  Friday, December 30, 2005  First person royal?  "Last year
this time, we were taking down the flags."  - Premier Danny
Williams, in his CBC Here and Now year-end interview.  Friday,
December 23, 2005  Promises are made to be broken  "The
Transparency and Accountability Act will greatly enhance
openness and accountability in government, but a comprehensive
and effective Freedom of Information Act is the best safeguard
against the tendency of governments to descend into official
secrecy and elitism," said Danny Williams during the 2003
election campaign. "A Progressive Conservative government will:
Proclaim new Freedom of Information legislation which will
include amendments that will clearly identify information that
should be in the public domain, including cabinet documents, and
will require full and prompt disclosure of the information to
the public."  What, then, was the purpose of all this nonsense?
A make-work project for the provincial government's solicitors?
Wednesday, December 21, 2005  Winter So