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Old Posted Apr 3, 2013, 1:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Copes View Post
I think that we should be planning ahead, not playing catchup.
The old people in charge here are still the ones who thought we had to join Canada or we'd starve to death. Their entire identity was formed in an era when we were told we couldn't be anything more than what the mainland's generosity could afford us.

It doesn't surprise me at all that they still follow, still underestimate. I'm guilty of it sometimes myself.

For them, second-rate mainland is a WONDERFUL step up for St. John's.
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