Contrarian reader Colin May writes : Do you know anyone who believed the three promises made by DD and his colleagues ? Did you believe they would be able to keep the ERs open ?  Everyone in the health business knew it was BS. Voters just wanted rid of Rodney, they cared less about reality. The less said about the media the better. Looks like Premier McNeil in four years, about the only bright light in the Canadian Liberal firmament. Stan Jones adds: While I tend to agree with the recommendations in the report, I wonder if it isn't true that Dexter and Steele knew...

17 November, 2009

This morning, Contrarian observed that Darrell Dexter had to have known he could not keep the three main promises of his June campaign: no deficit, no tax increases, and no program cuts. Sure enough, the premier jettisoned all three promises at a news conference this morning, and lamely tried to ascribe his about face to new information: But there are economic realities that we are faced with today that we did not know six* months ago. and: We have information now that no one had six months ago. Do tell. What new information is that? The Economic Advisory Panel report offers little that wasn't known long...

16 November, 2009