After two years in office, Premier Danny Williams announced today that he is assigning Doug House to conduct a review of government's economic development programs.
The process sounds suspiciously like the one that led to the development of the Strategic Economic Plan 13 years ago. House was a member of the team that developed the SEP.
Back to the future we go again.
But, more to the point, why didn't House get this appointment in 2003? At that point, we would have had the review completed and been well on the way to implementing new policies.
The Strategic Economic Plan, which has been the foundation of economic development policy since 1992, survived four administrations of two political parties. It was such a success that Williams made it an integral part of his New Approach election platform in 2003.
