About 50-hearty souls braved the frigid cold Friday to protest the soaring cost of hydro rates.
The group held a peaceful demonstration outside the Dryden Government Building on Highway 17.
Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton took part in the rally and stressed that Northerners can’t afford monthly bills anymore.
(Video courtesy Josh Johnson)
The NDP member demanded the McGuinty Government to remove the Harmonized Sales Tax from hydro bills.
Electricity consumers are still getting over the shock of hearing rates in Ontario will jump by 46% over five years.
Energy Minister Brad Duguid says hydro rate hikes are needed because of the billions of dollars spent on badly needed upgrades to the system that previous governments failed to make.
And, the expensive hours for using electricity will change slightly next spring as the Ontario government moves to cut soaring hydro bills.
Government sources tell The Canadian Press that starting May, off-peak electricity rates in Ontario will start at 7 p-m instead of at 9.
