What is the real reason?

For three days now the ‘official’ marine report has had the mv Astron delayed due to high seas on route to Makkovik ports to Nain.

In the same time frame the mv Northern Ranger has completed a run up the coast and down the coast on time and is due in Rigolet this morning en route to Goose Bay.
The mv Sir Robert Bond has been on its regular schedule from Goose Bay to Cartwright and Lewisport.

The Astron is old and its owners do not spend a lot of money in preventative maintenance. The operators of the marine service, the provincial government, have had a series of Island based ministers who do not give much thought to the fine folk of Labrador, the most recent minister recently resigned from politics.

The Premier just this week shuffled minister portfolios in answer to another Minster jumping ship but did not see the need to appoint a permanent Transportation and Works minister.

So who do ya go to with ya concerns?

No good going to the bureaucrats in the department, from experience they are as useful as tits on a bull.

The minister for Labrador Affaires Hickey, well he is silent as a church mouse on any issue.

The Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Pottle, ditto on the silence, plus she should be aware of what is going on with transport as her business interest rely on shipping for all their supplies.

The First Minister in Nunatsiavut Government who handles the transport file Tony Andersen? No good there, may as well talk to a 6x6x12 foot lump of lumber.

President of Nunatsiavut Jim Lyall. Approached lots of time on many issues, turns out it is always someone else’s file.

Nain Inuit Community Government. Not there mandate, plus lots on their plate as it is [That is not criticism, just my opinion that others should deal with this issue] .

If folk in the south think democracy, openness, accountability are under threat then just come up here to Northern Labrador too see what it will look like when it has totally disappeared. Bloody scary mate!

Mean time life goes on, had another power outage yesterday afternoon of 70 minutes duration. There was a shorter one this past Friday.

With yesterday outage there was a first attempt at restoring power at about the 35 minute mark. There were at least 8 more attempts before power was restored fully. Not good for our appliances and other electronics one would think.

I suspect that the outage was caused by fuel running out. Once the day tank or the outside tank runs out it is a big job bleeding the fuel lines. Not sure why all the failed attempts at restoring power, many reasons for that I guess?

I’m sure there is lots of good news stuff going on, alas I am in funky mood of late, more and more I have this feeling I am living in an Anarchist state. I just wish the power brokers would come out and declare it so, then I can have at it with abandon.

Not that I believe in Anarchy, my preference is democracy by and for the people, alas as I mentioned before, that is not what we have.
I also believe in even playing fields, another thing alien to the power brokers.