Letters to the Editor  Letter: Price of power a deal until
corporations take over  To the editor:  This Powerex and BC
Hydro controversy is interesting—a big loss for BC citizens.
Was it not our famous former premier, Mr. Campbell, who wanted
so badly to sell our B.C. hydro to the private sector to
“balance our books” and to have extra cash to win the next
election?  What did we end up with?  We lost $750 million to
crooked dealings with other private power corporations in the
USA and in California. This was something to do with Enron and
the scandal of power deals.  We could have been on the hook for
$3.7 billion but got away with only a $750 million loss. A loss
like that is equivalent to double that since a loss is money
gone out the window—we get no benefit from that.  Next time
California cannot pay their power bill, we should just cut off
the export of any more power until they pay up. What is BC Hydro
getting us into making deals like that?  Now, we are told by BC
Hydro that we “must” build Site C dam