Martin proposes centres to study climate in N.L.
Last Updated: Monday, December 5, 2005 | 11:03 AM ET
CBC News
Martin took a campaign swing through St. John's, where he appeared on a local radio station.
Asked what he would do to increase the federal government's presence in the province, Martin suggested that Goose Bay would be a good place to study climate change.
CFB Goose Bay has less strategic importance to the military since the Cold War ended, Martin noted, but it would be a suitable location for what he referred to as a centre of excellence to study global warming and how it affects the climate and fisheries.
Liberal Leader, Paul Martin, Monday.
Newfoundland and Labrador's extreme weather makes it a perfect host for such a centre, he said. Martin said the country needs those centres and offered to have the federal government help the province set them up.
The province doesn't need to live on handouts from Ottawa, Martin said. Offshore oil and gas revenues are helping St. John's do very well, he said, but the federal government can help spur economic development across the province.
Martin was to give a noon speech in St. John's before flying to Saint John, N.B., in the afternoon.
