This afternoon, Premier Danny Williams went a step further, forcing the same John Crosbie, now Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland & Labrador, in the very same Chamber, all these years later, to swallow at least as many nails as Joey reportedly tacked into the legs of his chair.
And there he sat, regal and forlorn, a former Federal Minister of International Trade, former Federal Minister of Fisheries, and former Campaign Chair for Stephen Harper. And here's what the Premier made him read aloud:
"If the current Federal Government is not prepared to represent the best interests of provinces like ours, then we as a province will protect our best interests ourselves. To lower tariff barriers to our exports while safeguarding our fish stocks and securing markets for our seal products, we will speak up on our own behalf on the international stage and work to effect progressive agreements that take our best interests fully into account."
Ouch.
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I dozed off there for a bit, but did Danny name himself Minister of Foreign Affairs, or is that a full-time gig for someone else? And are relations with The Federation included in the Foreign Affairs portfolio?
In related news, North Korea apparently put a missile on a launch pad or some such thing.
How does this relate to France wanting to expand the continental shelf of St-Pierre and Miquelon?
It doesn't, aside from the inevitable posting of a sympathetic "journalist" to Miquelon with a car and driver as our "amabassador" as part of tomorrow's maitres chez nous part deux budget speech.
I imagine there's a whole raft of diplomatic plums now to be doled out: embassies in Washington, London, Paris, Brussels, Dublin, Reykjavik, Oslo; consulates in New York, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Halifax.
Miami.
The Dominican Republic.
I think the government's interests in Miami and the Dominican are well looked after these days...
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