WELFARE Dunderdale - What does the PC Leader mean? Tories anti-rural!

From 2007 to 2011 - what has changed? 

Well Dunderdale says "giving people welfare through the back door doesn't work". 

Dunderdale was talking to the plant workers and fishermen on the Burin Peninsula. 

What welfare was Dunderdale talking about?

Well if the plant is not operating the "welfare" is for mighty OCI. 

The following is from a government news release in 2007:

"OCI is extremely pleased that these transactions have now been finalized," said Martin Sullivan, President of Ocean Choice International. "The Provincial Government put forward a number of concerns that it wanted to have addressed and we worked co-operatively to ensure that we were able to meet these particular requirements. OCI looks forward to expanding its operations to include FPI’s former facilities and we are confident, based on our current track record, that we can operate these new assets on a viable basis into the future."

"Since the MOUs were signed in May, we have already begun to see some stability restored to the fishing industry," continued Minister Rideout. "The Burin plant has reopened and the Marystown facility, which has been idle since late 2005, has also resumed operation. Indeed, we have already begun to rectify the uncertainty that has been associated with FPI in recent years. Both OCI and High Liner are committed to their new operations and we are confident in the important roles that both companies will play in our future fishery."

Dunderdale continues to hammer rural communities. Tory Times are Hard Times - remember? That is unless you are a large corporation. Dunderdale for Emera, for OCI, and for Persona/Eastlink - not for the people of rural Newfoundland and Labrador.

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