In case you need a bit of a backgrounder on the growing discontent among Newfoundlanders toward their adopted Canada: well-known former cabinet minister under the Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney John Crosbie writes a column explaining Newfoundland’s rightful woes with the deceitful Liberals in Ottawa and their hidden agendas.
Today, I will try to explain what causes the intensity of the feeling in Newfoundland and Labrador over its offshore oil and gas resource dispute with the government of Canada.
Last June 5, Prime Minister Paul Martin, in a phone conversation with Premier Danny Williams that was confirmed later on Signal Hill before the press, committed to make sure that the province was “the primary beneficiary of its resources.” Martin stated: “I have made it very clear that the proposal that (Williams) has put forth is a proposal that we accept.”
The failure of Martin since June 5 to carry out his electoral commitment to Newfoundland and Labrador comprises the third major betrayal of the province’s vital interests by Canada, with respect to the major assets Newfoundland brought to Confederation when it joined on April 1, 1949.
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