Local MPP's worry high hydro rates will lead to more local businesses closing, with one local grocery store paying $120,000 a year.
And with a tight profit margin, Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson worries "the every increasing cost of energy is coming off their bottom line. And if they can't get assistance, true assistance , a true break, from this government, unfortunately we're going to see more and more grocery stores close in our communities."
Bruce Grey Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker says a Chesley store's bill's increased 157.8% to $120,000 a year.
High energy costs dominated discussion at Queen's Park again today.
Thompson says a petition she is circulating has over 5,000 signatures which shows just how tired people are of the mismanagement of the energy file.
In the meantime, she calls the plan to rebate the 8% provincial portion of the HST a shell game. She says the government will include that rebate as a line on power bills, while hiding cap and trade fees on home heating bills.
