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Direct Message To My Readers At Toronto Hydro – I Will Comment On Your Illegal Application Later
‘Never fight a battle where your opponent has everything to lose, because if they fear the prospect of a loss that steep they have nothing to lose in doing everything possible to defeat you.’ – John Laforet
To my readers at Toronto Hydro who have visited over eighty-one (81) blog entries on http://laforet.ca since this morning (it is 10:38 AM). I am sure you’re looking to see what I have to say about your illegal application that John Gerretsen decided to sign off on this week.
It is still illegal, you’re still a cesspool for unethical behaviour, flagrant violators of law and Guildwood residents are angrier than ever before. I still have nothing but contempt for anyone at Toronto Hydro who stubbornly supports wasting $700 million dollars of public money, damaging the environment and building a project we all know (yes you too) will never generate enough electricity to pay for itself.
We will defeat you.
You should know, not one turbine will be going in Lake Ontario off the Scarborough Bluffs, and you’re wasting your time and our money persueing your misadventure off the Bluffs.
We will ensure there will be consequences.
We will respond, and it will be fierce. We’re in this for the long haul and will not allow a single turbine to enter the Lake off our shores as part of your illegal application, through your law breaking, lies and other dirty tricks.
You will be stopped.
David O’Brien has already retired, perhaps it’s time for Chris Tyrrell, Jack Simpson and Joyce McLean to walk the plank before the next round of Scarborough Vs. Toronto Hydro kicks off.
If I were to write a modern ‘Prince’ or ‘Art of War’ this would be a message, I would dedicate to you: ‘Never fight a battle where your opponent has everything to lose, because if they fear the prospect of a loss that steep, they have nothing to lose in doing everything possible to defeat you.’
5 Comments »David O’Brien Retires as President and CEO of Toronto Hydro Corporation, Is the New Boss the Same as the Old Boss?
I have to say when I heard about the retirement of David O’Brien I was hopeful that Toronto Hydro might have the opportunity to bring in someone new, hopefully someone who has operated in the real world and has actually worked for a real company that is required to do things like respect shareholders, generate revenue, make responsible business decisions, not kill the pets of their customers, or electrocute their children through a mix of ignorance and negligence. That being said, someone looking at Toronto Hydro, and especially Toronto Hydro Energy Services from the real world probably would head for the hills before accepting the golden handcuffs that would bring them into the fold of this loonie bin.
David O’Brien personally ignored our calls for an end to Toronto Hydro Energy Services illegal process. His refusal to act or even respond to alligations is in my mind tantamount to his support of Toronto Hydro Energy Services illegal activity. Under his term, residents of Toronto saw two major privacy breaches in three months, both related to the internet. It saw a total disregard for safety as it relates to the maintenance of infrastructure that has the potential to have lethal consequences if not properly maintained. We watched as executives at Toronto Hydro told what can only be described as bald faced lies, as the legal counsel for Toronto Hydro made themselves aware of Toronto Hydro Energy Services illegal activity and did nothing to either deny the claims being made or to direct their client to not proceed with an illegal application.
Hopefully Anthony Haines, current President of Toronto Hydro Electric System, the company within Toronto Hydro that actually makes money and generates profit, does a reasonable job of carrying out its obligations in a safe manner will look at his poor cousins in Toronto Hydro Energy Services and see them for the finanacial parasite they are, and reign in Chris Tyrrell, Jack Simpson and Joyce McLean. It’s my hope he will tell each of these ethically challenged individuals that illegality is no longer acceptable, that they cannot lie when it suits them, cut corners as it pleases or violate laws that would prevent them if followed.
Let’s hope the new boss is nothing like the old boss, and is wise enough to realize that this proposal to build a wind factory where it is well documented their isn’t sufficient wind is a fool’s paradise that isn’t worthy of the 700 million dollars of public money that will be wasted damaging the environment, trampling democracy and wasting the hard earned money of Toronto taxpayers. Haines has the opportunity to reach out, and right the wrongs of his predecessor and the pathetic so-called sister company Toronto Hydro Energy Services which represents just three percent of total revenue for Toronto Hydro and is the source of most of it’s headaches. In the private sector a Chief Executive with deal with a problem like that swiftly considering Toronto Hydro Energy Services total revenue represents a rounding error on the balance sheet. Here’s to hoping Haines will too.
If Haines decides he should be the same as the old boss, I promise him this, we’ll be there to hold you to account, to challenge the inappropriate actions carried out by your organization and will defend our rights, our environment, and our tax dollars as long and with as much intensity as is required to come out on top. On the flip side, should Haines decide to cancel Toronto Hydro Energy Services illegal application, and end their attempts to put a wind factory in what may be the worst site selection on the lake (who builds in front of a cliff when you need wind?) residents would celebrate the move, and thank him for the wise business sense to see that a company whose annual income isn’t even enough to meet it’s own payroll should not be spending $700 million dollars of a sister companies money on a really bad idea that will not pay off in the end.
No Comments »Oh Those Law Breaking Fools… Toronto Hydro Is At It Again Breaching Your Privacy With Their Incompetence
Police have been called in to determine how a breach in Toronto Hydro’s e-bill system resulting in the private information of 179 000 Torontonians happened. Individuals, name, address, phone number, account information were released to unknown sources for unknown purposes. This is obviously a very serious matter.
Based on my previous writings on Toronto Hydro it’s pretty clear that I do not believe anyone on their executive team has the skill set or intelligence to confidently change a light bulb let alone run the largest utility in the province. While everything Midas touched turned to Gold, it seems everything Toronto Hydro touches turns into an unnecessary legal situation brought on by a unique mix of callousness, ignorance and incompetence.
These guys have once again breached the privacy of Torontonians, this time through their online billing system. It seems the folks at Toronto Hydro are incapable of working technology if it was developed after 1992 (the internet, wind turbines, adobe – let alone 90 year old hydro poles).
They knowingly allowed their infrastructure to electrocute and kill people’s family pets, promising to fix that problem over the course of months while more pets needlessly suffered electrocution. They denied kids could be electrocuted until many were one afternoon. They’ve lied left right and centre as part of their illegal application for the installation of an anemometer off the Scarborough Bluffs. They breached hundreds of individuals privacy during that process, and now 179 000 of their client’s private data is breached through their website.
When their lawyer reviewed my writings on Toronto Hydro’s illegal application, culture of lying and general inability to operate with the slightest bit of competence during a public consultation process – she agreed that the application I had linked to constituted a violation of law, did not dispute any of my charges and merely asked me to change the link to a new illegal application that was missing some of their privacy act violations.
The scary part is these guys are involved in very serious business and clearly well over their heads.
They’ve already killed people’s family pets, failed to act immediately to prevent further deaths, electrocuted children who were just playing in the streets, committed over three hundred violations of law as part of their anemometer application, and now failed to properly secure their 179 000 client’s private data. If this represents the last few months at Toronto Hydro – what’s next?
They still have done nothing to address their breach of privacy for the over three hundred individuals including myself affected by their illegal application’s breach of privacy in April. If you’re one of the 179 000 clients whose privacy has been breached, my only words for you with these guys is ‘good luck’.
Toronto Hydro Corporation attracts scandal like sugar attracts ants.
It’s a good thing they aren’t responsible for the drinking water.
It isn’t known how the privacy breach occurred this time, but the Toronto Police and the Privacy Commissioner are investigating.
For more on their latest privacy breach (the second in three months) see the links below:
