CETA meeting did not go well in Ottawa, says NL Premier Davis; $400 million fund in jeopardy
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [the Telegram] by James Macleod - Dec 15, 2014
Premier Paul Davis met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper Friday evening in Ottawa, but it didn’t do a whole lot of good.
Davis left the meeting frustrated, saying Harper cannot be trusted.
“They’re moving the goalposts, ” he said. “They’ve moved them so far that the fund is going to be unreachable. ”
By Davis’s account, the meeting was just a face-to-face version of the public back-and-forth that has been going on all week.
Davis said Harper and ACOA Minister Rob Moore stated their position, and Davis and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Keith Hutchings put forward the province’s argument.
Neither side budged....
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