Whatever they have to tell themselves (II)

Our Dear Premier, in paraphrased conservation with a Quebec-based newspaper:

Williams said reaching the tentative New Dawn agreement with the Labrador Innu in September brings the province one step closer to making the project a reality.

Mr. Kelly, in the Bow-Wow Parliament:

MR. KELLY: Agreement with the Innu means the Lower Churchill development is in full steam ahead with lots of momentum, Mr. Speaker.

ODP, in his year-end interview with CBC Here and Now, speaking of the so-called Lower Churchill development:

2009, 2010, it could be a year either way... if it's going to happen, it'll happen.

In Our Dear Speech from the Throne in 2007, We were quite definitive:

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro already developed, on My Government’s behalf, a comprehensive Lower Churchill project execution plan to achieve a project sanction date by 2009 and first power by 2015.

In 2008? Not so much:

My Government will build on the other outstanding successes of 2007 in the coming year by advancing a broad array of energy initiatives that will include:

progressing the Lower Churchill project development plan toward project sanction and first power

This corner's prediction?

"Project sanction" will, for a variety of reasons, be delayed until the next election year.

And the project so sanctioned will still not get built.