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No real change unless there's a good cleaning out of deputy and
assistant deputy ministers in Confederation Building. It's been
musical chairs for that crowd over the past decade, with a lot
of dead wood and career troughers who need to find other work.
Oct 21, 2003, 6:46 p.m. I must say, that I hope that the anticipated Tory sweep does not materialize. There is something very scary about a Premier who holds absolute power and has no fear about what he'll do for a job if he screws up. At least with narrow majority or a minority government, we can hope to keep things in check. But as some pundits have called for a Tory wave, there is a real concern about how things might materialize. If we've learned any thing relative in the past, it is that millionaire leaders with huge majorities quickly lose the need to touch base with public opinion. ( i.e.. Brian Mulrooney, Clyde Wells - to a lesser extent). Does your panel have any comments or interesting discussion points? -Dave Moore, St. Johns
Oct 21, 2003, 1:27 p.m. As you crown Dan Williams (P.S. I refuse to refer to anyone in the Premier's office as school-boy 'Danny') I do hope that NL'ers will remember a couple of points... first, no society can be run like a business. The PC government in Ontario learned that lesson on Oct 2nd. Second, I had a chance to watch the leader's debate and was disturbed that the most pressing issue of all was neither asked by the panel, nor offered as a key topic by the leaders - NL's troubled relationship with Ottawa. Dan Williams will not secure jobs for NL'ers without first establishing a much needed reinstatement into confederation. As Mr Williams is about to discover, the spreadsheet that sits awaiting him at the office is not merely one filled with numbers... it's one that's filled with lives and livelihood. Balancing corporate budgets does not require reflections on rural integrity, health and education needs, services for elderly and disabled, and the threat of a long-term societal extinction. The business of politics is one that should not be signed-off so quickly... -Dean Cutler, Toronto, Ont.
Oct 21, 2003, 7:26 a.m. I just finished reading Mr. Powell's comments of how Mr. Martin told him in the 70's that there is not much one or two can do once there and we should all vote blue. That is the mentality that is going to put Danny Williams in power. I don't know what kind of representation you have in your district, but I do know, whenever our district was the same colour of the Government we did not benefit. What tends to happen is you have politicians who tow the party line. Do you honestly think John Hickey will stand up against Danny Williams? When he gets there he will be nothing but a puppet. Danny Williams will run the province and his party as a dictator. The only time our district has ever made any progress is when we put in a non-government representative, which I am proud to say will happen again in this election. I just can't believe Newfoundlanders & Labradorians are voting for a man who has been vague on his policies, not willing to debate the issues or clarify his comments. Of course, being the shrewd lawyer he is, wrote his ambiguous party policies so that when questioned he could dance around the issues. I know that after this election, Mr. Williams will stand up in front of the Danny Williams Promotional Network (NTV) and state his party will not be able to deliver on all the vague policies and promises during the election cause the Province is in harder financial shape then they thought and it will take longer to get the books in order. If you recall the last time Newfoundland and Labrador voted for a popular politician, he came into power, cut and slashed, then ran to Ottawa leaving a broken and divided Liberal Party so it would be easier for his BUDDY to lead the PC party to power. Makes you wonder. -Don Matthews Labrador City
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