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Some Day the Sun Will Shine and Have Not Will Be No More

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by Brian Peckford


  House of Commons, 95 , 175 , 235 , 257 , 233

  Housing Corporation, 117 , 305

  Howe, Joseph, 259

  Hull, Davis, 101 , 109

  Hydro Quebec, 198 , 326

  IBM, 19 , 24

  Iceland, 184

  Independent, 205

  Indian Burying Place, 102

  Indian Harbour, 66 , 75 , 178

  Institut Canadien des Affaires Publiques, 324

  Integrated School, 104

  International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF), 185

  International Woodworkers of America (IWA), 107 , 108

  Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), 326 , 327

  IWA strike, 108

  Jackson, Lin, 159 , 238

  Jamieson, Don, 33 , 139 , 317 -321

  Jarvis Collegiate, 20

  Jennifer Dawn, 84 , 85 , 88

  Joe Glodes Pond, 145

  John Penny, 172

  Joron, Guy, 199

  Journal, The, 223

  Joyce, Randy, 251 , 256

  Kendell, Tom, 202

  King’s Point, 103 , 112

  Kirby, Michael, 323 , 324

  Knight, Barbara, 151

  Knight, C. S., 39

  Kruger Inc., 171 , 172

  La Poile, 207 , 209 , 210 , 238

  La Scie, 40 -43, 45 , 178

  Labouchere, Henry, 181

  Labrador, xi, 35 , 56 , 66 , 87 , 120 , 124 , 125 , 140 , 156 , 161 , 162 , 178 , 179 , 183 , 194 , 195 , 197 , 200 , 205 , 206 , 304 , 305

  Labrador City, 122 , 326 , 327

  Labrador Coast, 10 , 54 , 55 , 62 , 66 , 72 , 76 , 237

  Labrador nickel mine, 162

  Labrador Resource and Transportation plan, 162

  LaJeune, Henriette, 5

  Lake Champlain, 325

  Lake Group, 172

  Lalonde, Marc, 215 , 218 , 219 , 226 , 228 , 229

  Lashinger, John, 137

  Law of the Sea talks, 188 , 192

  Leaside Gardens, 20

  Leeson, Howard, 254 , 256 , 261 , 263 , 273 -275

  Leonard Morse Hospital Training School for Nurses, 13

  Lévesque, René, 200 , 205 , 255 , 256 , 260 , 306 , 322 , 324 -326

  Lewisporte, xi, 7 , 14 -16, 26 -28, 45 , 127 , 309

  Lewisporte Central School, 35

  Liberal District Association, 97

  Liberal leadership campaign, 107

  Liberal Party of Canada, 123 , 158 , 222 , 223 , 233 -235, 312 , 320 , 328

  Liberal Party of Newfoundland, xii , 92 , 97 -107, 123 , 136 , 139 , 142 , 158 , 192 , 195 , 208 , 214 , 231 , 295 , 296 , 299 , 300 , 309 , 310 , 312 , 315 , 319

  Lion’s Den, 4

  Lipsett, Barry, 151

  Little Bay, 104 , 106

  Little Bay Islands, 106

  Little Heart’s Ease, 1

  Lloyd’s River, 210

  Locke’s Cove, 4

  London, 173 , 175 , 181 , 196

  Long Island, 106

  Lost Country, The, 3

  Lougheed, Peter, 147 , 176 , 255 -257, 259 , 262 , 271 , 274 , 280 , 326

  Louisbourg, 5 , 6

  Lower Churchill, 122 , 125 , 155 , 159 , 199 , 200 , 203 -205, 301 , 306 , 325

  Lushes Bight, 106

  Lyon, Sterling R., 260 , 270

  MacLean, Angus J., 271

  Maclean’s, 215

  Manitoba, 175 , 176 , 260 , 263 , 270 , 272 , 281

  Manuel, Roy, 98

  Margaree Valley, Cape Breton, 5 , 17

  Marine Institute, 161 , 292 , 293

  Marshall, Bill, 136 , 137 , 150 -152, 169 , 215 , 218 , 222 , 226 , 228 , 230 , 235 , 245 , 298 , 307 , 329

