It's been a real blast - let's remember next Memorial Day while they are blowing off the celebratory Fireworks in Upper Canada. Lest we Forget! Who will answer the roll call tomorrow? Not the spineless jellyfish standing next to Harper and Dunderdale.
1. Loss of Cod Stocks
2. Loss of Fishers
3. Loss of Fishers families
4. Loss of Hundreds of Communities
5. Loss of Hundreds of Thousands of people
6. Loss of ownership of offshore resources (both fishery and oil/gas)
7. Loss of Railway
8. Loss of dozens of fish plants
9. Loss of Upper Churchill water rights and power
10. Loss of Lighthouses
11. Loss of Airline
12. Loss of Airports
13. Loss of Bases
14. Loss of Paper mills
15. Loss of Culture
16. Loss of Flags
17. Loss of coastal Ferry Services
18. Loss of Food Fishery
19. Loss of Pork industry
20. Loss of Independence
21. Loss of Cobalt (exported)
22. Loss of Bakeries
23. Loss of many Independent Grocers
24. Loss of many Independent large Retailers
25. Loss of Bottling plant
26. Loss of Community hospitals and clinics
27. Loss of traditional seal fishery
28. Loss of Zinc (exported)
29. Loss of Copper (exported)
30. Loss of Iron Ore (exported)
31. Loss of Gold (exported)
32. Loss of Silver (exported)
33. Loss of Fluorspar (exported)
34. Loss of Sawmills
35. Loss of Helicopter Company
36. Loss of Capelin Stocks
37. Loss of Nickel (exported)
38. Loss of Currency
39. Loss of Banks
40. Loss of Military installations
41. Loss of Air Space
42. Loss of Manufacturing plants
43. Loss of Shipping Routes
44. Loss of Nose and Tail of the Grand Banks and Flemish Cap
45. Loss of fisheries supply companies
46. Loss of Wild Salmon industry
47. Loss of Schools
48. Loss of Inshore Fishery (traditional gear)
49. Loss of our Pride and Identity
50. Loss of our Youth - seeking jobs elsewhere.
Send me more of your memories - and the losses we have suffered since Confederation.
2 comments:
Loss of our "resurrected" pride.
I know you said pride, but I wanted to add the "resurrected" notion. lol
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