Bernie Madoff would applaud McGuinty's Micro-FIT Scheme

MPP Randy Hillier
News Release

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(QUEEN'S PARK) Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington spoke out today about McGuinty Liberals' recent decision to arbitrarily break the terms of the Green Energy act and the Micro-FIT program, which had promised guaranteed energy prices for small and residential green energy producers.

"It's unconscionable to lure people with green promises into an intentional financial trap, and then to pull the rug out from under them. The OPA's announcement on July 2 effectively defrauds nearly 15000 Ontario citizens, many who have invested tens of thousands of dollars and huge amounts of time and energy," said Hillier. "Dalton McGuinty has perpetrated the single greatest fraud in Ontario's history on the people of Ontario."

The Micro-FIT program originally made the commitment of paying out $0.802/kWh for ground mount solar projects, which has been reduced to $0.588/kWh. Originally the program stated that roof mount solar projects could be on existing or newly constructed buildings; the OPA now says only mounts on existing buildings will be accepted. The OPA has suspended about 10,000 applications, at the behest of the minister.

"At the time that this legislation was introduced, we made clear to the government that it was untenable. However, they chose to go ahead, and in doing so made a commitment to people. They're breaking their promises, yet again," said Hillier.

"In McGuinty's rush to pump up his chest to the environmentalist lobby, he has boastfully doled out billions to major friends like Samsung and deceived the people of Ontario," said Hillier. "Dalton McGuinty's 'green agenda' has become nothing but a Ponzi scheme, with riches for his friends and a shakedown of new taxes, fees and lies for the people of Ontario."

"It's time to end McGuinty's green deceit."

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