tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post4332313539616899992..comments2023-10-31T12:06:47.591-03:00Comments on labradore: Overactive imaginationWJMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-6229720004560662272009-07-28T07:45:55.066-03:002009-07-28T07:45:55.066-03:00And to really drive home the foolishness of McGrat...And to really drive home the foolishness of McGrath and his little myth factory, there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that Smallwood ever sought to have the powered wheeled, at all.<br /><br />The claim, contained in one story by Cabot Martin about a conversation he supposedly had with Smallwood before his death, and conveniently made publicly only after Smallwood was dead and buried, claims that Smallwood was going to ask Ottawa to assist by building a federal powrer corridor through Quebec. <br /><br />According to the fable, Smallwood didn't ask when Pearson pointed out that there would be huge political consequences for the country.<br /><br />The only problem is that there is no independent corroboration for the story. There is nothing anywhere else on the public record that suggests that any such exchange took place. To the contrary, it would appear that Smallwood merely used the threat of such a request under what is now 92(10)(A) - if memory serves - to try and get a better deal with Quebec.<br /><br />There is - however - a huge difference between a story McGrath repeats (and cocks up in the repetition anyways) and an actual event.Edward Holletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152397042408814142noreply@blogger.com