Spring 1994.
At the point
Clyde Wells spoke to the graduating class of Memorial University’s business
school that year, the administration he led had already started getting
government spending under control and transforming the economy. Wells goes through all of that with the
class, why government was undertaking the changes, and what he hoped would be the
outcome.
Give the
speech a listen. It’s only 38 minutes
and it is striking on a few levels.
First of all, think of the last time you heard a Premier speak to an
audience in Newfoundland and Labrador this calmly, rationally, and with as much
detail. This is not a speech of clever
quips or turns of phrase. This is basic
information.
