Straining to restrain

Early on Thursday afternoon, Premier Paul Davis, and whoever the Finance Minister is, went before the legislative gallery to announce hiring and spending freezes:

#Newfoundland and #Labrador Premier Paul Davis announces spending freeze, hiring restrictions in response to falling oil prices. #NLpoli
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) November 27, 2014

Within two hours, their own party was happily stomping all over the "restraint" message track, because nothing says restraint quite like tooting your own spending: