Columnist Bryne Purchase points out the irony in the premier’s talk about ‘enhancing’ democratic governance while the issue of democracy is at stake in the plan to privatize a majority of Hydro One. ...
Author Archives: Bryne Purchase
Purchase: In defence of the auditor general’s AFP report
Columnist Bryne Purchase defends the auditor general's report that public-private partnerships are more costly than traditional infrastructure financing and procurement. ...
Purchase: The Liberals, Bay Street and unions in an undemocratic alliance
Columnist Bryne Purchase contends that the partial selloff of Hydro One is about getting the money now without thinking about how the decision will affect future governments. ...
Purchase: Selling Hydro One is faulty economics
Columnist Bryne Purchase contends that the people have a right to know if the Liberals' rationale for this asset sale is supported by both the financial market theory and the facts-on-the-ground evidence. ...
Purchase: Cap-and-trade is a risky policy
Columnist Bryne Purchase says the Liberal government's cap-and-trade policy announced Monday is the more complex way of controlling greenhouse gas emissions. ...
Purchase: Employee ownership and selling Hydro One
Columnist Bryne Purchase says selling part of Hydro One to its employees could improve productivity, but the idea needs to be studied more. ...
Purchase: Selling Hydro One a solution in search of a rationale
Columnist Bryne Purchase can think of many reasons why privatizing the utility is a bad idea, not the least being it would be fiscally irresponsible. ...
Purchase: Privatizing electricity distribution is bad advice
Columnist Bryne Purchase says selling off parts of Ontario's electricity distribution assets, which bring in enough investment return to attract private equity, is bad economics. ...
Purchase: Aging society intensifies health-care pressures
Columnist Bryne Purchase says the doubling of Ontario's population of seniors in the next 25 years will put major pressure on government programs and health-care costs ...
Purchase: The unambiguously good news of low oil prices
Columnist Bryne Purchase pushes back on the Bank of Canada governor's claim that falling oil prices are 'unambiguously negative' for the whole country. ...
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