Vive Le Canada

$105,000 Bought Hydro An E-Mail !

Posted on Tuesday, March 23 at 00:32 by whelan costen
The high-priced e-mail was obtained by The Globe and Mail under a Freedom of Information Act request for all records Michael Gourley produced for the company. The only record Hydro One had for this contract was the e-mail.

It was written to former Hydro One president Eleanor Clitheroe in early 2002, and included advice on generating favourable publicity on the utility's proposed privatization.

The e-mail included such insights as "governments should not be in business" because Crown corporations are subject to political pressure rather than market forces.

$105,000 bought Hydro an e-mail

Note: $105,000 bought Hyd...

Contributed By


Topic


Article Rating

 (0 votes) 

Options




Comments

  1. by avatar whelan costen
    Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:02 pm
    So it goes, not just the liberals, the conservatives have a few skeletons left to divulge...

  2. by Wildel
    Sat Mar 27, 2004 1:53 pm
    Now that's marketing!


    hahahahah unreal...105K for spam!!!! lmao.

    Only in Canada... Maybe that's why Dr. Nigeria keeps filling my inbox!!!! lol...

  3. by Jim Callaghan
    Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:21 pm
    I love the *censored* part of the story.

    It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out.

    Looks good on her !! I never did like her anyway.



    ---
    "Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
    Jim Callaghan
    Minden, Ontario
    705-286-1860
    www.misterc.ca

  4. by avatar Jesse
    Sat Mar 27, 2004 6:43 pm
    Oops, that shouldn't have been censoring out her name. As I relax our list of what will get censored out yet again...

    ---
    Jesse



view comments in forum


You need to be a member and be logged into the site, to comment on stories.



Latest Editorials

more articles »

Your Voice

To post to the site, just sign up for a free membership/user account and then hit submit. Posts in English or French are welcome. You can email any other suggestions or comments on site content to the site editor. (Please note that Vive le Canada does not necessarily endorse the opinions or comments posted on the site.)

sitemap | feeds | privacy | copyright | contact
canadian bloggers | canadian news