At the House of Assembly the Pigs are still at the trough. No lessons have been learned yet and unlikely to be learned if the people do not demand a Public Inquiry.
Think for a minute - there have been 5 by-elections in the Province over the past 5 months - and each time leaders - Danny Williams - Gerry Reid - and Lorraine Michael have been spending our money out on the campaign trail - the PC and Liberal caucuses have followed suit. Our province has significant economic challenges with extreme outmigration - continued failure of the fishery - rural Newfoundland and Labrador collapsing - mill closure in Stephenville - problems with Gander Airport - continued loss of federal presence - and the abhorrent spending at the House of Assembly and these guys are spending our time and money to get themselves elected.
Our leaders are tied up - our MHA's are tied up - the Cabinet is tied up and they are not finished yet - with Labrador West around the corner. Then there is the general election October. Here they are door to door telling people what they will do if elected - when those elected are spending too much time on by-elections.
The Premier is here - house by house - trying to make sure he beats the Liberals in every race while the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers are holding a meeting on energy and the environment.
Now John Hickey who double-billed the taxpayers dozens of times - and he is going to sue Roger Grimes for commenting on that incompetence. None of these MHA's however want to grant a Public Inquiry on the mess at the House of Assembly - which has cost and will cost millions of dollars.
They have learned nothing - how much time do you think these people are spending on dealing with our problems and opportunities?
If the spending scandal only affected one party - do you think the other two would demand a Public Inquiry?
How much time do you believe was spent by MHA's over the past 5 months on by-elections?
Don't forget the time spent in Exploits when Roger Grimes resigned in 2005 and Placentia-St. Marys in early 2006.
All in all they want your vote - they want to spend your money - they will promise the moon - but cannot deliver because they spend too much time trying to get elected. Democracy in Newfoundland and Labrador is all but dead - and the only media giving it a real hearing is the Telegram.
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A week ago the four Liberal candidates vying for election to the House of Assembly in the plethora of mid-winter bi-elections called on the government to hold a public inquiry on the Legislative Spending Scandal that continues to rock the public’s faith in our democratic institution.
On Monday night the people of Humber Valley voted for one of those four members, Dwight Ball. Despite the Danny Williams jaugernaught and the millstone of the ruinous liberal label he eked out a dramatic win in
Humber Valley.
Will we finally see petitions presented to the House on their matter? Will the new member diligently express the wishes of the majority of people in this province by addressing this issue daily in petitions Will the other eleven men and women who comprise the liberal caucus accept the pre-election demand and support a public inquiry now that one of them has been elected on that platform
With the momentum of a new MHA, untouched by the spending scandals of late,
the Liberals should demand that Opposition House Leader Kelvin Parsons and Percy Barrett be booted from caucus for their part in the IEC scandal that has hurt all members of the caucus. Such a gesture of accountability would go a long way towards proving to a very suspicious public that liberals are serious about reform, or are they?
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