Weather watch: Well my alleged warming was short lived, by 9 the wind had picked up and wind chills dropped into the mid 30’s. Still no respite in sight.
Did some baking most of day only broken by a trip to the shops and a run up to the oldest Grand sons for his birthday dinner.
Brian John is 18 now, his dad cooked up some mean meal of goose, caribou meats cakes, salt beef with vegetables, some good man. Sister Aimee made the cake, right stuffed we were.
Heard on CBC radio [only news brief] that Jim Lyall, president of NG, is concerned about the growing gap of fuel prices between other communities and the North coast. Well I guess there would be a growing gap if our prices are frozen and the price of oil continues to drop.
Any way Jim says he has met with PUB officials and they have agreed to revisit the whole pricing issue come next spring, well hoop dee darh doo.
What are they going to do? One thing IMO, and that is to say “do you want your prices frozen in winter months, or do you want to take your chances with the rest of the province”.
At the moment there is a 41.5 deferential between St.John’s and the coast on gas, and a 43.65 [plus taxes] cents difference on furnace oil. As I have mentioned before, we need to talk about why there is such a large difference between Lake Melville prices and the coast, and such a small difference between Lake Melville and St. John’s.
Also we need to look at the higher pro rata taxes we pay considering everything we buy costs more. Are we getting shafted? Even though we received some rebates on Hydro and cost of living adjustments on taxes are we receiving our due and just returns with services provided and from whom for what?
Open and accountable I believe is the mantra of the Danny Government, that would be a good thing if only it was true.
On more pleasing subjects: Do not forget to listen [if you can] to the radio CBC Ideas show this evening, recorded reading from the Nain church, it is podcast and the like.
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