Like most New Brunswickers, we here at the NB Conservative have always been proud to support our local businesses. We fill up our cars at Irving, eat McCain's Super Fries, and even though they are darned expensive we do enjoy Ganong's chicken bones, especially at Christmas time.
But this holiday season we are starting to wonder what the Ghost of Christmas Future might show these New Brunswick titans if he had the chance to float them into a time yet to be.
As more and more New Brunswickers start to figure out that the deal to sell NB Power is really a deal that benefits big business - how will their loyalty be affected towards these famous families? After all, not one of them has stood up to say "We want some savings, but we also want to share these savings with the people who buy our products and work in our plants."
Let's be clear about a couple of things. First, the debt of NB Power is not going away. It is simply being shifted from NB to Quebec, and the people of this province are still going to be the ones who will pay it back. Secondly, this debt was not created by residential customers only, so it's not really fair that only residential customers should have to pay it back.
The big family businesses of this province have not been showing the holiday spirit of giving during this whole debate. Can they reasonably expect to keep seeing our gift of customer loyalty under the Christmas tree this year?
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