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Hydro Ratepayers To Pick Up Another Tab
Publius So, Manitoba Hydro plans to spend $700,000 of ratepayers’ money to ‘dialogue’ with their ratepayers on the ‘wisdom’ of its $20 billion (plus) development plans. Rather than propagating and...
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Blair on Thatcher
Yesterday, PBS Newshour’s coverage of Margaret Thatcher’s passing last night included a great interview with two former high level officials from the Reagan administration, George Schultz and James...
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Conflicted, Inept: Manitoba’s Government and Budget Fails
Manitoba’s beleaguered NDP government has tabled its budget for 2013-14, a tale long on Publius failure, excuses and self-serving platitudes, while short on self-criticism, forthcoming reportage and...
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Muzzling Those in the Know
May 2013 has not been a good month for Manitoba’s Selinger government. Publius Among the negative events: Federal April workforce statistics disclosed a drop in Manitoba employment of 11,000, basically...
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Zombie Democracy
Publius The Economist’s June 22nd – 28th edition contains an article on the current sad state of Turkey’s democracy. The article concludes: The basic idea of a democracy is that the voters should pick...
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Fear, Shame and Silence – the New Hydro
Publius On the orders of its master, the NDP government of Manitoba, Manitoba Hydro doggedly continues to implement a risky and seemingly ever increasingly expensive development plan. (Is there anyone...
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If!
With the release of a predictable report by the Clean Environment Commission, one that Publius criticizes elements of Manitoba Hydro’s Bipole III plans and actions while setting out ‘reachable’...
View ArticleNatural Gas Versus Hydro
The energy debate in Manitoba is slowly getting around to looking at a proposition I advanced when I was with the Manitoba Sustainable Energy Association that involves deploying scalable natural gas...
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Costs and Benefits
The Province’s majority NDP government has released another media release praising Publius its plans and actions “to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and become better able to withstand climate...
View ArticleGovernment Lapdogs and Poodles continued
The former Dean of Engineering of the Province of Manitoba recently aptly classified the Clean Environment Commission as a lapdog of government, while the Public Utilities Board prepares to hold a...
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Hydro’s Financial Position is Not Strong
Publius The financial sections of the Crown corporation’s 2012-13 Annual Report focuses on two myths – that its reported profit of $92 million is adequate, having arisen from prudent and profitable...
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Basket Cases
If there is anything the Selinger NDP government is ‘good at’ it is self-promotion. A report commissioned by the provincial government asserts that the ratepayers of Manitoba Hydro, its wholly owned...
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