Que.adopts motion against Lower Churchill funding
Never thought i'd say "Long live Quebec" but there it is and here is why.
Labrador has a small population and a very low number of seats in government.(4 Prov and 1Federal) Not much clout! Plus we have a population of aprox 28,000 people which is being held against us by Newfoundland Governments, in the past and now.
Because of our situation and based on past treatment by governments we have no choice but to take our support where we can get it, so we thank Quebec for this and we trust that their present actions will help, not only Labrador, but Newfoundland as will. Newfoundland because of the high Hydro rates they will face if this project goes ahead.
We are held back from development, from proper highway construction, Water & Sewer in small communities & most recently potential clean energy (Lower Churchill Hydro Power). Hydro power that could be used in Labrador coastal communities to replace dirty fossil fuel power.
NL Government now claim they have hydro power for us to drive industries in Labrador but where is the proof of this? We see it as just hollow words. We don't see any industries that they could have enticed here to begin operation when this 1st power comes on stream.
What they are not telling us is that we will block the use of any power we may have reserved for you. We will put so many road blocks in place for industry that companies will just walk away. They will walk away rather then screwing around with this. They will walk away because it will not be feasible(cost effective) for them to operate an industry in Labrador. Sure they say, Vale Inco will need power when they go underground but they will try to force Inco to pay for a power line to their operations. A power line that should be paid for by Gov from the Revenue they have received for the past 40 years from 'OUR 300mw of Upper Churchill Power'. A line that should have already been in place to the North and South Coast of Labrador years ago, a sufficient line for industry down there.
If a Hydro line was already on the coast from Upper Churchill Hydro Power, like it should be, Nalcor & Government could just sell power to Vale Inco or Aurora Energy or any other need on the Labrador Coast at good rates. Think about the potential jobs a livehoods taken care of far into the future.
Dunderdale is now saying they will have available 500mw for Labrador. Sounds familiar? Will 500mw is what we supposed to get from Muskrat Falls & Gull Island if developed. Wait a minute, this isn't the 500mw she is alluding to now. No! She is actually offering us 300mw, that already there from Upper Churchill + 200mw from Lower Churchill=500mw. Hold your horses again: According to Nalcor Energy's Vice President, Gilbert Bennett, there is only 100mw of that reserved Upper Churchill power left. So now what do u have? 300-200+200=300mw total. Now we are back where we started in the 60's with 300mw. Some deal hey? Try to get you hands on it though. Looks like more Revenue for Provincial Government Coffers.
Don't know why i'm doing this. It's just helping NL Gov use our words and our Hydro Power against us. They do this by telling us what we want to hear, like Kathy Dunderdale did yesterday and today. The big, big problem with this is that thousands of Labrador people believe her and Nalcor Energy.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Sunday, April 1, 2007
The Magic Wand
First, let me say this regarding the 30,000 citizens of Labrador.
Evidently 30,000 citizens from any part of the Rock are more important to past and present provincial governments than Labrador's people. I say this because this population of Labrador has been mentioned several times in a bad light by the hosts of Open-Line Shows. They usually speak of our population when someone from Labrador talks about the unfair treatment of our people by our provincial governments.
A caller's topic might be the Trans-Labrador Highway, low price Hydro Power that we should be getting and benefits from any further development for it's people or the caller might be talking about the need for Water and Sewer in all Labrador Coastal Communities. We, the people in Labrador are usually comparing what we lack with the much better services in parts of Newfoundland which has a equal or smaller population.
When someone such as those open line hosts do this they should not forget about all the wealth that leaves Labrador.
Anyway, here is a fantasy story for you that may or may not have some roots in reality.
Suppose Danny Williams was God Almighty (DannyGod). What might be some of the things he would do with his staff or magic wand, I wonder?
1. The first wave of that wand might create a Fixed-Link from the island to Labrador. A Link that would make it easy for people to move freely to and fro between our land masks. A Link that would allow the movement of resources from Labrador to the Rock without interfering with the movement of the people.
2. Maybe, on more of a grand scale, he would flick that wand to put all of Labrador's bountiful wealth right in the middle of St. John's and make the BigLand disappear out of existance. Wouldn't Danny love that one?
