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PAGE 8 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, August 27,2003 www.durhamregion.com Ontario forgotten on energy task force Federal initiative doesn't include stakeholder BY JACQUIE MclNNES Staff Editor DURHAM - The Ontario government government runs this province's electricity but lias been forgotten on a joint task force responsible for investigating the cause of last Thursday's blackout and formulating formulating a solution, says a local MPP. But, a federal government spokesman says the Province will have its say on the matter as part of a working group committee serving under the task force, once the investigation is under way. Echoing the words ol Premier Ernie Eves, finance minister Janet Ecker. MPP for Ajax-Pickering-Uxbridge. says the task force headed by Natural Resources Canada minister Herb Dhaliwal and United States secretary of energy Spence Abraham is missing a key ingredient ingredient -- representation by Ontario. "We need people at the table with a stake and interest." Ms. Ecker says, adding the knowledge base of the task force members lacked the depth of understanding understanding a provincial representative could have provided. "There were some things they just didn't know. They were woefully unprepared," she said of Canada's Canada's meeting last Wednesday with its U.S. counterparts. Premier Ernie Eves sent a letter to Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Monday requesting his personal attention to remedy remedy the task force composition to include include Ontario as an equal partner. But. the Province need not worry about being left out, says Cherie Bradley, spokesman for Natural Resources Resources Canada. "They are going to be involved in the various groups determining determining the goals of the task force and how that plays out. Their input is very important." important." she says. Ms. Ecker says having provincial representatives take part in working group committee meetings is a far cry from having representation in the decision-making decision-making process when members of the task force meet at the political level. In addition to Minister Dhaliwal. John Manley, the minister responsible for national security. Kenneth Vollman. chairman of the national energy board, and Linda Keen, chairman of the Canadian Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the nuclear regulator, have also been appointed appointed to the task force, which early indications indications suggest will look not only at why the grid collapsed but the actions and occurrences that followed. For its part, the Canadian Electricity Association is taking a wait-and-see position position on the task force, says vice-president vice-president Francis Bradley. "We want to see how things proceed. 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