Globe columnist slags 'deadbeat' Williams
ST. JOHN'S — A Globe and Mail columnist has written a scathing condemnation of Premier Danny Williams' handling of the offshore revenue dispute.
Margaret Wente, the Globe's featured columnist on its opinion page, says Williams has gone too far in his demands with the federal government.
Margaret Wente
"Mr. Williams reminds me of a deadbeat brother-in-law who's hit you up for money a few times too often," Wente writes in the Globe's Jan. 6 edition.
"He's been sleeping on the couch for years, and now he's got the nerve to complain that it's too lumpy."
Wente, who describes Newfoundland and Labrador as "probably the most vast and scenic welfare ghetto in the world," says Williams is trying to "pick the pockets" of other Canadians.
"Maybe we can strike a deal," Wente writes. "You can keep all the oil and gas revenues. And you can pay us back all the money we've sent you since Confederation."
A box on the Globe's front page promoting Wente's column says "Newfoundlanders need to stop biting the hand that feeds them."
Williams dismissed the criticism.
"It's those kinds of comments that really bite at the heart of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians," he says.
ST. JOHN'S — A Globe and Mail columnist has written a scathing condemnation of Premier Danny Williams' handling of the offshore revenue dispute.
Margaret Wente, the Globe's featured columnist on its opinion page, says Williams has gone too far in his demands with the federal government.
Margaret Wente
"Mr. Williams reminds me of a deadbeat brother-in-law who's hit you up for money a few times too often," Wente writes in the Globe's Jan. 6 edition.
"He's been sleeping on the couch for years, and now he's got the nerve to complain that it's too lumpy."
Wente, who describes Newfoundland and Labrador as "probably the most vast and scenic welfare ghetto in the world," says Williams is trying to "pick the pockets" of other Canadians.
"Maybe we can strike a deal," Wente writes. "You can keep all the oil and gas revenues. And you can pay us back all the money we've sent you since Confederation."
A box on the Globe's front page promoting Wente's column says "Newfoundlanders need to stop biting the hand that feeds them."
Williams dismissed the criticism.
"It's those kinds of comments that really bite at the heart of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians," he says.