Just a kilometre or two east of the Glengarry County border, and about a 10-minute drive north of Hwy 401, down a Quebec gravel road, a massive cage-free egg barn complex is being constructed.
The location of the barns, built by one of Canada’s largest egg processors, Burnbrae Farms, is not only based on the proximity to the freeway corridor linking the Montreal and Toronto markets, but is also based on a far cheaper Hydro rate in Quebec.
Hydro prices are driving big decisions. Based on a November 2016 hydro bill, using 570,000 kw per month in a Montreal cable manufacturing factory, the monthly bill was $36,029. Ontario hydro experts were asked to calculate the exact same industrial power usage here. The monthly bill under Hydro One billing rocketed to $71,022.
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