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After six months of grinding Manitoba Hydro International (MHI) into the ground with a stop sell order, we’ve just learned that @PCcaucus is winding down a huge part of their operations.
End result will be a reduction in MH profitability + increased energy costs for Manitobans
End result will be a reduction in MH profitability + increased energy costs for Manitobans
The area of business which our PC government is forcing MHI to shut down (international consulting) accounts for 60% of their business, so this will inevitably result in MB losing some of our best + brightest to consultancies in places like Toronto and Calgary.
This is after we’ve already lost 35 MHI employees who left due to uncertainty created by the stop sell which essentially forced MHI to cease doing business.
To recap - at a time when gov’s should be working to preserve employment, the PCs are working overtime to cut good jobs.
To recap - at a time when gov’s should be working to preserve employment, the PCs are working overtime to cut good jobs.
MHI has generated over $80 million in profits for Hydro by selling our made in MB transmission expertise and selling it abroad.
No valid reason has been provided for shutting this business down. We’re just expected to buy some crap about ‘misalignment’ to Hydro operations.
No valid reason has been provided for shutting this business down. We’re just expected to buy some crap about ‘misalignment’ to Hydro operations.
The end result of all this? Private businesses will swoop in to pick up MHI’s remaining contracts + specially trained employees and will have a profit making feast at our collective expense.
Yet another embarrassing example of PCs forking over public wealth to private hands.
Yet another embarrassing example of PCs forking over public wealth to private hands.
