He bowed to labour and environmental activists last summer by cancelling the privatisation of Hydro One, which operates one of North America's biggest transmission grids.

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For example, the Northeast Mutual Assistance group ranges from Hydro One in Ontario, to Hydro-Quebec and the eastern Canadian utilities, and down throughout New England to Rhode Island.

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Nobody can deny that hydro is one of the cheapest, cleanest, most efficient ways of producing electricity.

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