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Do the right thing.


6:15 tonight.



I hope the vote will be on CPAC or something. That's when we will see if any Nova Scotia or Newfoundland and Labrador MPs will be voting against the budget implementation bill. We know Bill Casey will be voting against it, but I can hardly wait to see what Gerald Keddy and especially, Peter Mackay will do. It promises to make for another contentious Hotline tomorrow. We know what they should do, don't we?


Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams called us this morning to start the show. As Rick mused, how is Danny Williams cool with our show, and yet, we can't get our Premier to talk about the single biggest issue this year? Believe me, we tried. Joe Gillis, to his credit, called me back to say "Not today". He said he would try for later in the week. We know he is not the person standing in the way of the Premier coming on the show and to that person I say: "GET OVER IT".


So, I've just confirmed it - Paul McDaniel is leaving as the head of Metro Transit. He was a great guy! Apparently, he wants to be closer to his family in B-C, which is totally understandable. He was always great to have on the Hotline because he wanted to hear the negative comments. He thought by hearing them, he could make changes. It was so refreshing! So all the best to Paul and hopefully we can get him on the show one last time before he heads out west. Big thanks to Tim for calling us and giving us the tip on that one.


Be sure to check out QP today if you have a chance. Starts at 3pm with some opening insights from Don Newman. They only show 1/2 of QP on Newsworld, then you can flip over to CPAC for the rest of it. Should be especially fiery today, especially with all the Premiers accusing the PM of tearing apart the federation. The gall though, the arrogance....Harper telling us to sue the government for breaking the Atlantic Accord. David Grey of Newsworld says they will be carrying the budget vote live. I might do some live blogging then too. To the Conservative MPs of NS, I, and all the Hotline listeners implore you: DO THE RIGHT THING!


Thank God this story finally went national. Thank God for Bill Casey.


More tomorrow....of course!


Cheers,


Amber