From ctv.ca, based on Premier Danny Williams appearance on CTV's Question Period and reports from local affiliate NTV.
Williams told a vocm.com radio call-in show this morning that criticism of his efforts across the country are coming from or are influenced by the "communications spin" coming from the Prime Minister's Office.
Williams made the same claim during the 2004/05 flag flap. Polling conducted for Williams office showed that 60% of those surveyed were "not supportive at all" of Williams' decision to remove Canadian flags from any provincial government buildings in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Meanwhile, Williams' campaign to defeat Stephen Harper at the polls is causing rifts not only between the provincial Progressive Conservative Party and its federal cousin, but reportedly within the provincial party as well. Williams' branded federal Conservatives, saying anyone who supports the federal government has betrayed his or her province. In doing so, Williams also labelled three federal Conservative members of parliament, all of whom are very popular with local voters.
Update
Danny Williams saidon vocm.com's Open Line with Randy Simms:
But what's happening is you're being influenced by the PMO spin. I mean, you know, the Prime Minister's Office has a huge, huge communications network and, so, you know, this is where the letters to the Globe and Mail are coming from and all of that and they'll, they'll fight that.
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