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It scares me to think that Danny Williams could be the next premier of our province. Since Mr. Williams took over the leadership of the PC Party he has not offered any clear position on the issues facing the province today. The Blue Book (which makes you blue after reading it) outlines what the PC Party feels are the serious issues facing the province and how they will deal with those issues. However, a closer look at the solutions reveal that all a Danny Williams government will do is develop a plan, or examine the feasibility, consult, undertake studies, etc. The Blue Book is a book of vague attempts to confuse and mislead the voter into thinking a Danny Williams government will solve the problems facing our province. In actual fact, a Danny Williams government will only provide us with reports over the next four years to see if we can afford the solutions to place us on the right path to prosperity. Will we see these solutions implemented in this current mandate? No, these will be used by the PC government as a carrot for the next election. Mr. Williams has already stated his plan is designed to be implemented over two mandates. A Danny Williams government will work to reduce the civil service by 25% through attrition. Translated: The balance of the civil service will have to increase their workloads to make up for the job losses. A Danny Williams government will examine ALL government programs and eliminate the ineffective programs. A Danny Williams government will REDIRECT SPENDING to increase supportive housing alternatives for seniors… The question is, where will this money be redirected from? A Danny Williams government will continue a 54-year-old tradition with Labrador. The raping of its resources for the benefit of others. Mr. Williams states in the Blue Book that “For far too long, the people, resources and potential of Labrador have been ignored and excluded from decision-making processes of the Province. We can no longer tolerate this atmosphere of exclusion, and we must recognize that Labrador will play a pivotal role in the future of success of this Province.” However, the solutions do not allow for Labradorians to be included in the decision making process of the use or development of their resources. Instead, these decisions will be made by politicians sitting in St. John’s, and to be honest, these politicians have done a lousy job of managing Labrador’s resources for 54 years. Five years ago, Danny Williams weighed in the on the high cost of auto insurance in the province. While being interviewed by NTV, Mr. Williams, a prominent Personal Injury Lawyer at the time, stated that the only reason premiums were rising was due to mismanagement by insurance companies of their financial resources. Now, a Danny Williams led government realizes that the high cost of soft tissue injuries are a major factor in the rising cost of auto insurance premiums and will place a cap on minor soft tissue injuries. What happened in the last five years to make Mr. Williams change his mind? An election? If Mr. Williams were serious about tackling insurance reform, he would legislate an end to the 25-35% commission based fee schedule used by the Personal Injury Lawyers and require billing on an actual Time/Expense journal to be made available to their clients so they will be paid for actual work and expenses and not “shoot for the stars”. -Don Matthews, Labrador City
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