  Marston, Dr. Geoffrey, 202

  Martin, Cabot, 122 , 126 , 138 , 151 , 202 , 211 , 253 , 259 , 261 , 281 , 294

  Martin, Leonard, 202

  Mary’s Harbour, 54 , 55 , 62 , 63 , 66 , 68 , 69 , 71 , 75

  Marystown, 7 -9, 11 , 12 , 14 , 81 , 172 , 178 , 291 , 300

  Masefield, John, 210

  Masse, Marcel, 240

  Matthews, Queen, 101

  Mays, Willie, 12

  McDonald, Barron, 98

  McEvoy, John B., 184

  McKay, Elmer, 233

  McKay, Peter, 233

  McMurtry, Roy, 252 , 259 , 263 , 272 , 274 , 275 , 280

  Meech Lake Accord, 328

  Meekison, Peter, 255 , 256 , 261 , 263 , 273 -275

  Melrose, 140 , 141

  Memorial University of Newfoundland, 15 , 30 , 91 , 243 , 244 , 309 , 317 , 320

  Mercer, Keith, 202

  Mercier, Gerald, 260

  Miles Cove, 104 , 105

  Millan, Steve M., 122 , 126 , 211

  Milltown, 123

  Mobil, 240

  Moncton, 189

  Montreal, 228 , 229 , 254 , 302 , 306 , 319 , 326 , 328

  Moores, Frank, 98 , 100 , 128 , 142 , 185 , 200 , 201 , 210 , 249 , 296 , 301 -309, 317

  Morris, Edmund, 259 , 263

  Morris, Patrick, 183

  Morrisville, 123

  Morton, Ted, 254 , 271 , 272 , 276 , 278 , 280

  Mount Pearl, 117

  Mu Upsilon Nu, 34

  Mulroney, Brian, 149 , 151 , 199 , 213 , 232 , 233 , 235 , 237 , 240 , 326 -329

  Murden, Gerry, 97

  Murphy, John, 231

  Murphy Oil, 240

  Murphy, Rex, 34 , 35

  Muskrat Falls, 159 , 197

  National Post, 254 , 271 , 272 , 276 , 278 , 280

  National Sea, 172

  Near, Harry, 151

  New Brunswick, 175 , 189 , 252 , 260 , 263 , 264 , 270 , 273 , 281

  New Democratic Party, 329

  New Gower Street, 96 , 97 , 296

  New World Island, 296

  New Zealand, 182

  Newfoundland and Labrador Development Corporation (NLDC), 163 -166

  Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, 122 , 123 , 160 , 198 , 204 , 215

  Newfoundland and Labrador Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC), 162

  Newfoundland Association of Public Employees (NAPE), 160

  Newfoundland Court of Appeal, 175 , 202 , 203 , 220 , 233 , 246

  Newfoundland Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), 243 , 367

  Newfoundland Savings Bond program, 162

  Newman, Peter, 215

  Nickerson Group, 172

  Nippers Harbour, 99 , 102 , 103 , 209

  Nolasco, Sister, 34

  Nordco, 183 , 185 -187

  Norris, David, 151 , 294

  North Atlantic Fishery Organization (NAFO), 323

  Norway, 184

  Nova Scotia, 5 , 20 , 22 , 175 , 177 , 220 , 224 -227, 231 -233, 238 , 252 , 259 , 262 , 263 , 270 , 281

  NTV, 317

  O’Flaherty, Patrick, 3

  Oake, David, 294

  Oderin Island, 10 , 11

  Ontario, 139 , 157 , 175 , 205 , 213 , 241 , 242 , 252 , 259 , 263 , 270 , 273 , 281

  Opposition, 33 , 136 , 142 , 158 , 181 , 206 , 214 , 226 , 297 , 309 , 312 , 319 , 320

