With the government removing the provincial ombudsman's oversight of Hydro One, the company is looking for a new company ombudsperson for the post-privatization era. ...
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Chiarelli: Hydro One power workers ratified new ‘net zero’ contract – with shares included
Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli hails a new collective agreement at Hydro One he says brings 'transformational change' to employee pensions ...
NDP makes long-shot appeal for release of business studies for Hydro One privatization
Records will almost certainly be considered a Cabinet confidence, but rejection of a Freedom-of-Information request gives NDP another argument that Liberals are conducting sale secretively ...
Hydro One Brampton merger still being hashed out
Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli said in May that the utilities were 'targeting around the 1st of July' to seal the Hydro One Brampton deal ...
Financial accountability officer examining Hydro One privatization plan
In his first interview since starting in the job, Stephen LeClair says his office is still staffing up, but is hoping to have a report on the Hydro One plan done before the IPO takes place. ...
Purchase: Questions about democracy in Hydro One sale
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. ...
Speaker clears Hydro One executives of contempt of legislature
The key factor, according to Speaker Dave Levac, is the allegations took place outside the house chamber, and to the extent they involved MPPs, it wasn't related to their legislative work. ...
PCs launch campaign against Hydro One IPO using 2002 Liberal talking points
The tables have turned bizarrely, as 13-year-old Liberal talking points against the then-PC government's plan to privatize the utility are now being wielded by the PCs against the Liberal government's plan. ...
OPG workers ratify contract that would pay Hydro One shares
Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli says deal with Power Workers' Union works out to a 'net-zero' collective agreement the government has continued to pursue. ...
Sousa says province wants ‘a lot’ of retail investors involved in Hydro One IPO
Finance Minister Charles Sousa says the Hydro One IPO is 'going to be open for retail as well as institutional investors, but we’ll let the market prevail.' ...