Someone I know just spent 10 minutes answering an extremely detailed telephone survey on the HQ\NB Power deal:
1) It covered each aspect of the new deal, asking were you were supportive or not supportive of each part of it - keeping T&D, selling Hydro and Nuclear, debt reduction, etc.
2) Do you consider NB Power debt as New Brunswick debt and does it worry you?
3) Do you like the new deal better than the first deal?
4) In general, do you like NB Power, do you like Hydro Quebec?
5) Is it important for NB to retain full control over power generation. Does it make you uneasy losing provincial control?
6) What is your overall feeling about the government (not just the deal, all aspects)? This was asked at the first of the survey. Then at the end of the survey they asked how the deal made you feel about the government. More or less supportive. So they were trying to separate out how the deal affected your thinking about the government.
7) How important is it to have low industrial rates to attract industry for new job?
8) How important was the residential 5 year freeze and the estimated $465 "savings" per customer that heats with electricity?
***Near the end was a question - would you support a deal that allowed HQ to move power thru NB? Are they were feeling out if the public would support a deal that only involved expanded transmission rights????
Unlike most telephone surverys - if the answer did not fit the standard answers, they actually asked for an answer and the person who told me about this could hear it being typed in. This is not the usual way these surveys were done.
This persons' view was that this was an extremely well designed survey, all the questions were correct for separating out someone's thoughts on each aspect of the deal, future possible changes and opinion on the government. This person would say it might be a Hill-Knowlton designed survey.
Seems a little strange that a government that has concluded negotiations and finalized a deal, would be out gathering public opinion????
Married To A Bedouin (9781844082209)
2 years ago
The results of the Radio Canada survey were announced this morning - 74% of the people polled don't like the NB Power deal. Only 4% of respondents think it is a good deal for NB - the rest think it's good for Quebec. They polled over 1000 people in this province. More news on this should be out today.
ReplyDeleteThe rally in Fredericton on March 20 is critical - this is our opportunity to show Mr. Graham and the country that the people of this province own NB Power and we will have our say.