SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: It is a source of deep and abiding satisfaction to my Government that these measures are bearing Bruit

In My Address to this Honourable House on February 28, 1994, I reaffirmed the strong commitment of My Government to the development and implementation of a Strategic Social Plan

While the urgency of present circumstances dictates that priority must be given to the economic challenges facing the Province, My Government remains firmly committed to addressing

While the recent election provided my Government with a general mandate to continue its policy of managing the financial affairs of the Province in a responsible manner, it also gave

In this regard, My Government believes that Canada has a national identity more than the sum of its parts; that every citizen is equal to every other citizen; that every province

As the biggest business and largest employer in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Government itself will be decentralized to the extent that it is feasible and appropriate,

It gives me a great deal of pleasure, therefore, to inform this Honourable House that my Government signed an agreement with respect to the offshore with

Having said that, My Government will further take a position that we must have a Canada wherein each Province is given the means and powers to control, to an appropriate level,

My Government has underway an extensive resource development program and this program will be accelerated during the coming year, so that resource development can, as quickly