A band-aid has been placed on the hemorrhaging forest industry
according to NDP Leader Howard Hampton.
The Kenora-Rainy River MPP says an extension of the price cap on
electricity rates should have been announced last Fall.
Hampton says the McGuinty Liberals haven’t done nearly enough.
n064 runs: 21 sec. out…northwestern ontario.
Starting in may, the rates charged to large industries will drop to
4.6-cents but will return to 4.7-cents in 2007.
