Consider the boondoggles of the last few years — true or false:In the competition for political power, the fight over electrical power never fails to energize an election . The vast majority of Ontarians believed Wynne had sold off the generating assets of the old Ontario Hydro — the jewels of the Crown corporation, as opposed to mere poles and wires. The sale of half of Hydro One was perhaps Wynne’s biggest political blunder. The Liberals have long defended increased hydro rates by claiming they had to invest heavily in the electricity system after the Tories let it atrophy, leading to brownouts. But in their zeal to secure power — political and electrical — each is taking take the path of least resistance on the campaign trail.

Source: thestar May 22, 2018 00:22 UTC