  Osborne, David, 202

  Ottawa, 88 , 98 , 117 -119, 157 , 184 , 190 -192, 199 , 228 , 229 , 232 , 246 , 252 , 256 , 265 , 272 , 273 , 275 , 286 , 297 , 300 -302, 308 , 312 , 314 , 318 , 319 , 321 , 323

  Ottenheimer, Gerald, 136 , 215 , 220 , 252 , 259 , 261 , 263 , 281 , 298

  Paddon, Anthony, 320

  Parade Street, 30

  Paris, 126 , 190 , 313 , 316

  Parliament Street, 24 , 26

  Parsons, Harold, 98

  Parti Québécois, 206

  Patriation Agreement, 177 , 251 -253, 281

  Peckford, Carol, 144

  Peckford, Joseph, 1 -4

  Peddle, Ambrose, 17

  Peddle, W. J., 1

  Penney, Ronald G., 151 , 277

  Peters, Madeline, 101

  Petro-Canada, 167 , 211

  Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 126

  Petten, Frank, 298

  Pilley’s Island, 106 , 194 , 196

 
Pittman, Wesley, 194 , 196

  Placentia Bay, 8 , 10 , 12 , 42 , 140 , 312 , 313

  Pleasantville, 5 , 17

  Ploughman, Burford, 203 , 204

  Point La Haye, 2 , 3

  Pointe Riche, 180

  Port Anson, 104

  Port au Port District Association, 133 -135

  Port aux Basques, 1 , 161 , 209 , 210

  Port aux Basques Progressive Conservative Association, 209

  Port Hope Simpson, 56

  Port Saunders, 136

  Port Union, 140

  Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY), 204

  Pratt, Christopher, 199 , 311

  Prince Edward Island (PEI), 156 , 175 , 177 , 252 , 259 , 260 , 262 , 271 , 273 , 281

  Privy Council, 206

  Probyn, Stephen, 151

  Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, 17 , 147 , 190 , 232 -234, 297 , 298 , 327 , 328

  Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland, 9 , 48 , 96 , 98 -104, 106 , 107 , 110 , 112 , 123 , 131 , 133 , 134 , 136 , 140 , 145 , 158 , 159 , 197 , 209 , 298 , 300 , 302 , 307 , 312

  Prole, George, 102

  Protestant faith, 8 , 9 , 14 , 104

  Prowse, D. W., 178

  Public Tender Act, 307 , 308

  Pye, Ken, 66

  Pyramid Head, 80

  Qualicum Beach, BC, 285

  Quebec, 35 , 125 , 159 , 174 -177, 197 -200, 202 , 204 -206, 241 , 252 , 260 , 263 , 281 , 306 , 322 , 324 , 325

  Quebec City, 199 , 206

  Queen Elizabeth II, 312

  Quidi Vidi Village, 5

  Ramea, 172

  Random Island, 1 , 18

  Rattling Brook, 103 , 112 , 113

  Representative Government, 180 , 213

  Republican Party (USA), 14

  Responsible Government, 180 , 181 , 213

  Revenue Canada, 110 , 111

  Rice, Lewis, 1

  Rideau Canal, 184

  Riverdale Zoo, 20

  Robert’s Arm, 106 , 107

  Roberts, Edward, 33

  Robertson, Gordon, 323

  Roche, Sandy, 249

  Roddickton, 87 , 136 , 161

  Rolfe, Ford, 98 , 99

  Romanow, Roy, 252 , 259 , 263 , 272 -275, 279 , 280

  Ross, David, 5

  Ross, James, 5 , 6

  Ross, Thomas E., 6

  Ross, Victoria, 5

  Rough Harbour, 80

  Round Harbour, 43 , 102

  Rousseau, Joseph, 115 , 116

  Rowe, Frederick, 116

  Rowe, Harold, 116

  Royal Commission on Employment and Unemployment, 164

  Royal Navy, 195 , 196

  Rural Development Council, 126

  Ryan, Frank, 130 , 133 , 137 , 139 , 249 , 297

  St. Alban’s, 123

  St. Anthony, 136

  St. John’s, x, 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 7 -9, 11 , 13 , 14 , 17 -19, 43 -45, 57 , 65 , 76 , 87 , 94 , 96 -98, 101 , 108 , 111 , 114 , 117 , 118 , 129 , 136 , 137 , 139 , 140 , 161 , 179 , 182 , 184 , 200 , 216 , 228 , 231 , 239 , 243 , 249 , 251 , 273 , 275 , 298 , 300 , 310 , 318 -320, 345 , 347

