本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛当年的省府 the McGuinty Government 的提议,
安省的Ontario Power Authority's (OPA)负责设计,招标等实际过程,
Oakville 的当地居民强烈反对,还请来美国的环境专家助战, Liberal MPP for Oakville Kevin Flynn 坚决支持建 gas plant.
此时省府已违约,
Liberal energy minister Brad Duguid 宣布取消 Oakville gas plant.
后面的省选,三党都同意不建gas plants,
密市的自由党同意取消 gas plants, 密市无悬念,当地居民没有Oakville 居民反对的强烈。
省选自由党赢,但因为不是多数席位,所以The lack of a majority would allow opposition parties to use legislative committees to probe the gas plants scandal.
取消Oakville gas plant 赔款 $675 million,其中包括 因重新选址后的 plants 远离 gas supplies 而造成的gas 成本上升 和额外的运输管道费用 $609 million。
(The Auditor General calculated increased gas supply costs and additional line transmission losses totaling of $609 million (included in the $675 million total), which are wholly or partially off-set by a savings of $275 million through a lower negotiated price for the Napanee plant.)
然后就是调查,反对党要求自由党交出文件,自由党能源部长说: 不交。 理由是:the former Minister of Energy declined to disclose the records requested by the Estimates Committee, citing “the confidential, privileged and highly commercially sensitive nature of the issues.”
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the OPP stated they had probable caused to lay criminal charges against David Livingston, McGuinty’s last chief of staff.
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