CBC Newfoundland & Labrador posts the following in their web story about the province's 60th anniversary:
"Premier Danny Williams had planned last fall to hold a celebration to mark both the anniversary and the province's recent designation as a so-called "have" province, as Newfoundland and Labrador no longer qualifies for equalization."I challenge anyone to find a single public utterance by the Premier or any of his Ministers in which any of them ever mentioned marking the 60th anniversary prior to threatening to cancel it.
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For clarification -
The CBC story says that the Premier planned **last fall** to hold a celebration to mark the anniversary of Confederation. That may be his story now, and it may have been his story a month ago.
But that was not his story, **last fall**
Anyone who finds a quote from Premier Williams in which he mentions plans to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Confederation **last fall** will get a CBC mug, and as a bonus I'll post a photo of me sporting a Danny Williams campaign button.
I didn't find a smoking gun, but I found this nugget of grandiosity from 2007: "We’re really the centre of the universe, from my perspective," he says.
According to the story, "The premier made the comments in an interview with The Telegram about the province’s future. For much of the conversation, he sounded like a motivational expert from 'The Secret,' a massively popular positive-thinking book and video."
Here's the link: http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=93275&sc=79
Now if DW was at the centre of the universe in 2007, and he is now master of destiny, then surely time travel is not beyond his motivational powers?
I expect that we'll soon see a press release explaining how he went back to October 2008 and made the missing statement.
Something tells me Williams may have responded last fall to a question about whether the party's timing was deliberate. Even so, I still don't think he included Confderation in the theme. Here & Now didn't even mention have-status in their story intro Tuesday.
Some thing tells me the party was never about celebrating us.
It was about celebrating him.
Some thing tells me the party was never about celebrating us.
It was about celebrating him.
Anonymous, nothing could be further from the truth.
He is Us. Us is He.
He represents, in His heart and soul, the hearts and souls of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
The Word of Our Dan.
Maybe Here & Now isn't in the business of remembering There & Then.
;-)
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