  St. Lawrence, 122 , 318

  St. Lewis Bay, 54 , 66 , 69 , 70 , 73

  St. Mary’s Bay, 2 , 3

  St. Michaels Bay, 63

  St. Patrick’s, 104

  Sandy Hook, 57 , 58 , 178

  Saskatchewan, 156 , 175 , 177 , 252 -254, 256 , 259 , 261 -263, 271 -273, 281 , 322

  School of Social Work, 19

  Shaheen, John, 311 -313, 315 -317

  Sheppard, Doug, 98

  Sheppard, Robert, 253 , 288

  Shoe Cove, 102

  Signal Hill, 237

  Simmons, Roger, 91

  Sir Richard Squires Building, 170 , 172 , 309

  Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, 161

  Sisters of Mercy, 8

  Smallwood, Joseph R., xii , 16 , 30 , 31 , 42 , 68 , 92 -98, 100 , 102 -105, 107 , 116 , 121 , 136 , 167 , 183 , 184 , 193 , 195 , 197 , 208 , 209 , 213 , 295 -297, 300 , 305 , 307 , 309 -317

  Smith, Mel, 256 , 261 , 263 , 273 -275

  Snook’s Arm, 43 , 99 , 102

  Snug Harbour, 178

  South Brook, 97 , 102 , 104

  Southern Shore, 1 , 179

  Spracklin, Lorne, 211 , 294

  Springdale, 48 , 91 , 92 , 98 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 107 , 109 , 237 , 303

  Square Islands, 56 , 57 , 178

  Squires, Richard, 170 , 172 , 184 , 309 , 315 , 316

  Stagg, Fred, 135 , 249

  Starkes, Harold, 99

  Status of Women Advisory Council, 161

  Stephenville, 134 , 135 , 171

  Stephenville linerboard mill, 305

  Strait of Belle Isle, 205

  Sullivan, Des, 249

  Sunday Cove Island, 104 , 105

  Supreme Court of Canada, 175 , 176 , 191 , 202 , 203 , 220 , 221 , 233 , 237 , 253 , 254 , 281 , 286 , 287

  Supreme Court of Newfoundland, 129 , 220 -224

  Swift Current, 318

  Tellier, Paul, 151 , 229

  Temperance Street, 4

  Terms of Union, 121 , 155 , 175 , 179 , 234

  Teron, Bill, 118 -120

  Terry Fox Memorial, 4 , 237

  Thistle, Jim, 151 , 294

  Thistle, Sandy, 1 , 2

  Tilt Cove, 43 , 102

  Tobin, Brian, 188

  Toronto Stock Exchange, 191

  Treasury Board, 116 , 127

  Treaty of Utrecht, 180

  Treaty of Versailles, 180 , 182

  Trepassey, 1

  Trinity, 140 , 301

  Trinity Bay, 140

  Triton, 106 -108, 127

  Trudeau, Pierre, 118 , 188 , 216 , 253 , 279 , 282 , 320 -324

  Tub Harbour, 61 , 178

  Twillingate, 42 , 296

  Ukraine, 20

  United Church of Canada, 254 , 272 , 276 -278

  University of Calgary, 254 , 272 , 276 -278

  University of Edinburgh, 202

  University of Toronto, 19

  Upper Churchill, 121 , 154 , 155 , 159 , 183 , 197 , 199 , 200 , 202 , 205 , 244 , 306 , 309 , 325

