tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261221.post994160853153625720..comments2020-02-17T09:03:08.400-03:30Comments on Our Place in Canada - The Newfoundland Experiment: Diamonds and Perils - 60 years CanadianBornandBredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02621175900522933856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261221.post-79498464086932698452009-04-21T22:12:00.000-02:302009-04-21T22:12:00.000-02:30You are confusing the timing of the "celebration" ...You are confusing the timing of the "celebration" (after 1:15 PM on April 1st so as not to be on April Fools, which expires then) with the actual time of union, "just before Midnight" on March 31st. Think GANDER.Benniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11906626324251422560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261221.post-43667095469003478772009-04-07T17:09:00.000-02:302009-04-07T17:09:00.000-02:30Bennie. No profile info, no blog. I'll assume yo...Bennie. No profile info, no blog. I'll assume you are a fresh newbie and truly interested so I'll give you a response on that assumption.<BR/><BR/>"If Newfoundlander's really knew" but then you fail to tell readers what we should really know? Not the best way to carry on a conversation in a blog comments thread, so if you have a point make it right off the bat. Wally's style of baiting doesn't lend itself to fruitful discussion.<BR/><BR/>Did JR push the signing ahead a day with a consideration of April 1 being April Fools day? Of course common documentation saying this is so neither proves nor disproves. But as a matter of my opinion I give it credence. I guess I would think that in their shoes it would have to have been at least a passing thought. I do give the sources that state this to be the case some credibility, "Politics in Newfoundland" from 1971 as an example. Or perhaps you are simply giving your own credibility to the idea that April 1 being the beginning of the fiscal year was the only consideration at that time.<BR/><BR/>Either way if you have a point to make do it. Don't wait for me to carry on a conversation with you in the comments section.<BR/><BR/>I was not at the signing in 1949 but perhaps you were? If so I'd love to buy you a drink.BornandBredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621175900522933856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261221.post-2460942134724700032009-04-07T10:55:00.000-02:302009-04-07T10:55:00.000-02:30Newfoundland was not brought into Canada on March ...Newfoundland was not brought into Canada on March 31st to avoid April Fools. Enough of fairy tales! There was a very good reason why it had to happen prior to April 1st. If Newfoundlanders really knew their history instead of the sanctioned "heritage" nonsense, they would know.Benniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11906626324251422560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261221.post-48271034919619230642009-04-01T23:54:00.000-02:302009-04-01T23:54:00.000-02:30The battle to hold Canada to the commitment of Ter...<B>The battle to hold Canada to the commitment of Term 29 was lost. </B><BR/><BR/>How do you figure?WJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.com