Charter Challenge to be heard in B.C. Supreme Court
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The suit brought by the Office and Professional Employees International Union and supported by Citizens for Public Power will go ahead this week at the Supreme Court in Vancouver. The case takes aim at two pieces of legislation that privatized one third of B.C. Hydro and restructured the Crown Corporation. Please come down to the week-long hearing at the courthouse (at 800 Smithe Street in downtown Vancouver on December 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19) to show your support for a publicly owned and operated electricity system.
Citizens For Public Power
This comes on the heels of a seven-per-cent increase next year and a two-per-cent hike in 2005 as announced by the BC Liberal government. While BC does have some of the lowest rates in North America this increase is not warrented nor needed. BC Hydro has been profitable, and in some years very profitable. The official line that the increase will cover the updating of infrastructure really holds no water. They could have used the yearly profits to maintain the system all along.
Look for more increases as Accenture (of Enron fame) continues to take hold of BC Hydro.
@ December 16, 2003