After her office was inundated with emails and calls from residents who have been pushed to the brink by heating bills they cannot afford to pay, St. Catharines MPP Jennie Stevens is asking the provincial government for solutions.
In the months since Enbridge increased its rates in January, in many cases doubling the cost of heating a home compared to a year ago, Stevens said she has heard from a lot of seniors and young families who are already struggling with inflationary increases.
Everything has pretty well doubled in price, and when January 1st came around people started calling, she said, adding many of them, particularly seniors, are living on fixed incomes.
She said people were bringing in their Enbridge bills with circles drawn around the unaffordable charges that increased by about $100.
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