The lack of applause will be noted in your Purple File

Kathy Blunderdale is very disappointed that you won't make some noise:

The steady progress towards the start of the project is evident in the substantial progress on preliminary engineering, aboriginal agreements, environmental assessment and, in the last week, the request for proposals for engineering consultants as well as the benefits strategy.

I would have expected both the opposition and The Telegram to applaud the release of information on this important project for the people of the province.

Not for the first time does Danny Williams-Government expect such a rapturous welcome. When He announced the Hebron deal three years ago, Fearless Leader Himself excused Himself from any need to bring it before the Legislature, saying that the opposition parties, "would probably carry the government in on their shoulders and pass it with a blink."

Minister Blunderdale also defends herself against allegations that last week's imaginary Lower Churchill announcement was mere bumpf. In fact, she claims, with hilarious consequences, that it was made with the following high principles in mind:

Our government remains committed to openness and transparency and will continue to inform residents in a timely and responsible manner.

Again thinking back to the Hebron announcement, not only did Our government, committed as it is to openness, transparancy, and informing residents in a timely and responsible manner, fail to bring the deal before the legislature, Dear Leader, Mr. Accountability Himself, "jokingly" warned a reporter not to stand too close what he termed "a secret document".