tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11333084.post3106038018107298681..comments2023-09-12T12:07:08.126-02:30Comments on Web Talk - Newfoundland and Labrador: Prosperous Future - Consequences to ComePatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364831921954903098noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11333084.post-37797334317480930212007-12-30T14:21:00.000-03:302007-12-30T14:21:00.000-03:30"We want to pay our way; we want to earn our own k..."We want to pay our way; we want to earn our own keep."<BR/><BR/>I would have to agree with,December 28 , 2007 4:55 PM , Patriot.Not a very wise remark from the Premier to say the least.<BR/><BR/>Newfoundland and Labrador has given greatly to the country of Canada.Maybe this is were Newfoundlander's and Labradorian's alike feel that there has been a great injustice done to them.<BR/><BR/>Every country has dirty laundry that they themselve's have created.To think that Canada is out of reach of thease actions would only make Canadains hypocrites if they tryed to deny them.Exploitation of chinese people's to make the railroad.The actions taken agaisnt japanese canadains during world war two.The failure of Term 29 when canada took over control of a soveirn nation.<BR/><BR/>What do you think would happen if thease action's came to light in a supposedly caring sensitive country such as canada .<BR/><BR/>We all know Canada has skelton's in it's closets.To Bad Premier Williams does not care to share this knowledge with the rest of our fellow canadain'sCalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00616665700975421813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11333084.post-38925602856884129122007-12-28T19:49:00.000-03:302007-12-28T19:49:00.000-03:30Very good comment Anon. I was wondering how long ...Very good comment Anon. I was wondering how long it would take before someone expounded on the complete and utter incorrectness of that particular remark.<BR/><BR/>Good on ya!!Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364831921954903098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11333084.post-77963363700122740992007-12-28T16:55:00.000-03:302007-12-28T16:55:00.000-03:30I am selecting an excerpt from the article above a...I am selecting an excerpt from the article above and I am going to ask a question.<BR/><BR/>QUOTE For the first time in its history, 60 years after it joined the country, the province is poised to become a have-province by March 2009 - a great source of pride for Premier Danny Williams.<BR/>"We hope to make a significant contribution to this country," Williams said in an interview, echoing the unfulfilled dream of his predecessors.<BR/><BR/>"We want to pay our way; we want to earn our own keep." UNQUOTE<BR/><BR/><BR/>MY QUESTION: WHY HAVE WE NOT PAID OUR WAY?<BR/><BR/>That is an erroneous statement if I have ever read one.<BR/><BR/>Natural Resources, both renewable and non-renewable, from Newfoundland and Labrador have been utilized by the rest of Canada for approximately 60 years now. Those same natural resources created vibrant economies in the rest of the Canadian provinces, and not once have I seen it ever mentioned in any of the articles printed in the National Media. Why do the National News Media and Ottawa not want to own up to what happened to the resources of this generous province as to where the resources ended up creating economies in Canada?<BR/><BR/>For the information of whoever the author of the above article is, the resources that were exported out of Newfoundland and Labrador to keep refineries and smelters going in the other provinces, with the ores and oil that were taken out the province's ore seams and oil wells, more than paid our way, that is if those resources had been accounted for properly, but it never was recorded or accounted for in a way that was transparent. Then, of course, there was the coveted and clean hydroelectric energy which Quebec profited wonderfully from, and the "fish quotas' which, of course, were expended in a manner where Ottawa saw the greatest profitability for Canada's economic sectors.<BR/><BR/>When people chose to write articles on the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and talk about our wretched past as it relates to real market economies that were never established, I only wish that they would present all the facts and arguments. There is much information yet to be presented, especially the facts surrounding the rich resources that were exported out of this province for the betterment of maintaining economies and creating new economies in the other provinces.<BR/><BR/>Myles you are a very good writer and you author wonderfully informative articles, so why do you not lobby the National Papers to have an article printed pointing out the facts of why the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, while being endowed by Nature with so many Natural Resources ended up in the sorrowful and deficient state that it ended up in, that being economy-less. This information has to be presented to the Canadian public, until it is presented factually, I, and many others, will not rest in peace.<BR/><BR/>By the way Myles I suggested above that you lobby the National Press, I know that you will have to do so, because along with Ottawa, the National Press does not want that information out there for the Canadian public eyes to feast on. They rather let sleeping dogs lie, and for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador to move forward from this point, without ever pointing out the facts and the reason why the province did not move forward with a market based economy for which they always pointed an accusing finger. The National Press were part of the problem since it lobbied Newfoundland and Labrador's resources right out of this province for the benefit of the other provinces economies.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe at this juncture, Ottawa and the National Press would be in agreement for that information to be divulged, since they know the people of Newfoundland and Labrador are quite aware of the manipulations by outside interests. We are no longer as naive as we were in the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com