"In B.C. a significant boost to the private sector occurred in the early 2000s when the BC Liberal government required that all new electricity generation, except from large dams, be provided by independent power producers, or IPPs, rather than BC Hydro. This means that BC Hydro must buy new forms of “green” electricity, such as wind, solar and other hydro generation, from private companies" The establishment selling off our ability to control our own energy future to private interests is, in my opinion, not good. #Canada https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/07/24/Powell-River-Canada-Electricity-Future/