"There is relatively little the government can do to lower rates through more lasting, structural means, mostly because the Liberals have tied up so much of the system in 20-year contracts"

i'm in favour of forced nationalization, myself.

the article fails to mention that the province had a monopoly on energy generation until the conservatives dismantled it in the 90s. while the liberals could have done things differently, and demand would be a lot higher if we were using electric cars by now, it was the privatization under harris that is the actual cause of the problem.

if the problem is privatization then the solution is nationalization.

nor is this out of bounds. there's a new generation coming up, and they want nothing to do with the status quo. what they want is an explanation as to why we let them privatize our resources.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/why-does-electricity-cost-so-much-in-ontario/article33453270/