Halt the Hydro Sell-Off in Ontario

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We, the undersigned Residents of Ontario, recognize that:
1) Electricity rates in deregulated, private for-profit markets, such as Alberta and California, fluctuate wildly in supply and price, and are much higher priced than in comparable public power systems;
2) Deregulation in California caused more blackouts than Ontario has suffered from ice storms or other natural disasters, while Public Power has protected us from market fluctuations in supply as well as price;
3) At-cost electricity has helped build and support Ontarios economy, while deregulation would destabilize the economy with soaring rates, reduced reliability and increased production costs leading to plant closures, job loss and economic decline;
4) Soaring electricity rates would put a significant burden on school boards, hospitals, public transit and other public services, which cannot afford to pay double for their electricity;
5) Seniors and other members of our communities on fixed incomes would be hard hit by increasing rates, and the living standards of millions of Ontarians will be harmed;
6) Privatization will trigger NAFTA provisions, making it practically impossible to reverse this dangerous experiment, and would cost us Canadian control over electricity;
7) Privatization, deregulation and loss of sovereignty would close the door on public accountability of the industry in regard to environmental, safety and energy security concerns;
8) An alternative exists in the form of a truly accountable, transparent and affordable publicly-owned and controlled system, operated at cost for the benefit of all Ontarians,

AND THEREFORE WE DEMAND THAT THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY HALT THE PLANNED PRIVATIZATION/SELL-OFF/DEREGULATION OF THE PUBLIC ELECTRICITY SYSTEM.

7878 Signatures

  • Edik Zwarenstein
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • M
    • Age
    • 54
    • Comments
    • Let's stop this nonsense
  • Stella Yeadon
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Comments
    • Get the Tories out of government
  • Bruno E. Silano
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Comments
    • It's not too late to stop the electricity market from opening. Join others in the Ontario Electricity Coalition: www.electricity coalition.org
  • John Anderson
    • City
    • Toronto
  • Paul O'Donnell
    • City
    • Ottawa
  • Nicole Brыlй
    • City
    • Crysler
    • Gender
    • Female
  • Sheila White
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • F
    • Age
    • 47
    • Comments
    • No one in my neighbourhood wants this to happen.
  • Stan Marshall
    • City
    • Ottawa
  • Alex King
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • M
    • Age
    • 51
  • Marit Stiles
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • female
    • Age
    • researcher
  • Nicole Yovanoff
    • City
    • Toronto
  • Sean Cain
    • City
    • Oakville
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 27
    • Comments
    • Keep Hydro public and democratize its administration and decision-making. Electric power the people.
  • Laurie Orrett
    • City
    • Thornhill
    • Gender
    • female
    • Age
    • 44
  • Dan Minkin
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 18
  • Robert Fox
    • City
    • Ottawa
    • Comments
    • To assure the economic and social development of this province, electricity should remain a publicly owned and operated utility.
  • Robert Ages
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 48
    • Comments
    • Deregulation will be a disaster for Ontario's economy.
  • Jordan Bell
    • City
    • Kingston
  • Stephanie Leclair
    • City
    • Ottawa
    • Gender
    • Female
    • Age
    • 22
  • Andrew Sadler
    • City
    • London
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 23
  • Ndidi Onukwulu
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • F
    • Age
    • 24
  • Simon McNeil
    • City
    • London
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 22
  • Adam Disotell
    • City
    • Peterborough
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 20
  • Kathryn Langley
    • City
    • Peterborough
    • Comments
    • Public good over private for-profit gouging
  • Jeff Good
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • M
    • Comments
    • Hydro sell off is a bad idea from start to finish
  • Raphael Thierrin
    • City
    • Peterborough
    • Comments
    • Let's keep resources purchased through the public purse within the public (ie. government), for the public good, and also so we can collectively manage the resource adequately for best environmental protection.
  • Desmond Carabine
    • City
    • Peterborough
  • Jim Abel
    • City
    • Peterborough
    • Gender
    • M
  • Lynda Ferguson
    • City
    • Peterborough
    • Gender
    • female
    • Age
    • 55
    • Comments
    • This government has just gone too far - please do not continue to "put it to" the general public any longer. Enough is enough.
  • Cynthia Wilkey
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • F
    • Age
    • 51
  • Barry Benigson
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 51
  • Jesse Benjamin
    • City
    • Toronto
  • Daniel Harris
    • City
    • Ottawa
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 18
  • Joe Mihevc
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • M
    • Age
    • 47
  • Noel Lurie
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 55
  • Pavel Erokhin
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • masculine
    • Age
    • 37.5
    • Comments
    • Lets get rid off the antiOntario government
  • John Humphrey
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • m
    • Age
    • 57
    • Comments
    • this is a large-scale rip-off - with Walkerton-type consequences to follow..Mike Harris will be safely tucked behind the scenes by then.
  • Jacqueline Buckman
    • City
    • Keene
    • Gender
    • female
    • Age
    • 52
  • Dave Meslin
    • City
    • Toronto
  • Joyce Barrett
    • City
    • Peterborough
    • Gender
    • female
    • Age
    • 57
  • Glen Noble
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Comments
    • How is the government reflecting the will of the people? I haven't heard one person supporting this sale! It's just another event in the long line of unwanted NAFTA repercussions. We are on the road to totally dismantling our sovereignty.
  • Stephen Partridge
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 17
  • Alec Hall
    • City
    • Toronto
  • Herb Wiseman
    • City
    • Peterborough
    • Gender
    • Male
    • Age
    • 55
    • Comments
    • This is another example of the historic struggle between those who support the civil commons and those who support appropriating the civil commons for private profit. See Linda McQuaig's latest book All You Can Eat and her chapter Behind the Hedge.
  • C Tracey
    • City
    • TORONTO
    • Gender
    • MALE
    • Age
    • 45
    • Comments
    • In the face of the disasters our american cousins are currently enduring where this has been implemented, how absolutely idiotic, imbecilic, and contemptible it is of this government to commit such an obvious treachery to the people of this province. A foul and undoubtedly criminal act, smacking of corporate deceit and hidden payoffs. This indecent decision must be stopped before the infrastructure of this province is destroyed even yet further by this disgusting, non-sensical common-sense policy!
  • Mujtaba
    • City
    • Vancouver
  • Gerry Hurwitz
    • City
    • Vaughan
  • DAVID J. SMITH
    • City
    • CALEDON EAST
    • Gender
    • MALE
    • Age
    • 65
    • Comments
    • THERE MUST BE A BETTER ALTERNATIVE RATHER THAN TAKING SUCH A DRASTIC STEP INTO THE UNKOWN.
  • Howard J. Levine
    • City
    • Toronto
  • Helen Kennedy
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Comments
    • Keep it Public!!
  • David Birenbaum
    • City
    • Toronto
    • Gender
    • M
    • Age
    • 69