I was just taking a peek inside the tool-chest of Canada - you know - the kind with several compartments for different tools.
The first compartment marked "Ontario" had a well worn tool belt that holds a hammer - a measuring tape - screwdriver - pliers - level - and a pouch for some nails and screws.
The second compartment marked Quebec had only a little sticker marked "supervisor" and a saw.
Then I spied a compartment called Newfoundland and Labrador - all that was there was the following work order:
1. The supervisor for this job is the Premier of Quebec - Charest
2. The foreman for this job is the Premier of Ontario - McGuinty
3. This project to continue indefinitely until the job is complete
Remove fish from the North East Atlantic - send them wherever you like
Remove train and tracks from Newfoundland
Remove any coast guard or naval vessels
Remove iron ore from Labrador - send to Quebec
Remove nickel - send to Ontario
Demolish federal government offices in Newfoundland and Labrador - rebuild in Ontario and Quebec
Build new transmission lines from Quebec to Ontario
Take new power from the Lower Churchill and deliver to Ontario and Quebec via the new transmission line
Prevent tourists from going to Newfoundland and Labrador by raising rates and refusing to build new ferries
Do not build the Labrador highway
Do not build military installments in Newfoundland and Labrador
Reduce the number of airports in Newfoundland and Labrador
Do not repair wharves and docks in Newfoundland and Labrador
Dismantle Fisheries Products International - deliver to Bill Barry - John Risley - and Ches Penney
Remove any remaining fish quotas and deliver to the Chinese Government - please contact the Minister of International Trade for assistance
You will find the workers for this job waiting in North Sydney in vehicles with Newfoundland and Labrador plates.
Any difficulties please contact the the Office of the Premier Newfoundland and Labrador 709-729-3570 if there is no answer please try the Office of the Official Opposition at 709-729-3391.
If you have difficulties with the workers please contact the Fraser Institute and ask to speak to Brian Tobin the head of Turbot Sculptures and Spinning Wheels.
If you are met by an angry mob - wait one day - and return - they will be gone.
3 comments:
Remove fish from the North East Atlantic - send them wherever you like
What does Canada have to do with the Atlantic Ocean off Europe?
Remove iron ore from Labrador - send to Quebec
How else do you propose getting iron ore pellets or concentrate (NOT raw iron ore) to market, other than via Quebec? The development of Labrador iron ore, going back to the 1930s, was always to ship via Sept-Iles for climate and ice reasons.
Remove nickel - send to Ontario
Temporarily.
Demolish federal government offices in Newfoundland and Labrador - rebuild in Ontario and Quebec
Which such offices have been moved from NL to ON and QC? Be specific. In your answer you may wish to make mention of the fact that (a) in recent years, federal employment has INCREASED in NL, and (b) that the federal civil service presence, adjusted for population, is higher than that in Quebec, Ontario, or Canada as a whole.
Build new transmission lines from Quebec to Ontario
I love Newfoundland nationalists:
If a transmission line isn't built, it's a Canadian conspiracy.
If a transmission line IS built, it's a Canadian conspiracy.
Everything is a Canadian conspiracy.
Take new power from the Lower Churchill and deliver to Ontario and Quebec via the new transmission line
How can that happen without the consent of the province involved, Sue?
Prevent tourists from going to Newfoundland and Labrador by raising rates and refusing to build new ferries
Plenty of tourists could get to Newfoundland and Labrador, if Newfoundland and Labrador would stop being so paranoid about Quebec, and start working together to build and upgrade the 389, 500, and 138.
Do not build the Labrador highway
That's the provincial government's job, as it is in every province.
If the TLH isn't completed, it's DESPITE the level of federal involvement, not BECAUSE of it. 90% of the money that's ever gone into the TLH has been federal.
When is Newfoundland going to kick in its fair share?
Isn't Labrador part of the province?
Which one?
Do not build military installments in Newfoundland and Labrador
"installments"?
They are already built.
Reduce the number of airports in Newfoundland and Labrador
What did the number used to be?
What is it now?
Which airport(s) was(were) closed to account for the change in number?
Do not repair wharves and docks in Newfoundland and Labrador
Hundreds of millions have been spent on exactly that.
Dismantle Fisheries Products International
Why should that be a government problem? Why not let the fishery operate as a business?
Funny that so much of what you blame on "Canada" was actually done by or with the complete agreement of the government in this province and its people.
Anonymous, if Newfoundlanders ever lost the ability to blame Canada for everything, the place would fall apart.
There'd certainly be fewer demagogues in politics.
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