There is also no denying that the corporation enjoys a solid track record in providing stable and reliable service. In addition, NB Power has been able to export electrical power for some time. At least on the face of it, things are going well and one can understand why someone would wish to embrace the status quo. For all of the above reasons, members of the Select Committee will wish to give proper consideration to the status quo and its advantages. But, while it is beyond the scope of our mandate to recommend continuation or doing away with the status quo, we do want to point out important problems with it.
Powerful forces are at play just below the veneer of the status quo.
These forces are such that many insist the status quo may well be untenable over the medium and longer term. We hasten to add that we fully recognize that one may or may not consider these forces to be positive or even desirable. But, in many ways, this is beside the point. The forces are there and they are not about to go away. Globalization has already shifted and continues to shift national and regional economies towards a more deregulated, competitive and market economy.