The province's Liberals are taking solid aim at Nova Scotia Power and its monopoly-hold on the energy market. Saying it will form a major plank in his party's next election platform, Liberal leader Stephen McNeil has told CKBW and Hank-FM News, its time someone took a stand and does something about it. In launching a major radio, television, newspaper and internet advertising blitz, McNeil says he's committed to the new Liberal policy.
McNeil tells us he's had it with power rate hikes, NSP executive bonuses and an NDP government that he says doesn't care about the plight of power consumers. He says its time the constant increasing of power rates is stopped "dead in its tracks" by opening the market to competition. McNeil says the same thing happened in the telecommunications market years ago and as a result, numerous phone companies compete for customer dollars.
