Quote of the day

"We are an island province."

- Norm Doyle, MP, St. John's-whatever-it's-called-now, speaking today to his own House of Commons motion on building a fixed link "to Labrador".

FLASHBACK:

"Mr. Norman Doyle (St. John's East, PC): Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Saint John. I would like to say a few words in the transportation debate. Coming from an island province, transportation is very important to us and is always uppermost in our minds.

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The problem, again, is that Newfoundland is an island province with a very small population."

- Norm Doyle, MP, St. John's-whatever-it-was-called-then, May 30, 2000.