"This government pledged to be open, transparent and accountable to the people of this province when they ran for election last fall," said Sweeney. "To take the automobile insurance for example, the Opposition has been asking for information since the House of Assembly was in Session.

"We asked on several occasions for government to release details of what directives have been given to the Public Utilities Board (PUB) regarding insurance reform. Government had indicated the PUB would undertake further study and analysis of the industry. Unfortunately, the details of what really is happening is under lock and key. Government was not transparent in the Legislature last session on this issue.

"Following the House debate, a Freedom of Information Request was filed on June 4, 2004. The deadline under the Freedom of Information Act is 30 days from the date of filing and we are now several weeks past that time period with no response to date. This is a huge deviation from their promise to be open and accountable."

The Liberal MHA is still wondering why no action has been taken on Insurance Reform. He believes government continues to stall because it has realized many of the concerns raised by the Opposition during debate on Bill 30 are based in fact. "I honestly don’t think they are sure about where to go from here. They have passed a bill that will not put the amount of money back into the pockets of consumers as they thought and insurance companies are also upset and threatening to hurt customers by leaving the province. It seems that consumers are the main losers from this plan and government is finally realizing this fact."