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加中时报:电费波动中的民情焦虑

(加中时报) 安省麦坚迪自由党政府本周在电费问题上大做文章,却反而引发省民的积怨。省府宣布未来5年内对每个家庭年减电费约153元计划,同时又宣布因电力系统更新带来未来5年家庭电费大幅上升46%。电费波动不仅冲击着民生经济承受力,而且令自由党在明年省选的前景更为艰难。

安省政府本周三先释出消息,推出10亿元补助计划,减轻省民10%的电费,姑且不论反对党指责此举是自由党为明年省选铺路,就连一般民众也未必领情。民调显示,大部份省民认为此举帮助甚少,相较於今年实施的HST徵税,政府不过是拿着纳税人缴的钱中的一小部分来补贴,根本无补於事。

随後安省政府在秋季财政报告中称,由於清洁能源计划,绿色能源等成本推升,未来电费将持续增涨,5年增幅46%。省府减收电费计划实际上就是种补贴计划,而省民实际每年电费增幅仍约 3.6%。自然在目前安省经济环境之下,电费的增涨马上令省民反弹,民众纷纷指责自由党政府不断以各种名目税项来剥削省民,HST不仅重创民生,而且即使是绿色能源计划也未能带给省民优惠,反倒像是另项徵税。很多网民还声言,将在明年以选票教训自由党。

电费在整体民生开支中未必占很高比例,但波动造成的冲击波却可能很大,而百多元的变动可以造成的民怨,反映出目前省民的经济承受力的脆弱及对前景的忧虑。这在安省最新财报中也可以反映出来,预计今年实际GDP增长3.2%,明年略降至2.2%,失业率预计平均为8.8%。安省政府称,2010年财赤将达到187亿元,比原先预计的197 亿元为低。但这诚如反对党所言,这是种数字游戏,自由党政府在先前不断修改预估财赤数字,一时为247亿元,一时为140亿元,并没有太多意义,根本还在於政府有无促进经济发展的前瞻力,目前的失业率及经济成长率肯定是难以达到省民的期望。

如果比较目前全球各国竞相刺激经济复苏的情势,以及安省在加国经济中的重要地位,目前安省经济成长确实令人担忧,民情焦虑是理所当然的,因为政府根本只在税项上动脑筋,并没有实际施惠於省民,也没有带给省民太多的经济繁荣希望。

举债刺激经济,债务及赤字未必可怕,可怕的是?出金钱却没有带来经济生机,创造出更多生财之道。全球经济在最近两年间还会有很大不确定性,尤其美国经济复苏的情况会最直接影响到安省经济,包括制造业、服务业等。如果全球经济出现短期下滑,资源需求减弱,加国所受到的冲击将是非常巨大的,而安省更无所依托,从目前安省政府的经济计划中也难以找到避险的能力。

安省省民从HST实施以来,就对麦坚迪政府抱怨不断,怎麽做都会惹来骂声,电费只是其中一个民怨出气口,这种民情之下更束缚了麦坚迪政府的经济创见,为了明年的省选,短期内政府还可能会推出一些? 钱惠民的政策,但它可能只是将现有经济问题隐盖下来,未来整体民生经济的受创会更严重,也就难怪眼下民怨冲天了!

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SB才选自由党!
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SB安省自由党上台后没干什么好事:不想着为省民省钱(汽车保费它降不下来),还从贫穷的省民身上榨油(搞HST,涨汽油费,涨电费),同时还浪费纳税人的钱(眼睁着搞电子医疗系统的大笔钱打水漂了),看它干的事情,怎么会选这样的SB上台管理?大家让它明年彻底滚下台!SB才选自由党!
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失业了他们还有高额的退休金!!!自由党是世界上最不要脸的政党之一,挂羊头卖狗肉,做婊子立牌坊。嘴上全是仁义道德,背地里什么坏事都干。就这样在安省还是有很多的支持者,在这里才真正深刻体会到鲁迅当初的无奈!
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说白了, 这就是安省麦坚迪自由党政府对老百姓的新一轮公开抢钱行为, 来满足他们越来越多的花钱欲望. 这样的自由党政府更象是土匪而不是政府官员.
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安省自由党政府越来越无耻的靠加税涨价来抢劫选民, 明年大选时选民会让自由党政客失业!
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PLEASE READ, PASS ON AND REMEMBER NEXT ELECTION. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: * Here is what our Premier has done for Ontario in the past seven years. Remember...he had a no tax increaseelection message/campaign. * He has increased all the licensing fees from your car to your boat including fishing and hunting. * He introduced the health care premium (not called a tax) and some couples pay as much as $1,500.00 a year. * * He has put an ECO tax on many containers such as paint cans and window washer fluid most and people still don?t realize it until they see the bill - he kept that one real quiet. * He put a disposal tax on all electronics. * He put the disposal tax back on tires. * And now he has passed the HST tax - the largest tax on the province ever and the only other tax in Ontario that ever came close to this in the past was the health care premium. He passed this bill even though 76% of the people in Ontario were against it. This HST will provide the Province with an additional THREE BILLION dollars a year. * Soon, July 15th, we will all have our S.M.A.R.T. Meters on which we will have to pay perpetual rent and will end up doing our laundry in the middle of the night. We are also going to pay big time for air conditioning from now on because when we need it the most it will be in the prime time of usage. * Let us not forget the E-health scandal with 1.2 billion dollars wasted and paid out to friends and relatives. What was Mr. McGuinty's answer to this? ? Well, if the people of Ontario don't like it, they can show it in the next election.? Nice attitude. This after he fired the CEO and then gave her a severance package of $300,000 - not bad for only being on the job for seven months. * And what about the SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS windmill power plant contract that he awarded to KOREA ? One would think there was some place in Canada or North America that could have built these. * He also closed the emergency rooms in Port Colburne and Fort Erie because there is not enough money. There have been two deaths since then because by the time they got to St. Catharine's it was too late. But he then awards a hospital in Toronto three million dollars - of course, that was in the riding where there just happens to be a by-election to replace George Smitherman! * He has taken the richest most prosperous province in Canada down to one of the 'Have-Nots' and, over the past six & one half years, has increased the budget deficit from $5.6 Billion dollars to TWENTY SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS and he still has a year and a half to go. And don?t forget his nice little salaryincrease of $40,000.00 a year - millions of people in the province don?t earn even half of that. * Have we forgotten all the MPP?S who also got a 14% increase? And now that they've had their increases he comes out with a new budget to freeze all provincial employees wages for two years - a bit late don't you think. * He increased the hydro tax by 10% in April of 2010. * He has increased the tax on liquor and wine by 10% in May of 2010. * He continues to permantently 'Blight' landscapes across the province with unsightly wind turbines. But, Mr. McGuinty will retire with his nice comfortable pension and all his benefits paid. I hope this gets passed around the province of Ontario and everybody remembers the way we got screwed by Mr. McGuinty and the Liberal party and - remember - not one Liberal MPP had enough guts to vote against any of the above. Wake up Ontario ....!! ? And all pensioners got no raise at all over the past 18 months!!!!!!!!!
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110% totally agree but you miss one small thing that they cut which is quite important . People may forget it already. It is no more" FREE ANNUAL EYE EXAM " for every one now Since liberal in power.
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