the idea that energy costs in ontario increased due to the embrace of windmills & solar panels as a source into the system is a lie pushed by the right.

the reason that prices have gone up is that the system was deregulated and privatized, and the villain is mike harris, not dalton mcguinty.

prices are set by the ontario energy board and not by the market, and ford himself has demonstrated as much by legislating stronger controls (something wynne should have done, but chose not to; she brought in rebate programs to target the most vulnerable and let the wealthy take it on the chin, instead).

prices have increased due to greed by the corporate sector, and they just blamed it on the environmentalists as an easy scapegoat.

it's just greed.

that is all.

however, there is a cautionary tale for the liberals, here, in how lies spread through media can become compelling, if they are not properly countered. and, that warning is indeed stark: if they allow the dirty-oil backed media to frame a false narrative, they could see history repeat itself.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7316275/justin-trudeau-spending-throne-speech/