A Legacy of Misery for our Daughters and our Sons

I did it for my children's children.

Years from now when the second worst deal in our
province's history is loading them and their generation
down with unimaginable debt, perhaps they can take some consolation that
a family member was at that great protest.

The People's Assembly
on that cold day on November 18th, 2012, in front of the Colonial Building.

I envision one day it will be a much-talked about historical event;
and I will tell my grandchildren why I was there...

I was there to say
No way!

I was there to say
You cannot ignore my say!

I was there to say
Who do you think you are?

I was there to say
Where is the truth and the respect?

I was there to say
Your need for a political legacy project cannot supersede our collective good

I was there to say
It is my grandchildren's investment - they want me to look at the contract.

I was there to say
If nothing else- where is your conscience as a Newfoundlander and Labradorian?


I was there to say
There is another way ...

The Careful way
The Collaborative way
The Truthful way
The Transparent way
The Democratic way
The People's Way!


Not the Millionaire's way
The Misinformation way
Nor the Screened way
Or a Single Party's way
But the People's Way.
The Proper Way.


And I will tell them as much as I was there to protect their future,
Con O'Brien captured it best when he sang

"we'll all be on the hook ...
A legacy of misery for our daughters and our sons"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7iew_L4uWU
yes, all in the name of an "ungodly mess" called Muskrat Falls.

But not if the People's Assembly and all of us
can halt the current government
from taking out a credit card in each of our grandchildren's names,
crushing their future before they even figure out how to be born ...

Back then, I will tell them, Government only had one thing right
The POWER is in OUR hands.
And that, great-ones, is another good reason I came to be there on that historic day.