TORONTO, ON – Prorogation of the Legislature will not provide Premier Wynne and her government with the reboot they desire unless the Throne Speech includes a clear commitment to stop any further sell-off of shares in our electricity system, says Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario. “From the beginning the vast majority of Ontarians have…
What happens when you plow ahead with a plan that 83 per cent of Ontarians strongly oppose? For Premier Kathleen Wynne it means a catastrophic drop in approval ratings with only 14 per cent of people now believing she should lead our government. The premier’s hydro privatization plan, undertaken without a single mention of it…
TORONTO, ON – The announcement that Ontario’s Liberal government is selling another block of Hydro One shares just days after a Liberal fundraising scandal broke is an affront to democracy, says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Ontario) and a leading voice in the Keep Hydro Public campaign. “Just days…
TORONTO, ON – Following revelations that a bank underwriting the Hydro One sale backed a fundraiser that funnelled tens of thousands of dollars into Liberal party coffers, it is time for police to investigate, says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “It was a banker – Ed Clark –…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – The proposed sale of Peterborough Distribution Inc. to Hydro One threatens local control and runs contrary to the public’s desire to retain public control over local electricity distribution, CUPE Ontario members in Peterborough told a public meeting on the sale on March 3. “Eighty-eight percent of people recently polled in this community…
SCARBOROUGH, ON – More than four-fifths of Scarborough residents want the provincial Liberals to stop any further sale of Hydro One, according to new polling results released at a campaign launch on Saturday, February 27. “This new poll reflects what we’re hearing at doors – people are angry about the sell-off of Hydro One,” said…
SCARBOROUGH, ON – Scarborough residents are teaming up with the Keep Hydro Public coalition to launch a new phase in the campaign to stop hydro privatization on Saturday, February 27. The people of Ontario still own 85 percent of Hydro One. Next Saturday, Scarborough residents will attend an organizing meeting before they fan out to…
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TORONTO, ON – Today at Queen’s Park, the Keep Hydro Public campaign unveiled the look for a new phase in the fight to stop privatization of Hydro One. “An overwhelming majority of Ontarians are angry about the Liberal’s planned hydro sell-off. This new phase in the campaign will help people already organizing in communities across…
TORONTO, ON – Six years of Liberal austerity budgets have failed the people of Ontario but have profited already wealthy corporations, CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn told a pre-budget committee hearing at Queen’s Park today. “We’ve seen years of cuts to public services to pay for corporate tax cuts from the Liberal government,” said Hahn.…
