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.…
TORONTO, ON – Supporters of the Keep Hydro Public campaign joined Beaches-East York constituents for a rally outside Liberal MPP Arthur Potts’ constituency office on Saturday, December 12. Participants are angry with Potts’ continued support for the Liberal sell-off of Hydro One, despite overwhelming opposition across the province. “We’ve come together as a movement to…
Premier Kathleen Wynne will leave the province’s finances “worse” off with the sale of Hydro One, warns Ontario’s new budget watchdog in a damning report.
TORONTO, ON – Today’s report by the province’s financial accountability officer should be the final nail in the coffin of the ill-conceived sell-off of Hydro One, said Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “This privatization plan has been a mistake from day one. Now the financial accountability officer has…
TORONTO, ON – Pursuing a Hydro One sell-off is not in the public interest, and Ontario’s largest union will use every tool at its disposal to stop the sale, said Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. The Liberal government today announced it is filing a preliminary prospectus and…
KINGSTON, ON – A poll, conducted by Environics Research, shows 8 in 10 Kingston residents oppose the Liberal government’s plan to sell 60 percent of Hydro One, and may be taking their anger out on Liberal candidates in the federal election. The riding of Kingston and the Islands has reliably elected Liberals to federal…
GUELPH, ON – A poll, conducted by Environics Research, shows 8 in 10 Guelph residents oppose the Liberal government’s plan to sell 60 percent of Hydro One, and may be taking their anger out on Liberal candidates in the federal election. The riding of Guelph has reliably elected Liberals to federal office since 1993, but…
TORONTO, ON – The Liberal government has sidelined the Hydro One board of directors in advance of the proposed sell-off of this public asset, according to a letter sent to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) on behalf of CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Ontario. The letter charges that the Ontario government’s move contravenes securities…
GUELPH, ON – The president of Ontario’s largest union will participate in a public town hall meeting about the Liberal plan to sell off Hydro One, this Thursday in Guelph. “Wherever this kind of hydro privatization has happened, it’s driven up rates. That will hit everyone’s pocketbook, and it will mean municipalities, schools and hospitals…
CUPE union claims Hydro One sale violates securities law A major opponent of the Ontario government’s decision to sell Hydro One is asking financial regulators to halt the multibillion-dollar deal, saying it contravenes securities law.
