Perhaps Premier Dunderdale and her Cabinet should take a message from the quote below.
"More importantly too, I think it sends a message to politicians throughout our country especially that they can't simply do things because it's the will of the premier or the party; that they have to in fact, on issues big as we see it here, consult the people," said Vander Zalm.
Former BC Premier Vander Zalm was referring to the vote on HST - which the government lost. Big issues are big issues and I can assure the reader than the Lower Churchill development is ten times more important to the people of this province - than the HST was to BC.
"They were the ones paying the freight and it was a benefit to the big corporations in our province especially those that are exporting our resources. They should contribute as opposed to getting a refund at the expense of the consumer," said Vander Zalm.
This quote - equally as important shows us that number one we should not be exporting raw resources such as hydro-power and two that we should be dealing with our HST fiasco as well. Currently New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador are the only provinces with the HST in place. It is yet another example of us giving up our sovereignty as a province - by allowing New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to have control over our taxation system.
The HST was put in place by the Liberals (Paul Dicks, Minister) and kept intact by the Tories under Williams and now Dunderdale. It just all represents a continued erosion of our ability to control our own future.
"For a decade, the Liberal Party has shifted the tax burden onto B.C. families. A return to the PST will be good for communities, good for families and good for small business. It will make life a little bit more affordable for working families. It will also ensure that British Columbia has control over its sales tax policy, now and in the future," said Dix. (NDP Leader)
We have given away our future in so many ways:
1. Media
2. Airlines
3. Fishery
4. Upper Churchill
5. Mines
6. Oil (refining)
7. Rural communities
8. Equalization
9. HST
10. Lower Churchill?
We really need to start demanding public process and that power hungry maniacally partisan politicians start to listen to us - the people. We all know our past was riddled with giveaways and we asked why. Now it's our turn to stand up and say NO to the Emera deal and Lower Churchill giveaway.
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Quotes used are from CBC Story HERE
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When are we going to demand democratic changes in the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the only province in the country with UNJUST and UNFAIR GOVERNMENT, where politicians look after themselves instead of their electorate? Our politicians work for themselves and not for what is good for the province and its people. They don't have to toe the line for Ottawa, they just choose to do so for their own benefit and then the electorate can all put of the blame on Ottawa. In the meantime Ottawa is happy that they do so because it suits Ottawa's policies of greater Centralization just fine. Ottawa wants the greater population and industries situated in Centra Canada.
In John F Kennedy's Inaugural Address delivered to Americans in January 1961 he said: "My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man".
The time is long overdue that Newfoundland and Labrador politicians asked the same question.
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