DANNY WILLIAMS THREATENS CUTS

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PUBLISHED IN THE CHARTER NEWSPAPER 16 JUNE 2010 AS: DEEP WATER, SHALLOW MIND
PUBLISHED IN THE GANDER BEACON NEWSPAPER 17 JUNE 2010 AS: DANNY WILLIAMS THREATENS CUTS

What kind of Premier stands in the House of Assembly and threatens the People of NL with cuts to social programs and benefits if he doesn’t get his own way?

Danny Williams stated that if we do not continue to allow Chevron to drill in deep water, the loss of profits would be felt. “I think the trade-off for that - if we take the billions of dollars that could be lost - would be the loss of social benefits and social programs for the province,” Williams said.

What Danny Williams is doing to the people of NL is comparable to extortion. Trying to convince the people of NL that without that oil, we will sink into starvation and that is nothing less than an idle threat.

NL has survived 60 years without the deepwater wells. To hang our future on deepwater oil now shows what a shallow mind Danny Williams really has.

By going ahead with the drilling, we put our fisheries, tourism, and environment in danger. The billions of dollars those industries would lose and costs for cleanup that would be left to the province if we have an accident would be astronomical.

We should be putting our money into the future: Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Aquaculture, and Renewable Resources.

Without the deepwater oil, we can still survive without cutting social programs. Cuts to our social programs and healthcare would bring this province to her knees.

I think for NL’s sake, it’s time to remove Danny Williams and the members of his think-tank.