NL-Outsidethebox [confederation]

This is a letter to the editor of The Independant by Paul F. Murphy,
St. John’s

Dear editor,
In his recent Independent column
(‘You and ‘I were meant to fly’), Ray
Dillon, president of the St. John’s Board
of Trade, advises us that the board does
not support a boycott of Air Canada
based on their cancellation of the direct
flight to Heathrow. He suggests we
check out other airlines and then e-mail
our itineraries and boarding passes to Air
Canada. Please excuse my entrepreneurial
inexperience, but isn’t that what a
boycott does, minus the in-your-face
part?
Air Canada jobs will evaporate in St.
John’s with the cancellation of the
Heathrow flight in any case, as will the
jobs with the Canadian Border Services
Agency, the positions responsible for
delaying these time-strapped, non-
Newfoundland Canadian complainers.
All these lost jobs will soon reappear in
Halifax as the requirement for another
set of incoming flights from Heathrow.
I am proud of our Newfoundland

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