Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie announced his party’s platform for the next election on Saturday, proposing to lower taxes and freeze power rates.

In a statement, Baillie says a Conservative government would cut the harmonized sales tax, freeze power rates and move towards renewable energy.

Baillie also says money spent on health care administration would be better invested in reducing the number of people waiting to receive long-term care.

The Tory leader slammed the New Democrat’s assistance packages – like the $124.5-million for the former NewPage Port Hawkesbury paper mill – saying it was wasteful spending.

Baillie says that money should have been put towards retraining.

The province’s majority NDP government is not required to call an election until 2014.