Fixing Newfoundland’s fiscal problem requires long-term vision

With Jackson Doughart

Ferryland district MHA Keith Hutchings wrote in a letter to The Telegram recently, “It is time … to challenge the federal government on our province’s share of equalization.” (“Why isn’t the government demanding equalization?” Nov. 14).

In his opinion, accepting that Newfoundland and Labrador is currently ineligible for equalization …