Liberal cost-cutting 101

So the Ball Liberal government plans to breakup Nalcor into its component parts, which are essentially Newfoundland Hydro and its oil and gas division.

This, of course, is a reverse consolidation exercise — consolidation being the exercise that is used to reduce overheads and costs.

This philosophy falls neatly into line with the Ball government’s aversion to cutting government costs. As evidence of this aversion to cost cutting, I offer the ludicrous nolayoff clause in the latest government capitulation to NAPE.

This government has shown both inventive and classic methods of spending tax payers’ money. In the inventive category I place the highly unpopular contract with NAPE.

The classic method is the one presently being rolled out with the breakup of Nalcor. Not only will it cost us more money in overheads, but it has the added advantage of providing a yaffle of new patronage appointments for failed liberal candidates and other party hangers-on.

Way to go Dwight.

The Liberal strategy on display should go a long way to providing an abundance of failed Liberal candidates after the next election.

My advice to them, however, is to brush up their resume’s since I suspect appointments will be scarce.

Barry Imhoff St. John’s