NL Minister for Transport John Hickey was interviewed by CBC Goose Bay this morning. The interview mainly centered on roads in Quebec, kind of strange, or is it just me. Mr. Hickey said he will be seeking a meeting with the Quebec counterpart to urge them to start work on upgrading the 389 that links to the Tran Labrador Highway. See here
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2006/08/30/quebec-labrador.html
Problem with all this talk I see is, I have not heard any announcement that the Feds are anteing up their portion for either the TLH or the proposed work on roads in the lower North Shore, until we hear that all is a mute point and just baffle gab as both governments have said any work is contingent on Federal monies...sigh.
In keeping with CBC Goose BayÂ’s policy of not covering stories that effect the North Coast there was no mention of the Ministers recent visit to the North Coast, like the day before yesterday.
The Northern Ranger service and operation continues to regress, roads can do with some upgrading, fresh food that is either flown in of boated in continues to regress just to name a few issues, yet no mention from CBC, or the Minister, onwhetherr this was talked about on his visit.
Given the lack of coverage of anything Northern Labrador by CBC of late I have thought up a new name for the Goose Bay operation; SCLBC or South Central Broadcasting Corporation.
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Problem with all this talk I see is, I have not heard any announcement that the Feds are anteing up their portion for either the TLH or the proposed work on roads in the lower North Shore, until we hear that all is a mute point and just baffle gab as both governments have said any work is contingent on Federal monies...sigh.
I would like to know why it's always contingent on federal moneys.
After all, there's no 50% break on your provincial taxes in Labrador.
Given that 90% of the money that has ever been plowed into the TLH has come from the federal government, it's time for the province to show ITS committment. The question isn't where's the federal share, it's WHERE'S THE PROVINCIAL ONE?
Isn't Labrador part of a province?
Anyone remember which one?
It's not much of a "commitment" to promise $50-million for something if, and only if, the Tooth Fair or the Easter Bunny also kicks in $50-million.
Chairman Dan always used to say "Labrador is an integral part of the province".
Well, that was another one of his lies.
Who paid for the
Saint Lawrence Sea Way? Not Ontario the primary benificiary
Who paid for the Trans Continental Railway Not the provinces
Who paid for the TCH not the provinces
Why should tghe TLH be any different?
I don't hear you whining and complaining about the Quebec Provincial Government not paying for the 389 or the Lower North shore.
Ottawa is only a figment of your imagination it doesn't represent any real territory it's only purpose in life is to collect monies from the colonies so it can build national infrastructure and provide national security why is Labrador not considered apart of the nation when it comes to infrastructure.
Since you work for Todd Russell our federal representative for Labrador why is it you are continually bashing the province for something that the Federal administrators of our tax dollars should be doing.
You obvious Labrador separatist sentiments are obvious as are Todd Russell's.
Who paid for the Saint Lawrence Sea Way? Not Ontario the primary benificiary
Last time I checked Ontario was part of Canada.
Who paid for the TCH not the provinces
Actually, the answer to that question is, in fact, "the provinces". The only dedicated federal TCH money was in the 1960s. The "Trans-Canada Highway" is a series of provincial highways, and has never been 100% funded by the federal government (although it came damn close in Newfoundland.)
Why should tghe TLH be any different?
Why should the TLH be treated any different than any highway anywhere else in the province? Labradorians don't pay 50-cent provincial tax dollars, and shouldn't get 50-cent provincial funding "committments".
WHY CAN'T THE PROVINCE PUT UNCONDITIONAL PROVINCIAL MONEY INTO THE LABRADOR PART OF THE PROVINCE?
Isn't Labrador part of the province? And an "integral" one, at that, according to Chairman Dan?
I don't hear you whining and complaining about the Quebec Provincial Government not paying for the 389 or the Lower North shore.
The last time the federal government put any significant money into the North Shore, it was the Middle North Shore, not the Lower one. That was in 1985. Highways work done there since that program ended in 1996 has been 100% provincial, as has the 389. I'm not aware of ANY federal money that's ever gone into the 389.
The 1985-1996 extension of the 138 to Natashquan was done on a fifty-fifty basis for the basic road, with Quebec putting in additional money to pave it.
The TLH, on the other hand, has been 90% funded by the federal government. IT'S YOUR FELLOW NEWFOUNDLANDERS WHO HAVE NOT LIVED UP TO THEIR DUTIES AND COMMITMENTS TO LABRADOR.
The federal government has put in 90 cents of every dollar into the TLH. When is the province going to kick in ITS share? At the current rate, Danny Williams would have to spend half a billion dollars — that's billion with a b — just to bring the federal and provincial cost-sharing to 50-50.
why is Labrador not considered apart of the nation when it comes to infrastructure.
It obviously is, given that Labrador's highway would not exist but for the 90% of the funding that has ever gone into it coming from the federal government. If it were up to Newfoundland, the highway would not exist at all.
why is it you are continually bashing the province for something that the Federal administrators of our tax dollars should be doing.
The federal government has lived up to its responsibilities.
The lying, cheating, cheapskate, colonialist-imperialist government of Newfoundland has not.
You obvious Labrador separatist sentiments are obvious as are Todd Russell's.
What's separatist about wanting some of Labrador's tax dollars pumped back into Labrador, instead of being spent on overpasses that no one needs, Outer Ring Roads, and other highways in Newfoundland? That's the opposite of separatism; that's treating Labrador like an integral part of the province, just like Dictator Dan lied and said he would.
Isn't Labrador part of the province? An integral one?
Why does the province pass the buck to the federal government for anything that is in Labrador, for no other reason than it's in Labrador?
Isn't Labrador an integral part of the province?
WHEN IS THE PROVINCE GOING TO KICK IN ITS SHARE OF TLH MONEY, NO STRINGS ATTACHED?
Who paid for the Saint Lawrence Sea Way? Not Ontario the primary benificiary
Last time I checked Ontario was part of Canada.
Last time I checked Newfoundland and Labrador was apart of Canada.
Last time I checked Newfoundland and Labrador was apart of Canada.
Yip, and last time I checked, Canada had put proportionally far more into the TLH than it did into the Seaway.
When is Newfoundland going to kick in its fair share?
Isn't Labrador an integral part of the province?
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