To the editor:
I am writing regarding the letter, headlined Local MLA peeved with Free Press editorial, on page A9 of the Jan. 28 edition of the 100 Mile House Free Press.
I wanted to respond to Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett’s claim of disinformation of Site C dam, when, in fact, it is she who is hiding the real facts and truths – http://commonsensecanadian.ca/bc-hydro-rate-shock-powered-lies/ – from the private power sham with private companies taking pay clauses BC Hydro must pay for this unwanted and unneeded energy.
BC Hydro must pay two to three times the market price and about 10 times what they can make it for themselves!
BC Hydro still pays a dividend to the government.
How can a corporation bleeding to death financially pay a dividend?
The answer is – are you ready for this – the cost is passed onto us, the beleaguered ratepayer/taxpayer. What is happening is simple. The government takes the dividend that can only be paid by a BC Hydro rate increase.
So, the government steals from our pocket then makes up the theft by raising rates!
Mrs. Barnett you should be ashamed of yourself.
I’m not sure how you were re-elected when you’re such a big part of the problem and little to do with the solution….
Steve Brown
Ruth Lake Road
