I do not read much of Rex Murphy, but this one was too good to
pass up. Credit due to for his plain anecdotes and comparisons.
For those not
living in Ontario, we are outrageously "taxed" (well, our fearless Premier "The Kathleen" would not call it a tax, but "necessary extra charges" to fund her dictatorship
green energy policies and make up for all the contract gaffes of past
Liberal energy policy mistakes).
As an example,
after having recently moved back from Vancouver, my BC Hydro usage for a ~1,000
sq ft, two bedroom condo was between $26 to $28 per month. And the total
cost of that usage?.....$26 to $28. Here in Ontario, the same
"usage" becomes
approximately three times higher. Even if I burned candles all month,
unhooked all of my appliances, turned the thermostat down and ate out for every
meal I would still be on the hook for a fixed amount of say at least $50 to
$60/month. (As such, thanks to Premier Wynne, in Ontario we never say "win-win").
Rex has a couple
of gems, and I would like to quote and give credit to him here...
First up from Rex,
"A businesswoman I met recently
— on her way, incidentally, to meet with a spiritual adviser — showed
me the energy bill for her company. She was distraught and clearly
frightened. And with good reason. For very clearly on her bill was a
charge for the power she used — the electricity cost. And it was a mere
(she employs nearly 40 people) $5,000. There it was on the bill: electricity
charges $5,000. But when she forced her wary eyes to the Total Due, the amount
had swollen to a terrifying and inexplicable $42,000. How can this be? she cried… How could the
add-ons cost SEVEN times more than the power actually consumed? It was like
buying a low-end car for $20,000 and being charged $80,000 for the clock in the
dash..."
Secondly, "It occurs to
me that witchcraft in Ontario could explain a great many things. The
curious gyrations of the Ontario government in its long embrace of its green
plans, for one thing….What reason would bring in contracts lasting for decades
with built-in guarantees for ludicrously overpriced power? What government
would produce power, at great expense, to then sell it at a loss in a virtual
voluntary subsidy to the ratepayers of neighbouring jurisdictions? What
government would, on the premise of saving the planet, find itself in 2016
cutting off all power to 60,000 homes? What province would so engorge itself
with taxes on its power that it now reaches into those same taxes it has
extorted under this wild scheme to “rebate” them to the very people its plan
has impoverished? It was bad enough when Ontario robbed Peter to pay Paul, now
it’s then robbing Paul to pay back what it just stole from Peter..."
My favourite, "Finally,
what province would but days ago ladle a couple of hundred million dollars to
Ford Motor Company, in part for the building of V8 engines — the very
villains of carbon production so decried in all the government’s other
proclamations — some of which we may assume will go towards, directly
or indirectly, Ford’s inflated power bill. Surely some superior dark force has
a hold on Ontario...."
