With a spring in our step, it's time to stand up for Ontario, says Huron-Bruce MPP

With spring just around the corner, we're looking forward to getting back outdoors, planting season, and of course, hopefully seeing some Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs.

Sadly, there is something just around the corner we must be wary of - Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne and her Liberal government have just signed up all of us for a new mortgage and $25-billion in new interest payments. This terrible decision won't just affect us, it will be paid by our children, and our grandchildren too.
 
The Wynne Liberals supposedly "fixed" their hydro crisis by doing nothing to change their behaviour, but just choosing to borrow more money. The premier even admitted that her new hydro plan would cost "a bit more," although I disagree that $25-billion is just "a bit."  
 
It's like buying a $20,000 car on credit, and then claiming that you saved $20,000. That's not how it works, and the premier has none of us fooled.

This ploy to save her polling numbers has failed. Just last week, the premier's approval rating was 11 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Wynne Liberals are continuing to make the same bad decisions that got us into this hydro crisis in the first place. They have outright refused to stop signing green energy contracts. 
 
In fact, the very next day, after their big hydro announcement, the Wynne Liberals signed more green energy contracts for electricity that we know we don't need, and can't afford.
 
And on top of that, the premier continues to ignore the health impacts that wind turbines have on human health, not to mention the environmental impacts, such as bird and bat kills.
 
There are still LRP 1 projects that have not received notices to proceed, and others are not progressing because of cases before the Environmental Review Tribunal. We already know we do not need that electricity. It's simple, just don't build. 

The hydro crisis in this province is completely unacceptable, and while any relief is welcomed at this point, lowering bills by borrowing money and signing new contracts, is definitive proof that the government of the day just doesn't get it. Ontario needs a party that will show leadership on energy.

The Ontario Progressive Conservatives (PCs) will stop signing bad green energy contracts, we'll scrap the Green Energy Act, we'll stop the fire sale for Hydro One, and we'll reign in the exorbitant executive salaries. On top of that, we are in the process of the most comprehensive policy development process in decades to get the very best ideas from the grassroots of the party. 

The Ontario PC Party will work tirelessly to make sure the premier doesn't get away with her new hydro scheme. This spring, I am looking forward to standing up for fairness, transparency, and for the people of Huron-Bruce and across Ontario. 

Lisa Thompson
Huron-Bruce MPP