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Evan, for several months now I have seen a significant increase in my EPCOR bill and today upon receipt of my latest bill I was almost floored in that it is 47% higher than this time last year.
The ever increasing cost of living is having a severe impact on those least able to afford it due in large part because of the insatiable appetite (greed) of corporations and financial institutions who are free to charge what ever they want, it seems, while wages for workers and those on fixed incomes have been pretty much stagnant for the past 30 years. Do the math, something has got to give. When more and more people find there is more month than money can social unrest and/or revolution be far off?
Considering the conservatives under Klein took us (Alberta) from having the lowest electricity rates in North America to now having the highest I believe the onus is on your party to do something about this outrageous cash grab by greedy, incompetent corporations such as EPCOR (FORTIS). One thing you can do is to consider a rebate program.
It is my understanding, because of poor management on EPCOR’s (FORTIS) part that no contingency plan was in place for when they had to close some coal firing plants resulting in us, the consumer, now having to pay through the nose for electricity because of their incompetence.
Between the government’s past actions and those of our electricity providers we the public have to pay the piper so to speak. This is not right and it is not fair but knowing how the system works there is also no accountability. So we won’t even bother going down that road.
Shame and moral outrage are what is left for people who are fed up with being victimized by both government and big business. With an election coming up, I don’t think this needs to become an election issue provided action is taken to alleviate or reduce the financial damage being done to our people by onerous price increases.
Again, I stress that you and your party consider an immediate rebate program to electricity consumers in this province.
Comment: The above letter to Evan was sent by me today at the bequest of EPCOR. I suggest others do likewise by emailing him at livingstone.macleod@mypcmla.ca
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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5 comments:
The federal and provincial governments have no problem with brutally going after the little guy, but extends every courtesy to the big banks and to the big corporations. What in the world has happened to this country?
It seems today the "Little Guy" has to pay the bill for the mistakes of the "Big Guy", over and over again.
Where is this all going and when will it end?
The RCMP leaves the major white collar criminal alone. even though they have stolen millions of dollars...but a guy who knocks off a grocery store to feed his kids will be arrested and cuffed within minutes...6 cop cars will be there in no time
As they should be cuffed and arrested for robbing a grocery store. Armed robbery is illegal in this country. It's a serious offence. They (the police) are at fault for not arresting the white collar criminals, certainly. I will agree with you on that point. However, they are doing the job my tax dollars are paying them to do when catching and cuffing a robber, feeding his family or not.
There are better ways earn money than to cut into the grocery store's (an honest business) profits thus causing the owner to lose his hard earned, legitimate money.
Try to do better than that, man. That was a silly post and a silly way to make a point.
Richard VanDerHorn
silly is it Richard?? I happen to be one of the white collar victims..to the tune of 300 grand..I have repeatedly begged the RCMP to investigate...but I'm told the budget is not there..
Of course the grocery store robber should be arrested..I was simply pointing out the irony that if you steal millions in a well thought out fraud, you will get away scott free, but perpetrators of smaller crimes have the book thrown at them...until you walk a mile in someone'e shoes, don't call them silly..it merely makes you sound silly..silly man.
Mr. Berger, feed your people... or at the very least do somthing to stop greedy corporations from taking the bread out of poor people's mouths.
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