NL-Outsidethebox [confederation]

Yes Premier Williams and Staff!

Don't give away NL to these corporate flunkies. In the same breath I would also like to ask all NL'ians to offer their support, ideas and solidarity to the people of Stephenville and the Port aux Port peninsula.

I've made several suggestions with referenace to NL job wealth and creation. I'm going to reiterate some of these now with reference to Stephenville and the Port Aux Port peninsula area.

Some uses for the Pulp mill value added wood products IE: chip board, Veneer plant. Veneer plant there is probably enough wood on the bottom ther to keep them going for a year or two not to mention logs on the bottom in Deer Lake and Grand Lake.

Bog farming. Whether that is drying out of bogs and packaging and selling of peat moss products. Value added campfire fire bricks, Plant pots etc.
Blue berry bog farms, Partridge berry bog farms, Cranberry Bog farms etc.

Close all of the VLT's and put a Casino either in Port Aux Basques or Stephenille. IMHO best bet would be to move the ferry to Stephenville and put the Casino in Port aux Basques. Reason I say move ferry is because Stephenville has more dock yard space and is an ice free port.
Port Aux Basques being at the end of the road needs a draw ticket and a casino would work well in this respect. Closing VLT's and opening Casinos, makes it a more controled enviroment for gambling addiction control. Plus has more of a draw ticket for attracting tourists especiallyand the end of the road.

Grand Falls Windsor could and should think about job sharing or work sharing to help the Stephenville workers? Stephenville could even take along their newer pulp machine as an incentive to replace the number seven machines closing. Better it go to Grand Falls Windsor than China.

Open a MUN french university satellite campus. If nothing else it could be filed with foreign students. It could even be an extention to the college that is already there.

Moose farms. Just because we as NL'ians have access to moose a year, doesn't mean there isn't a market for Moose meat and Moose by products in a world market through farming Moose. This isn't a new idea there are Elk farms Buffalo farms Lamma farms etc. Once again we are destined to become Salt water Moose Cowboy's. As with my post about Cod farming Salt water cowboys. If nothing else we will become self sufficient in food production. Take care of food and shelter and your taking care of the people essentials.

Same thing could be saidand done for caribou farms.
Goat farms would also work goats don't need grass they will eat anything including laundry of the line.

Prefab housing factories. Palletized homes, garages and sheds from NL lumber the most hurricane resistant lumber there is! With Stephenvilles abundance of cleared and paved space from the American base alot of the ground work has already been done. Plus most NL'ians have experience in construction.

Pet farms this could be either through a combination of many small ones or one several larger ones. Not Puppy mills as they are doing in some places. The Newfoundland and Labrador dog would make a great start here. With a pure bred pet running from 1000$ to 100,000$ thousand this could be a great capital builder. Organize dog shows and expose's to attract interested parties and build awareness. Fly ball, rodeo etc LOL once again Salt water pet cowboys. reminds me of a commercial I once saw cat herders.

The Ski mountain in Stephenville could and should be twined with Marble and Goose bays Ski Mountains. One pass gets you a access to three ski mountains.

Fish farms Salmon, trout and cod. Salt water Cowboys once again. I know I can't wait to get my ten gallon hat and rubber cowboy boots!

Encourage people to turn their hobbies into a business. Combined selling power through larger market access with co-ops or guilds will help these small businesses alot here.

Have a commercial Moose hunt?

Introduce Deer into NL Mule deer and white tail.

Encourage more outfitters to set up shop mail order would be an intrigal part.

Pet tourism or pet friendly tourism. IE: Pet play areas parks etc

Seniors complexes all amenities taken care of security. Like they have in Kelowna.

Now is the time to upgrade the connection between Stephenville route 480 and bucans route 370. This would also be a great improvement to our one route access across the island for disaster planning, alternative routes, plus lower fuel costs. While your at it you may as well complete the missing 5 km between Bucans 370 and Howley 401.

Update:
Ebay as a means to break out of monopolies and find greater markets. You could even put the mill on Ebay tongue in check of course.

Anyway this is all rehashing of what I've mentioned in more detail in previous posts. So for more details and links check archives.

http://www.town.stephenville.nf.ca/
http://www.thegeorgian.ca/
http://journaux.apf.ca/legaboteur/
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/portauport.html

Seal farms

Use factory slaughter ships to humanely kill and process seals like every other food source animal.
NL Stock exchange either brick and motor or virtual online.

Recycled tire mulch fire wood/pellets