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Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Jul. 8, 2021 Opinion The Manitoba Hydro pig has been back to the salon for a whole new shade of lipstick. The Manitoba Hydro pig has been back to the salon for a whole new shade of lipstick. Subject to months of increasingly shrill criticism, the Progressive Conservative government has unveiled new political spin on Bill 35, the controversial proposed law that re-invents the process of setting annual electricity rate increases. A coalition, which includes consumers groups and the province s biggest industrial power users, is united in its condemnation of Bill 35, portraying it as a dangerous and needless disembowelling of the Public Utilities Board that will ultimately push the cost of electricity in Manitoba to historic heights. ....
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Jun. 28, 2021 Opinion And the noose gets just a little tighter for Manitoba Hydro and the Progressive Conservative government. And the noose gets just a little tighter for Manitoba Hydro and the Progressive Conservative government. For weeks now, Hydro has defied attempts by the Public Utilities Board to reveal its true financial status. That information appears to be hidden from public view at the direction of the PC government, which is in the process of passing legislation to gut the independent rate setting regime in favour of one that allows cabinet to set electricity rates by decree. ....