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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

New Branding? A pitcher plant with no pitcher and no foliage

a million dollars for an unrecognizable pitcher plant - with the name of the Province wrong!
No I think it looks like the stripped away version of a pitcher plant that is going to die. No water tubes (pitcher) no foliage (plant) orange mushrooms growing off stems with the incorrect name.

Here's what they say....

They will recognize us by a symbol that represents our natural beauty, humanity, and the strength of our collective character. One that has adapted to this place over generations, survived everything the world has thrown at it, and thrived. It’s a symbol of our creativity, of our way of looking at things differently, of our belief that there really is no place on Earth quite like this place. The pitcher plant. At once both simple and amazing. Possessed of a fierce determination. Standing proud in both sun and storm, head to the wind. And always growing. It’s a symbol of who we are, and what we’re made of. One symbol, one voice. And by it, the world will recognize and know us from now on.
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look at this interpretation
is the idea from a Canadian Stamp?

What an interesting comment "head to the wind", oh yeah the wind we are turning over to the Italian Government. So from now on we will be known as the province that pays for health and education in Italy.
And then the comment "thrived" - what's that the celebration of outmigration?
The Power Purchase Agreement is not yet signed - stop this giveaway our resources!
Mayor Rowsell said on CBC today that we have to be thinking about future generations and developing clean power - I agree - what Mayor Rowsell did not say was that if we were thinking about future generations we would own the power and the profits generated by it. Instead he is selling his grandchildren's future to Italy.
So everytime you boil your kettle in St. Lawrence remember you are taking away from your children's future. You could have and should have demanded more.
Giving away the shop for a few jobs - and so goes our history.

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