At 3pm precisely there was a lot of cars around the Oliver Legion and inside – many people seeking more information,  petitions and a place to display their frustration.

Green Party Candidate John Kwasnica said this is how movements like the HST fight are born.

 

Below: NDP Candidate Sam Hancheroff was there to listen to concerns. Chris Collingwood of OK Falls says the two tier rate structure smacks of BIG BROTHER  and more financial gain for energy companies. Collingwood says they do not appear to be designed to get people to save energy. Other people commented that they have no options – propane is expensive and the gas lines to not run near their homes. Concerned citizens from both the Okanagan and Similkameen areas.
Petition wording: To cancel and review increases imposed by Fortis BC causing excessive hardship for citizens in this province. 100 people signed the local petition.

Earlier on ODN

Introduction by Fortis of the two-rate conservation rate structure, mandated by BC Utilities Commission, has impacted many electricity users with no alternative heat like natural gas or burning wood.

Many residents throughout the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen have been hard hit even during a relatively mild winter: they are frustrated and feel they are not being listened to, and they are organizing a rally for tomorrow.

A group of concerned citizens from throughout the Similkameen and Okanagan has organized to meet and begin a petition signing at 3pm on Sunday, April 21 in Oliver at the Legion.

For more information, please contact Kelly Wheeler at 250-498-0337