HALTON TRANSMISSION 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT #3 (905) 842-0725 dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 www.carstaroakville.com 905-8457579 547 Trafalgar Rd. SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Beaver Trails 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 115 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 40 pages $1.00 (plus tax) By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF `We didn't get it right': Premier nikki wesley / oakville BEAVER / @halton_photog personal visit: Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn, left, looks on as Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty fields questions at a press conference Tuesday at the Oakville Curling Club. The Premier was here to outline the long-awaited cost of cancelling the once-proposed power plant in southeast Oakville. McGuinty said the government puts the price tag of $40 million on what he said was a mistake, not a seat-saver move during the provincial election. Ontario's NDP and Conservatives claim the cost is much higher. Relocating the 900-megawatt gas-fired power plant away from Oakville in 2010 came with a hefty price tag -- but it was the right thing to do. These were the sentiments expressed by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty during a press conference at the Oakville Curling Club Tuesday afternoon. The conference came only a day after Ontario "These were two Energy Minister Chris instances where we Bentley announced that didn't get it right. We moving the proposed made the decision to power plant from Oakville to land at relocate, there was a Ontario Power cost associated and we Generation's (OPG) are responsible for Lennox generating sta- that." tion site near Bath, Ont. would cost taxpayers at Premier Dalton McGuinty least $40 million. During his remarks, McGuinty acknowledged $40 million is a lot of money, but pointed out nearly $100 billion in improvements are being made to the province's energy infrastructure. "These were two instances where we didn't get it right," said McGuinty, referring to the Oakville and Mississauga power plant cancellations. "We made the decision to relocate, there was a cost associated and we are responsible for that." McGuinty said the cancellations were not done to save Liberal seats in the 2011 provincial election and that the Oakville decision was not an example of the government appeasing NIMBYism (not in my backyard). See All page 3