‘Ottawa’ Senior Who Built Rogers Centre Worried About Hydro Bills
While the Blue Jays are soaring in popularity right now, one of the very people who built the Rogers Centre they play in is worried about paying the bills.
“I pay $110 more per month on my hydro bills than a year ago,” Toronto resident Lino Virira told me over the phone. And his usage hasn’t gone up at all. It’s rate increases. “I’m afraid with the way it’s going that I’m going to lose my house.”
Virira came to Canada from Portugal and worked here for 42 years before retiring. One of his jobs included cutting steel for Rogers Centre — known as the SkyDome when it opened in 1989.
“I paid off my mortgage, I put two kids through school. But now every month I’m afraid to open my hydro bill,” Virira said.
Ontarians who’ve got in touch with me to share their hydro headaches don’t know who to turn to for help.
Ken Smart, from Port Perry, called his Liberal MPP, Granville Anderson, three times until he received a call back.