Williams has been in contact with the Prime Minister and the province's federal representative Peter MacKay keeping them up to date on what's happening on the ground.
Extract from a voice of the cabinet minister “news” report
The search and rescue resources from Greenwood, Nova Scotia and Gander, Newfoundland currently deployed in response to the Cougar S-92 crash are from the Department of National Defence.
The Minister of National Defence is Peter MacKay.
He receives a daily briefing from the Canadian Forces on these sorts of things and can be briefed more often as necessary from people in direct contact with the pilots in the planes. Heck, Pete can speak to them himself from his desk as they fly above the ocean if he wants.
The coast guard, transport department and all the other entirely federal agencies working on this tragedy report to – wait for it – the federal government.
The defence minister and the prime minister have access to detailed information on this incident in far greater detail and in a far broader scope than just about anyone else.
So what exactly did the Premier have to say that would keep the people with all the information first hand “up to date” with what’s happening on the ground?
Maybe the reporter(s) curious about the water depth at 47 26 05N 51 56 58W might add that to their list of questions to pose. Either that or someone could ask VOCM to check their understanding again of what the Premier actually said.
Either way, one of them is full of it.
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