Two Months...and not a word!!!
Well it has been two months since I have met with Mr. Peter Noel ( Principal Assistant to the Premier. Premier Williams told Linda Swain on VOCM's nightline that he would meet with me and accept my letter etc... When I got to his office, I met with his assistant as I was informed that the Premier was out of the office (despite the very polite secretary answering the phone and putting the person on the line to the Premier's phone while I was sitting in the lovely leather chairs in the office while admiring the very expensive artwork).
Since we have been two months without a response, it is time to kick things into gear again. Yesterday a supporter of our cause (MHA Judy Foote) mentioned in an article on www.vocm.com that 300 people have left the community of Burgeo since CHRISTMAS!! Surely this sort of out-migration must alarm the Premier and his caucus...
And lastly...wouldn't all of you borrowers like to know if the MHAs that have mismanaged their constituency allowances have to pay back their money WITH interest? I mean...I pay $8.40 every day in interest on money I APPLIED for and BORROWED in order to get an education and contribute to the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador...surely politicians who wrongly spend taxpayers dollars should not only have to pay back the money...but what about the INTEREST??
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Since we have been two months without a response, it is time to kick things into gear again. Yesterday a supporter of our cause (MHA Judy Foote) mentioned in an article on www.vocm.com that 300 people have left the community of Burgeo since CHRISTMAS!! Surely this sort of out-migration must alarm the Premier and his caucus...
And lastly...wouldn't all of you borrowers like to know if the MHAs that have mismanaged their constituency allowances have to pay back their money WITH interest? I mean...I pay $8.40 every day in interest on money I APPLIED for and BORROWED in order to get an education and contribute to the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador...surely politicians who wrongly spend taxpayers dollars should not only have to pay back the money...but what about the INTEREST??
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posted by Travis | 1/11/2007 03:51:00 AM
3 Comments:
Hey Travis...interesting that you still haven't heard anything. I had a thought today. The only way we can get anything done re: student debt is to make it worth the leaders' while. If there were a movement afoot to ensure that all of us who are paying student debt would give our word that we will vote in the next election (don't have to commit to a particular party), that would give us strength in numbers. The key would be to find out how many of us there are and find a way to get in touch with every one of them. Just a thought. Let me know what you think.
Darrell
Just read this in the state of the Province address.
My Government also began working with students and graduates to identify the best measures to address high student debt loads and will be announcing a new initiative in this year’s Budget.
http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2007/exec/0424n03.htm
Sounds like something is in the pipe.
Good for people to know.
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