Posture

We won't bend our knee:

“He’s making statements … on behalf of Newfoundland and Labrador: we have to be good boys and girls or we won’t get anything from the federal government and we really should come in on bended knee and beg for what we’re supposed to get." (December 2007)

And we won't go cap in hand:

We must send a loud and clear message to those in Ottawa that Newfoundland and Labrador is no longer prepared to be the poor cousin of Confederation. We don’t have our cap in hand anymore. (September 2007)

But we'll bow down to anybody:

Yes, we have settled the nurses. Are you trying to get my goat because we bowed down? I will bow down to anybody if we want to get an agreement. This is about getting an agreement and bringing good health care to the people of the Province; not playing cheap, dirty politics like you do. Holier than thou, the Member for Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi!

Proud. Strong. Determined. Bowed. The Future Is Ours.