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And the whole Newfoundland Labrador oil deal doesn't sit right with me either. Cod fishing collapsed, and they have been carried by the rest of Canada (Alberta, Ontario) for years and years. Now they have used Canadian funds to develop offshore oil. They have good projections, 20 years of resources, and now they don't want to share.
This might seem contrary to my prior post; but it is the same issue. Newfoundland has the potential to be in the position that Alberta currently is in; they just are aren't willing to pay the same dues that Alberta has been paying for 100 years, and they've only been around for 55 and have been riding the wave for the last half of that.
I don't so much disagree with the stance that newfoundland's preimer has taken; I just don't think that they should be able to get away without paying thier share as soon as it looks better for them to leave the confederation.
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