It all started with this innocent looking Tweet by @BradDuguid:

New #energy rates today show average home bill this May compared to last May remained the same http://bit.ly/cdpKw

There is so much wrong with this tweet, I barely know where to start.

OK, first off, unless Mr. Brad NoGood Duguid has a friend named Doc, and access to a DeLorean Time Machine, there is NO WAY he can know what his MAY Hydro bill will be like, since it is April 20.

Secondly, Hydro JUST announced another 8% increase taking effect May 1st. That is on top of another 9% that was implemented in August 2010, and another 8% of HST on top of all that. There are also numerous smaller increases throughout May 2010-May 2011.

So, this is AT LEAST a 32% increase in rates since last May, and Mr. Duguid is saying a mere 10% bribe discount off your bill will cover that. In fact, he says all of our future fictitious Hydro bills are the same as our May 2010 bills. Quite the foresight, there.

I think it’s time for Mr. Duguid to acquire a calculator. Or at least a brain.

So McGuinty quietly takes another $18 million out of our pockets. This time because we didn’t want something, we took a stand, and these are the penalties for that little victory we scored last year. It’s like we can’t win for losing. This, of course, comes right on the heels of another $18 million we have to pay to reimburse Hydro One’s legal fees after losing a court case vs us, the taxpayers, for overcharging us.

And you’re thinking: that’s only $36 million. That’s nothing. That’s like a $1 a person in Ontario. Yes, $1 a person. TODAY. Tomorrow there’ll be another $1 for some other inept policy, and another the day after that. And at the end of the month that comes to $30 (except for February, don’t think you’re smarter than me). And at the end of the year, it’s a $365 bill. That’s $365 that used to be in our pockets. Gone.  And for what? Gross incompetence.

The way I see it, the only way to stop this, is to kick McGuinty out of office this fall. Surely he deserves it.

Vote Ontario PC.

This strategy is so brilliant, I wish I’d had thought of it: invent your opponent’s platform, release it, and then attack it as if it was real. A conveniently leaked “closed door” meeting revealed the Tory platform to the media. The made-up platform contained a whole bunch of stuff that people don’t like, so along with snide remarks by Liberal officials, the LPO Twitter-sphere went crazy attacking this newly released fictional Tory platform, spreading “the word” as if it was the truth. I tell ya, it’s not a bad idea.

The Ontario liberals are so out of ideas, last week they asked the public for guidance. I guess anything will help at this point. They even asked for Opposition platforms, so they could steal some good ideas from them. And now this.

Unfortunately, the Ontario voter seems to be so far removed from reality, this strategy might just work:

PC’s will close all hospitals*

* we made this up

If the Ontario voter is stupid enough to believe this crap, than they deserve a third term with Dalton.

Waking up this morning, I am left wondering: how much more can we take? It seems that every morning there is a new idiotic “green” announcement that makes no economical or ecological sense.

This one involves IKEA, the Green (furniture) Giant. The Swedish company is using one of Ontario’s ill-conceived green energy programs to install 6.4M dollars’ worth of (taxpayer subsidized) solar panels on some of their stores so they can generate energy and claim to be (taxpayer subsidized) “Carbon Neutral”. I say “taxpayer subsidized” because, although the initial investment is covered by IKEA, the good government of Ontario (ie: you) is going to pay IKEA a whopping 71.3¢ for each kilowatt of power produced. At this rate, IKEA will be making back its investment in about 7 years, and since solar panels are good for about 20 years, IKEA will be making good coin off the taxpayer of Ontario for the following 13 years, AND can affix a “prestigious” (for those who still believe) Carbon Neutral statement on their front doors.

And Dalton just stands there and smiles and says this is A-OK.

Next October can’t come soon enough.

I just hope Walmart doesn’t find out…