Showing posts with label penney group. Show all posts
Showing posts with label penney group. Show all posts
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Dr. Earle responds to Sue's Blog (Essential Reading)
Please find below a comment that was left on Sue's Blog - Post Ask What we can do for our Fishery..
I hope we are on the cusp of fighting for our culture, heritage, economy, and future generations. The truth is we have no choice.
Comment from Dr. Earle
Randy's comment immediately after I hung up the phone was that 'it will be interesting to know what will be in the MOU when it's information is released.' Completely putting the issue back, for the listener, where it has been, on the wrong track.
This remark from him after I spent 5 minutes explaining that the MOU addresses the tip of the ice berg of our fisheries problems and its basic philosophy accepts all that has been , and is being done, wrong to the resource. (By Ottawa and the Industry).
We all know, because of this, that we have lost 100,000 of our coastal people and 30,000 fisheries jobs, gutting the beautiful unspoiled places where our spirit is rooted.
And how does Jackman respond to these facts? By saying the so called hard decisions that we will have to face with the downsizing of a successful MOU will be placed on the ordinary people of rural NL!
This from some one we elected to represent us in our government indicates he has no spine to stand against the Industry nor to be a leader of our sea people. (What ever hardships we may have to adjust to in future in our fishery should never be further on our fishers and coastal people...it has to be adsorbed by the Union and ASP.)
All this was expressed to Randy, but as soon as my air time ended he acted as if nothing I said meant anything, it didn't dent his authoritative mantra, because he thinks he knows more then anyone else and what got past that didn't pass his arrogant political ego.
Randy is not alone however in this omnipotency, it pervades nearly all our so called leaders and elected heads. Nearly all of them think power and voice emanate from themselves instead of the truth, that it comes from the people.
We have been bullied out of much of our resources since our federation in 49 in one way and another by 'outsiders', the worst of them being Ottawa.
No bullying however has been as devastating as the one in our fishery, because it has destroyed our culture, our homes and families...a tragedy.
The people who have allowed this to happen are as guilty and responsible as are the ones who have done it. They are barbarians.
But they will never dent the passion that is in my heart to do what is right for, and fight for, this marvelous, beautiful, sacred place and our people.
dr earle
I hope we are on the cusp of fighting for our culture, heritage, economy, and future generations. The truth is we have no choice.
Comment from Dr. Earle
Randy's comment immediately after I hung up the phone was that 'it will be interesting to know what will be in the MOU when it's information is released.' Completely putting the issue back, for the listener, where it has been, on the wrong track.
This remark from him after I spent 5 minutes explaining that the MOU addresses the tip of the ice berg of our fisheries problems and its basic philosophy accepts all that has been , and is being done, wrong to the resource. (By Ottawa and the Industry).
We all know, because of this, that we have lost 100,000 of our coastal people and 30,000 fisheries jobs, gutting the beautiful unspoiled places where our spirit is rooted.
And how does Jackman respond to these facts? By saying the so called hard decisions that we will have to face with the downsizing of a successful MOU will be placed on the ordinary people of rural NL!
This from some one we elected to represent us in our government indicates he has no spine to stand against the Industry nor to be a leader of our sea people. (What ever hardships we may have to adjust to in future in our fishery should never be further on our fishers and coastal people...it has to be adsorbed by the Union and ASP.)
All this was expressed to Randy, but as soon as my air time ended he acted as if nothing I said meant anything, it didn't dent his authoritative mantra, because he thinks he knows more then anyone else and what got past that didn't pass his arrogant political ego.
Randy is not alone however in this omnipotency, it pervades nearly all our so called leaders and elected heads. Nearly all of them think power and voice emanate from themselves instead of the truth, that it comes from the people.
We have been bullied out of much of our resources since our federation in 49 in one way and another by 'outsiders', the worst of them being Ottawa.
No bullying however has been as devastating as the one in our fishery, because it has destroyed our culture, our homes and families...a tragedy.
The people who have allowed this to happen are as guilty and responsible as are the ones who have done it. They are barbarians.
But they will never dent the passion that is in my heart to do what is right for, and fight for, this marvelous, beautiful, sacred place and our people.
dr earle
Friday, January 21, 2011
Ask what we can do for our fishery! Dr. Earle says...
Did you here Dr. Earle today on Open Line with Randy Simms? He said we need to ask "what we can do for our fishery".
He articulated the same message as Sue's Blog in Fish what Fish and Have you Found our Cod - Have we Found our Guts.
Randy Simms should listen and learn about the fishery. Yes he is willing to let people speak - but evidence is mounting that regarding the fishery - he is myopic on his view. No Randy - it is not acceptable to simply repeat
propaganda of inept politicians - or greedy multinationals.
Symptomatic words of one influenced by fishery propaganda:
1. rationalization
2. downsizing
3. restructuring
4. resettlement
5, regionalization
and phrases like " if there's no fish there's no fishery"or "there's no place for youth in the fishery anymore" or "you're just going to have to find a job somewhere else".
These are words and catch phrases that most if not all our federal and provincial politicians could not debate even at a primary level. We certainly do not need talk-show hosts simply repeating the false gospel out of the mouths of "special interest" prophets.
Once again people like Dr. Earle and Gus Etchegary are right. We continue to have our culture, history and economy plundered while incompetent or lazy elected representatives suck their thumbs.
In today's dollars Dr. Earle was probably right that we are losing close to a billion a year from Ottawa's mismanagement - and JohnCrosbie's "I did not take the god-damned fish out of the water" is nothing more than a cop out and trying to rid himself of the responsibility he holds for the mismanagement of this world class renewable stock. In fact maybe pouring John another Tequila - Gail Shea might be the answer.
