Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 local fill i till j 2001 Selinger girds to tout Hydro Grid Manitoba Hydro minister Greg Selinger tucked new charts proving the provinces Power rates Are lowest on the continent into his briefcase before heading to Calgary for today meeting with Canadas Energy minis he is trying to build support for construction of an East West Power Grid that would allow Manitoba electricity to flow to other provinces like where electricity rates have if you can offer them a Cost effective source of High in reliability and relatively clean compared to Oil and that will interest some Selinger said Alberta utilities declined to take part in a May 1 Survey that confirmed Manitoba Hydro rates Are the lowest in Canada for res Small commercial and Industrial Cus a Small business that pays monthly Hydro Bills of in Winnipeg would pay almost a month More in Vancouver the next cheapest City and a month in Hali Manitoba average retail rates Are the Low est in North followed by Hydro and Hydro according to a 1 sur vey by Edison the main Agenda item for the Energy ministers will be forming a common front on How the provinces should be involved in Ottawa talks with the on Continental Energy pol but the East West Grid will be discussed later in the Ken oi8lidtti a Kuhpes fur press Cross Lake resident Cathy Merrick kick off Public awareness parody and attacks Northern Hydro projects a group calling itself customers for responsible Energy launched a parody and Campaign yesterday aimed at Manitoba a Banner featuring an aboriginal baby and the slogan Hydro dams harm Pimp Cikamek crees was Hung Over the enormous infant mural on the Manitoba Hydro building at the Corner of James Street and Portage the Banner is to raise awareness of the Cost of Energy production in Manitoba and some of the unaccounted for costs in Northern said Jonah spokesman for the Winnipeg based group that supports the Cross Lake it unveiled a web site outlining the first nations concerns about the Impact of Northern generating stations and demands that the 1977 Northern flood agreement be claims that Hydro Power is Green and renewable Are entirely said a student at the University of Mega Hydro projects have huge Environ mental and social we want to let Manitoban he said every person in the province Bene fits from cheap electricity rates thanks to the sacrifice of the Pimp Cikamek who lost traditional lands and their Way of life in the Northern flood protesters travelled to Minneapolis last month to protest the Purchase of Power from provincial engineers set to walk off Job would t have much effect Ashton by Mia Rabson one Hundred and thirty Engi neers employed by the province could walk off the Job completely any Day their head negotiator said Joe Ahrens of the professional Institute of the Public service of the Union representing the provinces said 60 members in Portage la Prairie and Steinbach walked off the Job to picket yester for the last several weeks they have staged work slow Downs and refused the Manitoba engineers help design and improve As Well As working on issues such As flood pro the engineers have been without a contract for 14 and Ahrens says those employed by the province earn 15 per cent less than privately employed engineers in and Manitoba As a already has the lowest salaries in the Ahrens what wed like to see is something that substantially closes that Ahrens noting retirements will also Cut into existing were just not prepared to continue working at these no talks Are scheduled and Ahrens said a strike seems highways minister Steve Ashton said he is hoping negotiators can come to a Consen sus but added for his department a strike now will not have much of an immedi ate a lot of the engineering work for upcoming projects has been done Ash ton adding that its projects in the works for next year that could be d its Sony music month at win All tagged 5v y j cd r it Iii f 10 cd Simon of Scarf 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