  Upper Salmon Hydro Project, 122

  US Auto Pact, 213

  Valpy, Michael, 253 , 288

  Vancouver Sun, 118

  Vardy, David, 151 , 249

  Venture Capital Program, 165

  Verwoerd, Hendrik, 21

  Voisey’s Bay, 162

  Wabush, 122

  Walsh, Albert, 184

  Warr, Margaret, 109

  Water Reversion Act, 203

  Water Street, 5 , 89

  Welfare Act, 38

  Wells, Clyde, 92 , 97 , 312

  Wells, Janice, 200 , 201

  West Africa, 182

  Whalesback Mine, 122

  Wheeler, Marg, 101 , 109

  Whelan, Tom, 168 , 169

  Whitbourne, 7 , 13

  White Bay, 10

  Whiteway, William, 309

  Wilson, Michael, 240 , 299

  Windy Point, 76 -78, 85

  Winter, Gordon A., 146 , 184

  Withers, Peter, 116 , 249

  Woods Gordon, 171

  Wordsworth, William, 57

  World War I, 135

  World War II, 16 , 135

  Wright, Ron, 151

  Young, Hiram, 5

  Young, Sandy, 104

  Young, Victor, 200

  Youth Entrepreneur Program, 165

  BRIAN PECKFORD WAS BORN in Whitbourne, Newfoundland, on August 27, 1942, and grew up in Whitbourne, Marystown, and Lewisporte. Peckford is a former premier of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and holds a Bachelor of Education degree, having also completed postgraduate work in English Literature, Education, Psychology, and French Literature. Prior to entering politics, he was a high school teacher in rural Newfoundland.

  He was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1972 at the age of twenty-nine. He was appointed parliamentary assistant to the premier, Honourable Frank Moores, in 1973. The
following year he was appointed minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and in 1976 held the portfolios of minister of: Mines and Energy; and Rural and Northern Development. At the age of thirty-six, he was elected leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party and premier of the province, becoming the youngest first minister in over 100 years.

  It was Peckford’s administration that fought for and achieved a new, groundbreaking arrangement with the federal government called the Atlantic Accord, which has become the template for all exploration and development of offshore oil and gas resources in Canada. It is under this arrangement that the oil fields of Hibernia, Terra Nova, and White Rose have been developed and are producing today. It is as a result of the revenues from these developments that the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has achieved “have” status, the first time since becoming a part of Canada in 1949. Peckford retired from public life in 1989 and established his own consulting business serving government and business clients in North America and Europe.

  In 1982, Peckford received the Vanier Award as an outstanding young Canadian. That same year he was sworn to the Privy Council of Canada by her majesty the Queen, and he published a book in 1983 entitled The Past in the Present expressing his views on Newfoundland and Labrador’s economic history and prospects. In 1986, he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Memorial University and served on the board of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and as chair of its Human Resources Committee from 1993 to 1998. He was appointed, in 1998, as a one-person inquiry by the Government of British Columbia to investigate the state of Fraser River salmon stocks and management issues related to the fishery. Two reports were issued in ninety days, on budget. In 2001, he received an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Newfoundland Ocean Industries Association for his work on offshore oil and gas issues. In 2007, he was appointed Chancellor of Sprott Shaw Degree College.

  In 2008, Mr. Peckford was chair of a federal government–appointed expert panel to review federal chronic disease policy, especially diabetes, and to present a report to the federal Health minister. The report was completed on time and on budget. Peckford is currently a director of Strongbow Exploration Inc., a public junior mining company with exploration interests in British Columbia, North West Territories, Nunavut, and the United States. He and his wife, Carol, reside in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island.

  Although Peckford is well-known for his persistent efforts to improve the financial and economic condition of his native province, there are other firsts for which he and his administrations are responsible, including the first aquaculture legislation, first Department of Environment, first pay equity policy, first Arts Council, first Status of Women Council, first community college system, and the first and only Fine Arts degree program and building at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University in Corner Brook.

 

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