Terre-Neuve et Quebec -Labrador

[August1991]

Good news.

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H-Q, Sabia, Churchill Falls

Pierre Trudeau, Joey Smallwood

Rene Leveque.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2146560/hyrdo-quebec-tnl-williams-sabia

[August1991]

I wish for such good news in eastern Europe.

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Make no mistake: We Canadians get along.

[August1991]

How did this happen?

[SpankyMcFarland]

If it happens it will be marvellous news for NL. At the moment we are somehow a have province heading rapidly for ruin, bankruptcy and territorial status. Contemplating the current Churchill Falls deal under these circumstance is dangerous for any resident of the province as apoplexy is a clear risk. When I listened to the Quebec side making the announcement I thought I noticed some desire to right a wrong. It also means that HQ get a reliable and enlarging source of clean power to sell to the Americans for the rest of this century. 

[August1991]

4 hours ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

If it happens it will be marvellous news for NL. At the moment we are somehow a have province heading rapidly for ruin, bankruptcy and territorial status.

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Newfoundland is not Labrador.

Newfoundland is an island. Labrador is a coast.

[August1991]

I understand the desire of politicians to create the term "Serbia & Montenegro" to describe a political entity.

"Newfoundland & Labrador" is a similar fiction.

[August1991]

Newfoundlanders. No mention of Labrador.

Google: Newfoundland Caribou Great War

[SpankyMcFarland]

33 minutes ago, August1991 said:

Newfoundland is not Labrador.

Newfoundland is an island. Labrador is a coast.

 

Like most Canadian provinces, NL consists of islands and part of the North American mainland. Labrador is vast. It is coastal but much more than a mere coast. 

Edited April 27 by SpankyMcFarland

[August1991]

I see no reference to Labrador.

https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/constitution/lawreg-loireg/p1t211.html

[SpankyMcFarland]

32 minutes ago, August1991 said:

I understand the desire of politicians to create the term "Serbia & Montenegro" to describe a political entity.

"Newfoundland & Labrador" is a similar fiction.

That sounds Mr. Blanchet on the subject of Canada. In truth, all counties, provinces and countries are arbitrary constructs. We invent them and in time they will disappear. 

Edited April 27 by SpankyMcFarland

[August1991]

1 minute ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

That sounds Mr. Blanchet on the subject of Canada. In truth, all counties, provinces and countries are arbitrary constructs. We invent them and in time they will disappear. 

I agree.

Let's get along.

[SpankyMcFarland]

I’m just sending my feeble atheist prayers heavenwards that this hydro deal goes through. It will mean a transformed relationship between NL and Quebec as they work together on future projects. 

[August1991]

On 5/2/2025 at 12:33 AM, SpankyMcFarland said:

I’m just sending my feeble atheist prayers heavenwards that this hydro deal goes through. It will mean a transformed relationship between NL and Quebec as they work together on future projects. 

Feeble? In the case of Churchill Falls in the 1960s, there was a risk of building, and then bringing to market.

Smallwood had discovered pineapples on the Moon. He had no way to bring them to Earth.