The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador really needs to look at Iceland's economy - because apparently it is missing something. What is with our thinking and lack of vision?
There's only so many excuses that will work Premier - while you fiddle around with the likes of FPI and Clearwater - Iceland is doing circles around us. While you fiddle with the elusive energy plan - Iceland is doing circles around us. While you fiddle around with the Italian government to get a few MW's of wind developed - Iceland is doing circles around us. While you fiddle around with semantics on the offshore and iron-ore - Iceland is doing circles around us. While you fiddle around yakking with Ontario about hydropower Iceland is doing circles around us.
The following simple statement issued by the Chinese Government says it all. Do you need to see more than this? Perhaps we can fire Doug House and hire a "brain" from Iceland as all of those that you mentored appear to be tied up.
12-05-2006 10:22
China's ministry of Commerce says the country will start free trade talks with Iceland. In a statement, the ministry said that Iceland is the first developed European country to hold free trade talks with China. Two-way trade in the first 10 months was nearly 100 million US dollars, and the ministry said there were great potentials to further cooperation in fisheries, geothermal energy, engineering, ship-building and aluminum production.
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You understand that if Iceland has free trade with China then all the Icelandic rules about having to process Icelandic resources in Iceland are out the window.
Is that what you are advocating for NL?
No - and I do not understand nor has it been established that these are the guidelines for such a trade arrangement. China like the majority of the world want energy and resources and will comply with others - as energy becomes ever expensive.
It seems to me Iceland has managed to buck most of the trends such as the one you refer to -in the past.
Actually they are quite impressive with their independent thinking.
In case you have not noticed our resources (fish) is gone to China now with no benefit to us. Maybe we should try their methods.
Added to that 3 aluminum smelters - 4th planned for 2010 and now a 5th in the works - looks good to me...
SPEAKING OF ICELAND..........
Plain to see what it is that's our bane,
Why it is we remain without fame.
What can expect,
When those we elect
Seek first to enhance their own name.
Take Danny, a good man for sure,
Like Joey who's gone on before,
But to our dismay,
'Tis ego that holds sway,
Not the counsel of discarded poor.
So, Danny, if I can advise,
'Tis not riches that make a man wise.
If you'd but lend an ear,
To the common folk here,
You'd be in for quite a surprise.
Lloyd C.
Iceland has a whole bunch of policies in the fishery that we should apply here as well.
They don't insist on local processing of local resources at all (Simon was likely being sarcastic) as far as I know.
Iceland is exactly the opposite of the stuff you talk about and yet you think we should copy them. How is that supposed to work? I'd agree we should be more like Iceland but everything you write about is about rejecting everything Iceland does.
Actually Iceland has a law that removes the amount of quota unprocessed in Iceland from the harvester that is selling it elsewhere. Yes they have smelters and industrial developments using their energy - instead of ecporting that energy.
No inconsistancy there.
"Actually Iceland has a law that removes the amount of quota unprocessed in Iceland from the harvester that is selling it elsewhere." What does this mean?
Iceland has a great deal of energy and a number of other advantages for getting aluminum and other products to market. Could you compare say labrador and Iceland for more than just energy? People have been talking about smelters in Labrador since the 1950s. Seems odd if it was so easy that nothing has happened.
Let me laugh - you want to compare the resources of NL to Iceland okay - carry on - as for the law - it is relative to quota assigned to harvesters and where they sell the catch...
It is in a previous post...
No smelters for Labrador because there was no vision or a lack of action...There is nothing other than doing it that stops this type of industrial development.
The industrial companies can sit back and wait for some Newfoundland and Labrador government to deliver it to Ontario....
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