We must confuse our traducers!

Steve Kent, the teenager who would be Premier, is doing his bit to stamp out dissent, especially while CRA is in the field. From the Sunday Telegram:

I would like to respond to Lucia Salazar's letter to the editor, headlined "Tourism ads a waste of money," Feb. 13.

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In the past four years, non-resident visitors to this province have increased by about 15 per cent, contributing approximately $365 million annually to the provincial coffers. The total resident and non-resident tourism industry contributes about $840 million to the provincial economy each year.

Steve, boy wonder: "Provincial coffers" <> "provincial economy". Similarly, "Mount Pearl coffers" <> "Mount Pearl economy". See?

And yes, the Provincialist Communists, especially, among others, are kinda hazy on the distinction.

The psychological and political concatenation of the economy and the government treasury, is a large part of the reason the provincial economy has long lagged behind the rest of the country.

Perhaps Mr. Kent would like to try again.