Tom Rideout is a liar

No fancy verbal tricks, prolixity, or pompous punctuation this time.

Just this:

When Tom Rideout says "the provincial government has not broken any promises", he is not being truthful.

Danny Williams promised, in writing:

• A Progressive Conservative government will acknowledge that the decision in the Powley case applies to Metis in Newfoundland and Labrador, and will par ticipate with specific rights affirmed in the Powley decision and other rights protected under s. 35 of the Constitution.

• We will work in partnership with the Metis people of Labrador to promote and strengthen Metis communities and culture, and to ensure the Metis and all residents of Labrador share in the benefits that accrue from the development of Labrador resources.

• We will involve the Labrador Metis Nation, as we will representatives of all residents of Labrador, in the process of negotiating a Lower Churchill Development Agreement.

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Danny Williams was not being truthful when he made those promises.

He lied.

And Tom Rideout is not being truthful when he revises history and defends Chairman's own history of broken promises and lies.

Tom Rideout has lied.

Not for the first time.

And probably not for the last.

If we can't accept at face value the promise of our Premier, then who can?

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

Et cetera.