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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 2016-11-30, Page 44 News Record • Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1111.1 J., 11 www.clintonnewsrecord.com Clinton News Record PUBLISHED WEEKLY — EST. 1860 53 Albert St. P.O. 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Canada Al ocna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Red light green energy As if to spread the mis- ery across the country, the federal Liberal gov- ernment of Justin Trudeau announced this week it will phase out coal-fired electricity plants by 2030. Be very afraid. It was Ontario's foolish plan to shut down coal plants, first promised in the 2003 election, that pushed hydro rates to the rafters and created the mess we're paying for now in our hydro bills. In 2003, former premier Dalton McGuinty pledged to shut the plants within four short years. It was mis- sion impossible. That back -of -the -napkin election pledge cost us billions. Now Premier Kathleen Wynne is wringing her hands and confessing the sky high electricity rates were all her fault. She's going to take some unspecified measures to fix it. This all sounds remarka- bly like former Tory pre- mier Ernie Eves who, fac- ing a similar crisis when the Tories attempted to open the electricity market in 2002, reduced rates at — gasp — 4.3 cents a kilowatt hour and froze them there. He was slammed by a sanctimonious Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty — and rightly so. Because either you pay what it costs to generate electricity in your hydro bill, or you put it on your tax bill. Or you rack up a massive debt — then sneak that onto the bill through a "debt retire- ment charge:' Wynne and her govern- ment have already created the foolish Ontario Elec- tricity Support Program, a social program for low- income families delivered through hydro bills. They've also announced an Industrial wind turbines. 8% cut in the HST — the provincial portion on hydro bills — starting Jan. 1. That will cost an estimate $1 billion in lost revenues. It doesn't matter which pocket the government picks — our hydro bills or our tax bills — unless Wynne reduces the cost of the Liberals' green energy plan, we're paying. It's hard to see how she can do that, since many of those contracts are long- term, 10 -year deals. Scrapping the Green Energy Act is a start. End- ing waste and mismanage- ment would help. Postmedia file photo All of this could have been avoided if the Liber- als had governed well, not scrapped gas plants for political purposes and not foolishly implemented a Green Energy Act that threatens to ruin us all. - Postmedia Network clintonnewsrecord.com FROM THE ARCHIVES 15 years ago... • Dealing with health problems before they arise was one area in which Clinton's new doctor of naturopathic medicine was able to give assistance. Courtney DeBroeck graduated that year as a doctor of naturopathic medicine from one of only four accredited schools in North America, and then opened up a one day a week practice at the Clinton Chiropractic Centre. • The Bantams travelled to the Mildmay rink for an away game. David Shropshall opened the scoring with an unas- sisted goal. Mildmay replied, getting their only goal of the game past Cody Symes. At the end of the third period, Clinton ended the game with a 9 —1 win. 25 years ago... • Unwanted items disposed of in recycling boxes had proven to be a problem for the Bluewater Recycling Association. If the trend of contaminants found among the collected items had continued, they warned the markets would be severely affected. • Under the leadership of Peter Smith, new plays and ideas had been brewing in Blyth throughout the Winter Writers' Retreat. The scripts of seven writers were workshopped by an acting com- pany of nine professionals. • The Blyth Festival Gallery Committee had invited amateur and professional artists to take part in a special community art exhibi- tion for the Bainton Gallery in Blyth. The publicist, Jane Gardner, had said, "we're looking for original drawings, paintings, sculp- tures and any works of art that people would like to submit for the special show." 35 years ago... • The Londesborough Lions had followed one successful fundraising event for the Clinton Public Hospital with another. A dance that was held, along with proceeds from the quilt draw, raised over $850. The Lions continued their fundraising with a pancake branch, and a total of $550 raised pushed them over their $2000 mark. • In Wingham, eight people had collected multiple beer bottles over the course of four years. Their goal was to eam a place in the Gui- ness Book of World Records. The total count of bottles was more than 20,000. 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