Smart meters simply 'tax machines': Hudak

[Wild Bill]

Thread drift ahead.

When it comes to the dairy business, I would first look at milk production quotas. I suspect that milk quotas may have been cheaper in Quebec. Dunno.

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August, I saw the electricity reference in the press release over the company's move. The Stoney Creek Dairy had been a community fixture since 1929. It had a hugely popular ice cream bar. People would drive for miles to get there in "Happy Days" times and its milk products ruled the local market.

Over the past few years the dairy had financial problems and started changing owners. The present one is from Quebec and they made the decision to close the dairy, keeping only the store front for dairy products made in Quebec.

One of the key points in the press release was SPECIFICALLY the price of electricity, water, taxes and such!

http://www.thespec.com/news/business/article/14168--high-costs-forced-stoney-creek-dairy-out

"Gaucher said several factors combined to make the Stoney Creek ice-cream plant uncompetitive -- taxes and electricity bills were almost twice what he pays in Montreal and the cost of city water was $8,000 a year in Montreal compared with $100,000 a year here. In addition, the local plant's lack of warehousing space added $250,000 a year in costs.

"All of that is extra cost that doesn't add any value to the product that I can charge for," he said.

"Altogether my costs of production in Stoney Creek were almost twice what they are in Montreal, and pennies count in this business."

[mikedavid00]

I know in many states the KWH is higher than ours

Really which ones? Maybe a few out of 50 states?

Our total bills are higher.

Actually it was funny when the HST went though. The mainstream media and the forum here was falling into the spin of the 'kitchen renovations' and we discussed nonsense like how the accounting departments was going to deal with the switch over to HST.

I was the lone voice shouting out loud about how gas prices and utility bills would sky rocket and no one listened. Then one day, gas prices jump, utilities go insane, and then it becomes a surprise to everyone.

As soon as they announced the new meters, it was me who said that they would be used to raise prices. If not right away, in the future as the peak hours would grow and grow. And then the new 'super peak hours' which is will be when you come home from work. Sure enough I was right. You guys thought that the new meters were a new toy or something and happy to get them. You thought that you guys were going to SAVE money by programming 'your dishwasher at night' as the political/media spin had you believe.

And sure enough. You guys were wrong. The guys of Mapleleafweb. The same political hacks who have more experience with the political system and the media than 99% of Canadians and you guys fall for the spin like everyone else. It's simply amazing. It really is. Right here on this forum and you guys can't see through something as simple as the smart meters or HST. Unreal.

You guys fall for political/media spin so easily it's astounding. You guys believe any excuse the spin doctors feed you. Don't let the media and spin dictate your reasoning and how you think.

Come on guys seriuosly.