NL-Outsidethebox [confederation]

Sue Blasts Kelvin Parsons for not representing the provinces best interests. I am reposting in part here Sues blog because she has disable comments due to the litany of unwarranted and unsubstantiated criticizm she was receiving from certain individuals who had their own agendas which don't include the provinces best interests. Shame shame for putting your own self and political interests above those of the people of the province first.
Just speculation on my part here with reference to Sue turning of comments. But I did read the comments and I too would have been inclined to either delete them or turn them of.

I really like her suggestion to make the oil companies responsible for production and the associated revenues. Especially seeing as we only have a set period of time (16 years I think it was) exempt from the clawing back of non-renewable resource revenues from the Equalization formula. Only 6 years left before Imperialist Canada starts to invoke the D-Equalization formula to start clawing back our oil revenues hence put us in our place in accordance with the world according to Dalton Mc Gimme.

Ok, now Kelvin is concerned about us biting off our nose despite our face. Kelvin, notwithstanding the fact that we are supposed to be Liberal you are lobbying on behalf of mega-corporations instead of our people and our resources. What Danny is doing with the oil companies is not bad, we just went over $75 a barrel. Kelvin do you know who the Patrons are of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council? In the event you do not here are some of them!

ALIANT INC.
BMO BANK OF MONTREAL

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE

EMERA INC.

ERNST & YOUNG

FORTIS INC.
INFORMETRICA LIMITED

MCCAIN FOODS LIMITED

NORANDA INC.

PETRO-CANADA

PROGRESS CORP.

RBC ROYAL BANK

SCOTIABANK

TD CANADA TRUST

THE SHAW GROUP LIMITED

ULTRAMAR LIMITED


Is there any chance that any of these might have an interest in Hebron moving forward regardless of the benefits to Newfoundland and Labrador? Which of these patrons are elected or paid to deliver the best possible deal for our people?

I have a suggestion! Kelvin, do some more research, real research instead of relying on external reports with a different agenda than that of elected officials. Listen to our people, our experts and come up with beneficial policy proposals and progressive critique.

One example: when we negotiate this deal on Hebron include a clause which states that when a company has to pull off the site for repairs or problems under their control, and the province suffers a loss to predicted income from that oil or gas resource, the company must pay the greater of the price per barrel at the time of cessation or the price of oil at the moment of recommencement - for the equivalent of oil not recovered during the down time. In this way we will guarantee that our resources benefit us in the way they should.

Do something productive like find out what Doug House is up to and how the provincial economic plan is coming. Try to save a few communities or give them something to believe in. Show some leadership. We do not need to coddle oil companies, think-tanks, and/or their corporate patrons.