Opposition leader Brian Pallister is calling on the NDP to put the best interests of Manitobans ahead of ideology and stop all construction on the Bipole III transmission line until a full financial needs assessment is done.
"The Bipole West line, or 'Waste Line' as I like to call it, is actually an unfortunate example of an NDP boondoggle," explained Pallister. "It is the biggest boondoggle in Manitoba. Just three years ago the Premier of Manitoba urged my predecessor to get his numbers right, and said the cost of the project would be $1.1billion, and that Manitobans wouldn't put a penny toward it. Both of these statements were dramatic misrepresentations of the reality. We now know the estimated cost has risen to $4.6billion, and that Manitobans are in fact paying millions of dollars in hydro rates, because of this NDP waste."
He stated that wasteful spending is threatening essential front line services that Manitobans depend upon. Pallister added one of the Provinces largest point of attraction was our hydro rates, and our ability to attract has been lowered because of rampant government spending and tax hikes.
"Under this administration, seventeen times so far, several times in the last three years, and in large part is in due to the wasteful spending that the Government has pushed politically on to Manitoba Hydro. Not to mention those additional costs that will be incurred by Manitobans along this Bipole route. Families, individuals, first nations communities, farm families, are all forced to endure the construction in their territory, of a line of questionable benefit to them and to all Manitobans. This is not appropriate."
He would like to see residents to stand up and tell the NDP, as they've been telling them, to pull the plug on the Bipole III Project. He explained by doing this it could save Manitoba rate payers billions of dollars, now and in the future.
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