By the numbers

Revenue from Mining Taxes and Royalties budgeted by the Government of Newfoundland and Somethingoranother for the single fiscal year 2007-08: $270-million. [Source]

Somethingoranother's share of the Newfoundland and Somethingoranother mining industry: 98%. [Source]

What 98% of $270-million works out to: $264.6-million.

Total value of the much-touted Northern Strategic Plan for Somethingoranother, over five years: "over $250-million."