We either want the money year over year or we want the fish. We are not willing to give up our short-medium-long term future because our politicos at all levels - refuse to act.
When that oil is gone - made worse by the equalization robbery - we will be pitiful unless we keep in place and working for our people and communities our natural renewable resources.
Ches Penney and John Risley's attachment to the fishery is a joke. They have an attachment to a commodity which is a common resource of our people and our communities. The nonsense sputtered and spewed by fisheries ministers, MHA's and/or MP'S is just that and it's time for rural Newfoundland and Labrador to give them a kick in the arse and send them on their way. They have failed.
To answer Dr. Earle's question of "what can we do for our fishery" - first we kick the political lot out - start to speak as a united people on what we want done - and demand it be done.
He articulated the same message as Sue's Blog in Fish what Fish and Have you Found our Cod - Have we Found our Guts.
Randy Simms should listen and learn about the fishery. Yes he is willing to let people speak - but evidence is mounting that regarding the fishery - he is myopic on his view. No Randy - it is not acceptable to simply repeat
propaganda of inept politicians - or greedy multinationals.
Symptomatic words of one influenced by fishery propaganda:
1. rationalization
2. downsizing
3. restructuring
4. resettlement
5, regionalization
and phrases like " if there's no fish there's no fishery"or "there's no place for youth in the fishery anymore" or "you're just going to have to find a job somewhere else".
These are words and catch phrases that most if not all our federal and provincial politicians could not debate even at a primary level. We certainly do not need talk-show hosts simply repeating the false gospel out of the mouths of "special interest" prophets.
Once again people like Dr. Earle and Gus Etchegary are right. We continue to have our culture, history and economy plundered while incompetent or lazy elected representatives suck their thumbs.
In today's dollars Dr. Earle was probably right that we are losing close to a billion a year from Ottawa's mismanagement - and JohnCrosbie's "I did not take the god-damned fish out of the water" is nothing more than a cop out and trying to rid himself of the responsibility he holds for the mismanagement of this world class renewable stock. In fact maybe pouring John another Tequila - Gail Shea might be the answer.
We either want the money year over year or we want the fish. We are not willing to give up our short-medium-long term future because our politicos at all levels - refuse to act.
When that oil is gone - made worse by the equalization robbery - we will be pitiful unless we keep in place and working for our people and communities our natural renewable resources.
Ches Penney and John Risley's attachment to the fishery is a joke. They have an attachment to a commodity which is a common resource of our people and our communities. The nonsense sputtered and spewed by fisheries ministers, MHA's and/or MP'S is just that and it's time for rural Newfoundland and Labrador to give them a kick in the arse and send them on their way. They have failed.
To answer Dr. Earle's question of "what can we do for our fishery" - first we kick the political lot out - start to speak as a united people on what we want done - and demand it be done.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
FPI must be purchased by the Province
If Fisheries Minister Tom Rideout was in anyway accurate in reflecting ongoing talks with FPI and their "committee" analysing options for the sale of the company's assets - a new level of arrogance has entered our fisheries industry.
That is very hard to do considering the pompous actions of many of our processors in the past. Not too long ago FPI and the Barry Group proceeded on with a sale of the Harbour Breton plant - had already started renovation work on the plant - before government sanctioned the sale. The government clearly embarrassed negotiated a position where the contract was dated reflecting the actual time government gave the two parties its "permission".
We know one of the parties in the current tangle is FPI and if one of the other is the Barry Group - it would be normal that they proceed on despite legislation or the protests and threats of the Minister.
In either case - the break-up of this company is sinister enough with respect to the new board and whatever objectives they claimed to have had - and the objectives they actually reached. There are far too many secret negotiations going on here - in what ultimately could lead to a new level of monopolization in an industry that is already controlled too much by the corporate sector.
We also have to deal with the lucrative marketing arm and offshore assets as well as the quotas currently held by FPI.
When the corporate fishery was in trouble before - the Crown stepped in and slowly privatized the newly formed company (FPI) - with appropriate legislation to protect the taxpayers investment. It is time to repeat the process.
Currently the only thing we are driving is a process of escalated share value for some of the same people who have torn the company and rural Newfoundland and Labrador apart.
That is very hard to do considering the pompous actions of many of our processors in the past. Not too long ago FPI and the Barry Group proceeded on with a sale of the Harbour Breton plant - had already started renovation work on the plant - before government sanctioned the sale. The government clearly embarrassed negotiated a position where the contract was dated reflecting the actual time government gave the two parties its "permission".
We know one of the parties in the current tangle is FPI and if one of the other is the Barry Group - it would be normal that they proceed on despite legislation or the protests and threats of the Minister.
In either case - the break-up of this company is sinister enough with respect to the new board and whatever objectives they claimed to have had - and the objectives they actually reached. There are far too many secret negotiations going on here - in what ultimately could lead to a new level of monopolization in an industry that is already controlled too much by the corporate sector.
We also have to deal with the lucrative marketing arm and offshore assets as well as the quotas currently held by FPI.
For all these reasons - it would be prudent for the NL government to buy out the shares of the company at a negotiated value that more clearly reflects an average of share value over the past 3 years. After that is done an open and transparent process can begin including the determination of what ultimately we want our fishery to look like - including federal legislation - the dispensing of FPI assets - a new federal-provincial plan on management - and meaningful public discourse with stakeholders and the people of the province.
When the corporate fishery was in trouble before - the Crown stepped in and slowly privatized the newly formed company (FPI) - with appropriate legislation to protect the taxpayers investment. It is time to repeat the process.
Currently the only thing we are driving is a process of escalated share value for some of the same people who have torn the company and rural Newfoundland and Labrador apart.
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