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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 />

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"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 />

“As a Sikh woman, I<br />

am proud of the work Sikh<br />

<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 />

will allow us to recognize<br />

those contributions and<br />

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