Before you answer or leave a comment? What does Larry Gulch means anyway?
NB Telegraph-Journal | Provincial News
As published on page A1/A2 on November 24, 2005
Fishing lodge guest praises Lord in column
By Kathy Kaufield
Telegraph-Journal
A prominent Quebec newspaper columnist is lauding Premier Bernard Lord's prosperity plan and comparing the growth of New Brunswick's economy to the shine of a lightning bolt.
Alain Dubuc, who writes for Le Soleil and La Presse newspapers, praised Mr. Lord for his "simple charm" and urged Quebec politicians to follow his "simple" and "precise" plan to grow the economy over the next decade.
Mr. Dubuc was a guest of Premier Lord's this summer at Larry's Gulch, the province's posh fishing resort on the Restigouche River.
The column appeared Wednesday in five newspapers, including Le Soleil in Quebec City, La Presse in Montreal, Le Droit in Ottawa, La Tribune in Sherbrooke and Le Quotidien in Saguenay.
The 2005 guest list for Larry's Gulch shows Mr. Lord cast his line with Mr. Dubuc during an Aug. 20-22 trip that also included CTV News Anchor Ravi Baichwal, Alberta cabinet minister Gary Mar, Marc Andre Blanchard, president of the Quebec Liberal Party; Daniel Audet, director of the Montreal Economic Institute and an adviser to PQ Leader André Boisclair.
Mr. Dubuc wrote that New Brunswick's economy is on the rise, saying its progress shines like a bolt of lightning. He said in 1981, the standard of living, the per capita GDP, in New Brunswick was about 74 per cent of Quebec's. Last year, it was 90 per cent, he wrote.
"At this rate, New Brunswick, in terms of prosperity, will catch up with us in little more than a decade," he wrote.
Mr. Dubuc said Quebec's own prosperity plan, unveiled this fall, is similar to New Brunswick's.
"The difference is in the way this small province has defined its strategy, in how it has formed its principles and objectives, in how it has explained them and put them into action," he wrote. "The difference is so striking, that one might hope our leaders, those in the Charest government, and also those in the loyal PQ opposition, be forced to intern in Fredericton."
Mr. Dubuc said Mr. Lord's plan is clear, transparent, simple and precise whereas Quebec's is twice as long but says twice as little.
"The other big difference is obviously the ball carrier, the simple charm of Bernard Lord who manages to convey complex things in a simple, non-aggressive way. We know where he wants to go, how and why," he wrote.
The column comes two days after Mr. Lord addressed students and business leaders at Ecole des Hautes etudes commerciales in Montreal and one day after he defended PQ leader André Boisclair during a speech in Toronto.
The column comes in the midst of Mr. Lord's cross-Canada tour this week that some pundits have said was orchestrated to launch a bid into federal politics had his party won last week's Saint John Harbour byelection.
During his tour, the premier is slated to talk up the New Brunswick economy with business people and media outlets in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. He'll also be attending the first ministers' meeting in Kelowna on aboriginal issues.
Mr. Lord unveiled his prosperity plan in 2002, containing aggressive economic targets to be reached by 2012 by creating a competitive fiscal environment, focusing on innovation and strategic infrastructure as well as investing in people.
10 comments:
Lord & government are screwing the taxpayer. That is all. Columnist was there to glorify Bernard Lord. Lord also paid reporters to go with him to France not long ago. This man will do anything to promote himself.
So what ?
That's the way all Politics works. I bet you're just upset because you've never beem at the GULCH, like We the Upper Crust have.
Better you the Taxpayers pay for us to have a good time, instead of us having to shell out the Jingle ;
As a matter of fact, ebertime I land a fish, I say Look, I got another Tax Payer on the line and Hook.
CHARLIE how do can you fix the story below this one??
If you click,,,read more or read comments it goes to (blogger not found?) In other words,can't leave comment!-Fix,fix,fix it!
done
5:28 you are right. Lord, ministers, family and friends got it made. We the taxpayers are the stupid fish who got took by Lord, hook, line and sink.
Just for the record which anyone can obtain. Shawn Graham use to go to Larry's Gulch 3 times a year with his daddy. Yes 3 TIMES so what is the problem?? Liberals stop shooting yourselves in the foot. Look back to the secrecy of the liberal government, why do you think unions hate the liberals?? Because the liberals screwed everybody in Canada. Larry's Gulch is a taxpayer burden and should be stopped but this has gone on for years and years and the last time the liberals were in Shawn Graham and his Father were there 3 times in one year. All at a cost to the taxpayers. Shawn Graham wasn't even a politician at the time he was his daddy's EA ohh what humor you have charlie you are digging the bottom you are starting to lose it pal.
Bernard Lord uses Larry's Gulch strictly to promote himself. He invited people like Mulrony, Mike Harris, George Bush Sr.. Is that doing government business. Please stop your bull. Lord went there his adopted daddy Georg Bush Sr. What a screwball this guy Lord is? Come next election, gone.
Hey? What did I do???? I never said or wrote a word? The question I asked was -Before you answer or leave a comment? What does Larry Gulch means anyway?
You must understand once and for all? I'm not the only one with a view in here. Lets give credit where it's do? The crdit goes to the Irving's paper and Artist WCIE! All I do is paste the story!
Which one is the Sucker?
Posted by Francis Fish
Wasn't Bernie borned or raised in Quebec. I think it was Bouchard who raised the point about a NATIVE son, as in Quebecer, becoming premier of NB, but only after he was elected.
If the truth be know, I think you will find Quebec has plans to annex NB seeing how it is the only OFFICIAL bilingual province in Canada.
Charlie! Perhaps you can deck Boiseclaire like you did that goof in the military who said that Acadians weren't really French! LOL.
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