 | Toronto<br />
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Kathleen Wynne to keep hydro bills lower till elections<br />
Agencies<br />
TORONTO: Ontario's Liberal government<br />
is aiming to keep hydro<br />
bills, a source of widespread public<br />
anger, lowered through next year's<br />
election, but its long-term energy<br />
plan released Thursday details how<br />
they will then rise again over the<br />
next two decades.<br />
Electricity bills had roughly<br />
doubled in the last decade, helping<br />
send Premier Kathleen Wynne's approval<br />
ratings to record lows, when<br />
the Liberals decided to introduce a<br />
25 per cent cut earlier this year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> move — which involved<br />
a complex borrowing scheme that<br />
will cost Ontarians billions in extra<br />
interest — has led bills to drop<br />
by an average of $31 this year, just<br />
ahead of the 20<strong>18</strong> general election.<br />
In its long-term plan, the government<br />
said that for most of the<br />
next two decades, it aims to keep increases<br />
gradual, rather than lower<br />
or freeze rates.<br />
Average hydro bills are projected<br />
to rise to $197 in 2032. That's<br />
a slower progression than the government's<br />
previous long-term plan<br />
in 2013, which expected bills to hit<br />
that mark by 2026. But much of that<br />
is due to the 25 per cent rate cut, the<br />
energy minister admitted.<br />
"We're starting from a lot lower<br />
place than where we would have in<br />
2013," said Glenn Thibeault.<br />
<strong>The</strong> front-loaded decreases in<br />
electricity costs prompted the opposition<br />
parties to decry the government's<br />
energy plan as a political<br />
document. "This was written for<br />
the election," said NDP critic Peter<br />
Tabuns. "This is not a planning<br />
document."<br />
Thibeault said he would have<br />
loved to have announced rates<br />
were being frozen, but Progressive<br />
Conservative critic Todd Smith<br />
said this plan essentially does<br />
freeze rates, just in the very short<br />
Sonia Sidhu supports bill<br />
on Sikh Heritage Month<br />
term.<br />
"This is all about getting Kathleen<br />
Wynne re-elected next year,"<br />
he said. "<strong>The</strong>y're freezing rates to<br />
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BRAMPTON: Brampton<br />
South MP Sonia Sidhu has<br />
lent her support to the private<br />
member bill C-376, introduced<br />
by Surrey-Newton<br />
MP Sukh Dhaliwal, seeking<br />
April as Sikh Heritage<br />
Month.<br />
In a press release, Sidhu<br />
says she has added her name<br />
as an official supporter, coseconding<br />
the bill. She said<br />
she will proudly support the<br />
motion to recognize the important<br />
contributions Sikh<br />
<strong>Canadian</strong>s have made to<br />
our communities.<br />
Sidhu said, “<strong>The</strong>re is<br />
something very special<br />
about recognizing the diverse<br />
communities across<br />
Canada, and the contributions<br />
they have made to<br />
building our national fabric.<br />
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<strong>Canadian</strong>s have done to<br />
contribute to Canada, and<br />
continue to do to contribute<br />
to our communities<br />
from coast to coast to coast.<br />
I will be happy to rise and<br />
support this bill when it<br />
comes back to the House of<br />
Commons.”<br />
Ruby Sahota, Member<br />
of Parliament for Brampton<br />
North, has also seconded<br />
the bill.<br />
“I am extremely proud<br />
of the contributions that<br />
Sikh <strong>Canadian</strong>s have made<br />
to Canada, and Bill C-376<br />
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