Perth, Ont. – In a letter to Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli, Randy Hillier (MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington) expressed his extreme displeasure with the Ministry’s handling of the recent propane shortage in eastern Ontario.
“Propane industry experts are in chaos over this shortage, and aren’t able to provide the public or elected representatives with an explanation of the cause of the shortage,” remarked Hillier. “How are we supposed to make reasonable and informed decisions when the industry is unable to clearly explain what the difficulty is?”=
Adding insult to injury, propane prices have skyrocketed during the shortage, with reports of people paying as much as $1.14/litre double the price from last year when they finally get a partial fill.
“Unlike gasoline, oil, natural gas and electricity, there is little to no reporting mechanism for propane production, demand, imports or exports, and as a result, the public has no way of finding out what’s really going on,” added Hillier. “The Minister does not seem to appreciate the magnitude of this crisis and the impacts it’s having on rural Ontario households; he’s either ignorant of the impacts this is having, or doesn’t care about rural families,” noted Hillier. “I’m demanding that he do better.”
You can view MPP Hillier’s letter to the Minister here.
For more information, contact:
Queen’s Park Office
416-325-2244
randy.hillier@pc.ola.org
Perth Office
613-267-8239
info@randyhillier.com
Randy Hillier, MPP Lanark Frontenac Lennox, is a co-founder of the Lanark Landowners Association, which was brought to life to address government imposition on the rights of private property owners, and to address the regressive regulatory impositions that government was bringing down upon farmers and business owners in rural Ontario.
In 2006, Randy resigned as President of the OLA in order to run as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives. Randy was elected in the 2007 provincial election.
Randy a long-time resident of Lanark County, an electrician by trade and member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), continues to co-publish and edit rural Ontario’s successful magazine “The Landowner.”
