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Not Rex: Hacking away at Hydro One

Russian hackers planted malware in Hydro One computers to use them in zombie attacks, but the best of Ontario's electricity systems had already been hacked away by a government a little closer to home.

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Slowly but surely, Kathleen Wynne reveals herself to be a standard issue Liberal

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I still think she's salvageable, said someone normally NDP but who's given up on provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath. She meant Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. It's hard to recall the hopes Wynne once inspired and how fresh she seemed. Let's refresh our memories.

When she ran for Liberal leadership in 2013, she'd be asked, portentously, if she really thought someone like her could succeed in Ontario politics. What you mean, she'd say brightly, is: Can a lesbian from Toronto become premier? The way she put it made you think: Perhaps. It was bracing and confident.

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| August 19, 2016
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Passionate movement for public power is pushing back against hydro privatization

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In the early 1900s, Toronto entrepreneur Henry Pellatt used his enormous wealth to build the most magnificent private residence ever seen in Canada -- a stunning palace that took 300 workers three years to construct and featured an oven large enough to cook an ox.

The construction of Casa Loma put to rest any doubts about whether there was money to be made harnessing the power of Niagara Falls, which was how Pellatt had made his fortune.

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| June 17, 2016
May 31, 2016 |
On May 31 the shareholders of Hydro One will meet to discuss profits made at the expense of taxpayers. The majority of hydro is still owned by the people. It's not too late to stop privatization.
March 31, 2016 |
Following revelations that a bank underwriting the Hydro One sale backed a fundraiser that funnelled tens of thousands of dollars into Liberal party coffers, it is time for police to investigate.
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| December 17, 2015
November 2, 2015 |
While the sale of Hydro One will cost Ontario hundreds of millions of dollars a year, it will give the Liberal government funds to use for pre-election spending announcements in 2018.
July 29, 2015 |
Even though privatization was clearly in the planning stages, the provincial Liberals made no mention of it during the last election.
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