GAS PLANT MOVE COSTS TAXPAYERS $40-190 MILLION

Or more $$$ maybe depending upon who and how the calculations are done. Today's Waterloo Region Record has the story "Deal to move gas plant costs $40M". The announcement by provincial energy minister Chris Bentley came hours before the government was forced to release 36,000 pages of documents about two cancelled gas plants, one in Oakville and one in Mississauga. The cancellation of the Mississauga plant ocurred days before the last provincial election AFTER construction was well underway. The Opposition referred to the two decisions as "A Liberal seat-saver program".

The scandal has only been magnified by the Liberals refusal to make documents available to a legislative committee and indeed the Speaker of the Legislature had to order the government to make the documents available. Keep in mind that this was public taxpayers money spent to make things right with TransCanada Energy and construction firms who were out millions of dollars due to the government's reneging on promises and contracts. This is one more scandal the Liberals appropriately will wear into the next provincial election.