Comments on: I’ll keep my Hydro-Quebec nationalized, thanks http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/08/30/ill-keep-my-hydro-quebec-nationalized-thanks/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marc http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/08/30/ill-keep-my-hydro-quebec-nationalized-thanks/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 Marc Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:45:11 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/08/30/ill-keep-my-hydro-quebec-nationalized-thanks/#comment-1286 I agree that selling Hydro Quebec wouldn't magically cure Quebec's debt, there are obviously more factors at work than Hydro, the government would be better off just raising the rates themselves. This seems like the work of money-grabbing bureaucrats to me... I agree that selling Hydro Quebec wouldn't magically cure Quebec's debt, there are obviously more factors at work than Hydro, the government would be better off just raising the rates themselves. This seems like the work of money-grabbing bureaucrats to me...

]]> By: heri http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/08/30/ill-keep-my-hydro-quebec-nationalized-thanks/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 heri Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:16:44 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/08/30/ill-keep-my-hydro-quebec-nationalized-thanks/#comment-1215 also something else: hydroquebec is one of the last industrial company left in quebec. alcan, steel companies, they are long gone to the States. and jobs go then to china, manufacturing plants are transferred to mexico or another east asian company. if american shareholders get the hand on hydro quebec, they wouldnt know that electricity is a primary ressource here. you can t joke with its delivery in winter for instance. shareholders on the other hand would want to raise prices during the winter, just by seeing the numbers. i am not a "socialist" but sometimes some sectors just need to be run by public interests. also something else:
hydroquebec is one of the last industrial company left in quebec. alcan, steel companies, they are long gone to the States. and jobs go then to china, manufacturing plants are transferred to mexico or another east asian company.

if american shareholders get the hand on hydro quebec, they wouldnt know that electricity is a primary ressource here. you can t joke with its delivery in winter for instance. shareholders on the other hand would want to raise prices during the winter, just by seeing the numbers.

i am not a "socialist" but sometimes some sectors just need to be run by public interests.

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