Michael Temelini: Not a Separatist

Michael Temelini is not a separatist. Michael Temelini says so, so it must be true.

He has, however, assimilated the Newfoundland-o-centric nationalist mindset, and quickly become just as geographically ignorant as any Townie Newfoundland nationalist-cum-separatist:

Two weeks ago some of my comments regarding the future of Newfoundland and Labrador were featured in the pages of The Independent (‘Is there a better way?’ by Katie Hyslop).

I offered various suggestions and possibilities to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
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Perhaps for guidance we could look to other neighbouring island states, nations, and territories. For example, with only a fraction of our population and resources, Iceland is a developed sovereign state.

Whatever Newfoundland and Labrador is, when 72% of its landmass is contained in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador is not an island. Hence, the comparison to "other islands" is meaningless. Repeat: Newfoundland and Labrador is not an island.

So, when are the Newfoundland nationalists and crypto-separatists, the media types, and the supposed academics at our supposedly provincial university going to start comparing Labrador to, say, Yukon or Nunavut?

Compare islands to islands all you want, but remember that Labrador, and the province as a whole, do not fit neatly into that deceptively attractive, and dubious, comparison.