So Jerome Kennedy has become such an expert on the Lower Churchill - he cannot find anyone educated enough on the subject to debate with him.
Delusional! Minister Kennedy does not have the guts to debate the proposed deal on Muskrat with anybody unless that person is chosen by him and in an environment set up by him.
As for no special debate in the House of Assembly - well that's just laughable.
The mouths that are now government never stopped yapping when demanding a full debate on Voisey's Bay and the Inco deal. That is a non-renewable resource - the massive hydro power potential in Labrador is a renewable resource. It is also a resource in its own right as a river.
Kennedy has not answered the legitimate questions on this development and he has not begun to deal with the entire Churchill - Upper and Lower. It is all connected and each development will have an impact on the other.
2041 remains floating - with Kennedy blowing the hot-air to keep it up where people cannot see it.
Markets, Costs, Alternatives, Long-term employment, Labrador benefits, energy requirements, and privatization remain grey areas of speculation.
The costs to our people - particularly the coming generations is outrageous and renders them used in the same way our generation has been with the Upper Churchill fiasco.
If you want to push this mess of a deal - do so for real reasons and tell us what they are.
If you want this deal - stand and debate it.
Don't hide behind a cloak of innuendo, rhetoric, insults and delusions of superior knowledge or intelligence.
I don't like the cut of your jib - so show us the cut of your jaw in debate. A maul mouth you have proven - but wisdom you have not.
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A full debate is ABSOLUTELY needed.
Sue, what makes these people so dangerous is their unshakeable conviction that this is the best option for the rest of us!
They are basically saying: "Shut up, and take what is good for you!" In reality, they are telling us to shut up and take what is good for anybody other than the people of this province! We have an intransigent government with a dictatorial mentality and an arrogance based on contrived facts! How do you fight that when they have cut off all legitimate dissent and debate and won't listen to any other possibilities. This is frightening for us in the long term and I am totally frustrated but we all need to keep up our protests!
Isn't it interesting, Sue, how they have manipulated people in terms of the business case for this project? It can't pass the smell test as a stand-alone project so they simply chose to inject more cash into it. Who loses? We do, because they are throwing our money into an ill-conceived and unnecessary project!
With Holyrood in use for only three or four months of the year and, even then not all the time, how can they justify building MF as a needed power project? We can build wind farms and simply use Holyrood on those "cold days in February when there is no wind". How often do you see that happen on the Island of Newfoundland? They have future thermal generation in their plan anyway, as a replacement for Holyrood, so it would just require these backup systems on those rare occasions when the wind doesn't blow. If the power is needed, it is certainly not for us! We do have a number of viable options, on a smaller scale at far less cost! The problem, as I see it, is that this government has a "megaproject" mentality and don't understand the importance of a smaller more sustainable energy system that is less vulnerable to massive failure. It is reflective of their attitude toward the fishery, our forest resources, our small indpendent pharmacies and other small businesses. Ultimately, their actions will destroy a way of life and they will never understand the folly of their behaviour!
Nova Scotia will definitely benefit big time and they must be laughing at the stupidity of Newfies giving away more resources for no benefit.
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