Queen’s Park – During Question Period in the Legislature today, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath called the Liberal government to task for putting their own needs over the power generation needs of the northwest.

“Yesterday we learned that no price is too high for Liberals when it comes to courting votes in Mississauga and Oakville. I wouldn’t be surprised if the people in Thunder Bay are blowing a fuse today,” said Horwath.

“Can the Premier explain how her government can blow a billion dollars shuffling two power plants out of the greater Toronto area and not even have a penny left over to convert the Thunder Bay generating station to gas?”

The Premier passed the question off to the Minister of Energy, who continued to drag his feet on the Thunder Bay Generating Station gas conversion. Horwath questioned the government’s priorities in light of the Auditor General’s scathing report.

“For a billion dollars this government could have easily converted the Thunder Bay generating station to gas and would have had plenty of money left over,” said Horwath.

“Can the Premier please explain to the people of Thunder Bay why she threw a billion dollars down a hole instead of providing power for mining and resource development projects across the northwest?”

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