Why did mining giant Xstrata move its smelter from Timmins
to Quebec? Because the price of electricity in that province
is a fraction of what we pay here….Bay St. was built on
resources like oil, mining and forestry….His latte-loving
lackeys are wrecking rural Ontario with their ruinous green
energy policies… (Christina Blizzard – Toronto Sun)
QMI Agency
Contrary to what Premier Dalton McGuinty said this week, this province has plenty of fossil fuel.
If a giant meteor crashed into his cabinet room today, crushing the dinosaurs there, a million years from now you could sink a well to their fossilized remains and pump out enough Ontario crude to finally pay for all those high-priced programs McGuinty has foisted on us.
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak accused McGuinty of “playing a game of envy” and “pulling other provinces down” Tuesday, slamming McGuinty’s refusal to back Alberta Premier Alison Redford in her request that this province get more vocal in its support of oilsands development.
McGuinty’s response was bizarre.
He thanked the rest of Canada in the provincial legislature for “working so hard and so well to contribute to a strong Canada.” Thank you, Alberta and Saskatchewan, for picking up the slack because we in this province have dropped the ball.
What’s Ontario doing to make this country great? All-day kindergarten, McGuinty told the legislature.
Yep, our contribution to Canada is doubling our debt and racking up a $16-billion deficit.
Earlier this week, the premier mused about how this province is tied to a high Canadian petro dollar when we don’t have oil.
Fair enough, that has contributed to the massive loss of manufacturing jobs in this province. But so have some of the disastrous policies of his government. Take electricity prices.
Why did mining giant Xstrata move its smelter from Timmins to Quebec? Because the price of electricity in that province is a fraction of what we pay here.
Ditto for many of the other large hydro–intensive manufacturing companies.
“We’re doing our part to strengthen Canada, we’re committed to this cause, and we thank all Canadians who are equally committed to the great cause of our country — a strong country, built on a strong Ontario,” McGuinty told the legislature.
How patronizing. We thank the rest of the country — provinces that don’t have luxuries such as full-day kindergarten.
For the rest of this article, please go to the London Free Press website: http://www.lfpress.com/comment/columnists/christina_blizzard/2012/02/28/19438326.html