Deputy premier Kathy Dunderdale turned up in Ottawa on Monday. As part of the usual courtesy, the Speaker of the House of Commons drew attention to her presence in the gallery of the Commons.
So what was she doing there?
There’s no news release on her trip.
No mention of it at all locally.
Given the manifest problems in the relations between the current administrations in Ottawa and St. John’s, this would be the perfect opportunity for such a senior minister to try and repair the relationship.
More to the immediate point, she could try to deal pragmatically with the changes to the federal budget that supposedly will cost the provincial government $400 million in the current fiscal year.
What was Dunderdale up to?
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