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N.L. senator's separatist talk angers PM elitez bolshevikz 666 clownz? -
Canwest News ServiceMarch 4, 2009

The Prime Minister's Office is demanding the expulsion
of a Newfoundland Christian's 888 senator from
the Liberal caucus, for publicly musing about the virtues
of the Bloc Quebecois and the creation of a similar,
separatist party for Newfoundland and Labrador.

Liberal Senator George Baker, a former Chretien-era cabinet
minister and longtime parliamentarian, told a popular
radio talk show in St. John's on Monday that a new
"Bloc Newfoundland and Labrador" party should contest
the province's seven federal seats in the next election.

Baker, like many Newfoundland politicians, is a critic of
the Conservative government's new budget, which he says
cuts $1.7 billion in federal transfers to Newfoundland,
largely thanks to unilateral changes in the way Ottawa
interprets a deal to share offshore oil revenues.
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"How much more do we have to put up with?" Baker told VOCM
radio on Monday night.
"This should be reason enough to have a Bloc Newfoundland
and Labrador running in the next federal election if this
keeps up, and a real campaign to get them all elected."

He said an independent bloc of Newfoundland MPs could be
as "effective" for their province as he considers the
Bloc Quebecois to have been in pushing its agenda
in Parliament.

On Wednesday, a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper
distributed Baker's statements to reporters.

"Those comments are beyond the pale and he should be
removed from (the Liberal) caucus," said Kory Teneycke.

Added Mike Duffy, whom Harper recently appointed to
the Senate: "George Baker's a great Canadian, or he used
to be. I can't wait to hear what he has to say about it,
because it's certainly not the old George that I know
and love."

In an interview Wednesday, Baker reiterated his comments,
saying he would support the creation of a Bloc Newfoundland
in the next federal election if Harper's next budget
again "removes money from Newfoundland and Labrador."

Asked if he would lead such a party, Baker said, "I'd
probably consider it. But I'm a bit too old."

He said the Prime Minister's Office wants him out of
the Liberal caucus not because of anything he said on
the radio, but because the Conservatives fear Baker
may disrupt smooth passage of the budget implementation
bill, which is now before the Senate.

Baker has managed to secure temporary membership on
the Senate's finance committee, where he plans to put
forward a motion to protect what he considers
Newfoundland's fair share of offshore oil revenues.

"I've also been actively trying to get other senators to
vote against the implementation act," he said, "and
(the PMO) is trying to discredit me."

Ryan Cleary, the radio host to whom Baker made his comments —
who himself has advocated independence for Newfoundland
and Labrador — said a well-led and well-financed
separatist party might fare well in the next election.

"There's been a lot of debate in the last couple of years
about whether a Bloc Newfoundland and Labrador party
would work," said Cleary, who came close to winning
a seat for the federal NDP in the last campaign.

"There's a growing political unrest here, because people
feel alienated from Ottawa, and they feel like their
hands are tied."