tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post2953317594176845822..comments2024-03-11T12:46:28.806-04:00Comments on You. Me. Ride This Crazy Train - Adventures and Observations on The GO: Don't forget it means selling off of a portion of Hydro One (or is it a lease, like the 407 is)?C.J. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325979176373626807noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-15277071050071381212015-04-24T08:24:25.489-04:002015-04-24T08:24:25.489-04:00Don't worry Joe Oliver's granddaughter is ...Don't worry Joe Oliver's granddaughter is going to fix everything ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-67230048766807942012015-04-23T18:24:36.871-04:002015-04-23T18:24:36.871-04:00Selling assets, like Hydro One, is short-sighted i...Selling assets, like Hydro One, is short-sighted in my opinion.Bickynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-43476090759807024242015-04-23T11:39:13.280-04:002015-04-23T11:39:13.280-04:00I can't believe the lack of push back on the H...I can't believe the lack of push back on the Hydro One sell off proposal. I understand it's just a 40% sale, and price controls will still be maintained by the province (does anyone really believe that's possible?). But this is the farm we're selling here, to private - read profit - interests. Christ. We're already reading more and more about seniors struggling to pay exorbitant rates, TCHC subsidies, loan repayments. How will a private sale help any of this?<br /><br />I understand we need money for transit but we also need revenue sources for the future. Why do we insist on building something, making it work and then selling it for scrap (407, SkyDome...) and screwing future generations of taxpayers? All this new infrastructure will need to be maintained somehow.<br /><br />Politicians gotta think up some new tax schemes (hello corporations) and stop selling us out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-18011152167123936602015-04-23T11:11:10.108-04:002015-04-23T11:11:10.108-04:00Add on to the selling off of Hydro One (which carr...Add on to the selling off of Hydro One (which carries a debt of it's own by the way the government is conveniently changing the law to get to the money and thereby stick hydro ratepayers with more debt) glossed over with some political spin and you have what it is today. <br /><br />Political spin? Here's the explanation from today's Ottawa Citizen: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/denley-ontarios-transit-plan-sounds-better-than-it-isMichael Suddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17922794404701194134noreply@blogger.com