Premier Ford expects us and our children to pay a Liberal Mega-Donor $100 million dollars for power we don’t need
When asked recently about stopping the proposed Bala hydro-electric generating station project as he promised he would, Premier Ford replied “Wish we could afford it”.
This shows that the Premier has been given incorrect information. As detailed here, stopping the proposed project, even if there was as much as $30 million dollars of costs (which is unlikely), would still save Ontarians more than $70 million dollars.
That is, the Premier has it backwards. Stopping the proposed project would not cost us money, it would save us money. The Premier’s reneging on his promise will cost us and our children millions of dollars to pay for this “big scam” over the next 40 years.
The PCs have a choice; stop funding facilities and programs Ontarians need, or stop dangerous and unnecessary projects such as Bala’s that were approved because a Liberal Mega-Donor paid for access to Kathleen Wynne
A few weeks ago many of you wrote to the Premier asking why his government would pay millions of dollars for power Ontario doesn’t need – especially now that we know Ontario is more than $300 billion dollars in debt and this debt will increase by more than $15 billion dollars this year. So far, rather than saving money, the PCs have been mostly making spending announcements costing many millions more.
And instead of answering our letters asking are they going to save money by stopping this proposed project, the government has replied they will spend more money. This makes no sense and did not answer our question.
What you can do to help
Send an e-mail to Premier Doug Ford, at Premier@ontario.ca and copying us. Click here for an example e-mail, such as …
Premier Ford, your last letter on the Bala issue did not answer the question the public has asked.
Do you realize the cost to us and our children of buying expensive power from this proposed project for 40 years would be at least $70 million dollars more than the cost of stopping it.
Since the cost of stopping it would save many millions of dollars more than the cost of allowing it to continue, why are you reneging on your promise to stop this “big scam”.
I look forward to your reply – and don’t tell me you’re spending more money on the watershed, I want to know you’ll save money by stopping this proposed project.