He praises Stephen Harper, even though much of Harper's letter is a promise to talk.
He says nice things about Jack Layton, who actually offered Danny everything he asked for.
When the prime minister's letter comes through, Danny dismisses it as being "disappointing".
That despite the fact it addresses every concern and in considerable detail in some cases. It provides firm opportunities of funding for the Lower Churchill, and actually would increase federal presence in the province in a way that is attainable (unlike Harper's B/s military promises).
It's worth reading the actual letter, compare it to the other two and then try and figure out what Danny is up to. Apparently, it isn't trying to influence the local election results.
Yep. And pulling down the Canadian flag last year was a good idea. (Just ask the Premier's favourite pollster on that one.)
Of course, it's scarcely surprising that Williams would misrepresent a letter from Stephen Harper. Last year, Williams wanted people to believe Harper said yes to the province's proposal on offshore revenues when in fact Harper said a big "no".
Twice.
If Stephen Harper had been elected year before last, Danny would still be waiting for his offshore cheque.
If Stephen Harper had been elected last spring, by Harper's own words, we'd still be trying to figure out the Equalization changes Harper said would address Williams' issues.
Danny would still be waiting for his cheque.
But then again, Danny isn't taking sides. [Tom Rideout, Loyola Sullivan and most of cabinet is. But not Danny. Rideout, the deputy premier and another relic of the Peckford regime is telling people a Conservative majority would be best for the province. Backupable Tom obviously forgets the endless rackets with Ottawa under Mulroney.]
I just hope he has someone working overtime to calculate how much the province will be losing in federal transfers under Stephen Harper's plan to change Equalization.
Meanwhile, this headline seems to have been written by someone who is under the impression CBC has already been sold to Fox.
There's no quote in the story to confirm Williams said the PM's response "falls flat."
He said it fell short. It's just hard to see where exactly.And on the Gander weather office and federal presence piece, "falls short" means gives more than we asked for.
There's just no pleasing some people.