3. Might he then wave that wand, to change the name of this province back to 'Newfoundland', tell Ottawa where to go and turn his province into it's own country again. Him and most dignitaries on the island of Newfoundland could then say, all across the country, from St. John's to Port aux basques instead of like it is now, all across the province, from St. John's to Port aux basques, or Danny criss-crossed the province many times in his Motorhome during the last election. Strange though , we didn't see him in his motorhome in Labrador.
The point of all this is that Labrador is only thought of by St. John's when they want to take our resources and move them somewhere else.
Lie to us, con us, butter us up, do whatever it takes to rob us, even act like you care now, by saying that you are gonna Cheap Seal our highway without the Federal Governments help.
Well Danny Boy, let me give you a wake-up call. The Feds help has already outnumbered the provinces 9 to 1. So take a $100 million or so from the billions of dollars received in equalization over the years and put it into Labrador Roads. Sure! You wouldn't even miss that, would you? It's still Federal money you know, that equalization money, I mean.
They say that for every dollar the province sends to Ottawa, Ottawa send two dollars back, so why all the crying in your beer? Are the people of Newfoundland starting to feel like Labrador has been feeling for fifty years I wonder, second class citizens in a province that mostly cares about St. John's? Only in Newfoundland's case, it's second class citizens in Canada where the Ottawa mostly cares about Quebec and Ontario because of their voting power.
Good thing Danny isn't God or Ottawa and Labrador would suffer even more.
Evidently 30,000 citizens from any part of the Rock are more important to past and present provincial governments than Labrador's people. I say this because this population of Labrador has been mentioned several times in a bad light by the hosts of Open-Line Shows. They usually speak of our population when someone from Labrador talks about the unfair treatment of our people by our provincial governments.
A caller's topic might be the Trans-Labrador Highway, low price Hydro Power that we should be getting and benefits from any further development for it's people or the caller might be talking about the need for Water and Sewer in all Labrador Coastal Communities. We, the people in Labrador are usually comparing what we lack with the much better services in parts of Newfoundland which has a equal or smaller population.
When someone such as those open line hosts do this they should not forget about all the wealth that leaves Labrador.
Anyway, here is a fantasy story for you that may or may not have some roots in reality.
Suppose Danny Williams was God Almighty (DannyGod). What might be some of the things he would do with his staff or magic wand, I wonder?
1. The first wave of that wand might create a Fixed-Link from the island to Labrador. A Link that would make it easy for people to move freely to and fro between our land masks. A Link that would allow the movement of resources from Labrador to the Rock without interfering with the movement of the people.
2. Maybe, on more of a grand scale, he would flick that wand to put all of Labrador's bountiful wealth right in the middle of St. John's and make the BigLand disappear out of existance. Wouldn't Danny love that one?
3. Might he then wave that wand, to change the name of this province back to 'Newfoundland', tell Ottawa where to go and turn his province into it's own country again. Him and most dignitaries on the island of Newfoundland could then say, all across the country, from St. John's to Port aux basques instead of like it is now, all across the province, from St. John's to Port aux basques, or Danny criss-crossed the province many times in his Motorhome during the last election. Strange though , we didn't see him in his motorhome in Labrador.
The point of all this is that Labrador is only thought of by St. John's when they want to take our resources and move them somewhere else.
Lie to us, con us, butter us up, do whatever it takes to rob us, even act like you care now, by saying that you are gonna Cheap Seal our highway without the Federal Governments help.
Well Danny Boy, let me give you a wake-up call. The Feds help has already outnumbered the provinces 9 to 1. So take a $100 million or so from the billions of dollars received in equalization over the years and put it into Labrador Roads. Sure! You wouldn't even miss that, would you? It's still Federal money you know, that equalization money, I mean.
They say that for every dollar the province sends to Ottawa, Ottawa send two dollars back, so why all the crying in your beer? Are the people of Newfoundland starting to feel like Labrador has been feeling for fifty years I wonder, second class citizens in a province that mostly cares about St. John's? Only in Newfoundland's case, it's second class citizens in Canada where the Ottawa mostly cares about Quebec and Ontario because of their voting power.
Good thing Danny isn't God or Ottawa and Labrador would suffer even more.
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