Tuesday, 17 March 2015

And Northland might just be in Chretien's Quebec

Quebec...Northland...
“For 25 years, the people of Lac-St.-Jean and Chicoutimi were promised roads by the former Jonquière MP [Lucien Bouchard, former head of the Bloc Quebecois]. Now that they have a Liberal MP, they have hope.”
That was Jean Chretien, 2002.

Today:
Osborne, who has risen from electorate treasurer to potential MP in just weeks, even warned a flagship National roading project to extend State Highway 1 as a motorway further into Northland, could be derailed if Peters beat him.
"If the people of Northland want the Puhoi to Wellsford motorway extension, which is vital to open up Northland to our biggest market . . . if we want that, there's only one choice, and that's to vote for me," Osborne said.
If he lost the by-election there was a "real risk" the road might not go ahead.
Surely the PM will clear this up and confirm that his candidate really didn't mean what it sounds like he meant.