- Electricity must not be treated like any other commodity.
- Any policy decisions must uphold the principle that affordable and reliable electricity is essential to peoples daily lives as well as the economy.
- Provincial and municipal governments must place an indefinite moratorium on any further privatization of electrical utilities, and where possible return utilities to public ownership and control.
- In light of problems in California and elsewhere, suspend the deregulation process and undertake a thorough, independent investigation of deregulation experiments in North America before making any further decisions.
- Municipal, provincial and federal governments should fund the development of alternative, environmentally-friendly forms of power such as solar and wind.
