Confederation Building

I- in the episode, the moratorium has just happened.

There is a protest, uh, heading into Confederation Building, and the premier is being played by Jim Payne, and you [laughs] are playing Jim? Like [laughs]...

Uh, yeah, some form of a, I guess a, a, a musician, uh, Singing Fisherman, I believe was the, uh, the title of the, uh, the character.

But, uh, yeah, actually getting an opportunity to sing one of my favorite, uh, Jim Payne songs.

I haven't called you in a little while because for a short while there I was back on His Majesty's service, but I'm back in civilian land again now.

went up to the confederation building to help out with the the business of the getting the resolutions for the house so that was a different experience for me for someone who hasn't been involved in any kind of a campaign for 20 years but was that a formal i enjoyed it immensely

was that a formal role alan like were you recruited or is this

well you you talk about government now i went up there and uh first well they asked me to help out because i've had experience in the house and you know a lifetime in politics and so on so forth so uh they said well you know we'll pay you good money to help us for a couple of weeks or whatever and of course i've been on your show and on other media and so on so i figured if they started to pay me real money it would be a scandal so i said uh it's Pay me a dollar a year if you must pay me something.

Yeah, you got to work that out.

Yep.

I had a really passionate call from a resident of Higgins Line saying they sat in their driveway and they watched people heading down towards the Confederation Building on Higgins Line doing over 100 kilometers an hour.

That's a residential area.

Not only that, just coincidentally, I got an email this morning on the Light Up the Night.

I don't know if you're familiar with this, that Confederation building tonight.

It's the Newfoundland Labrador Association for the Deaf and their allies and partners, the Blue Light Challenge.

So the Confederation building will be lit up in blue this evening.

So that's an opportunity as well, you know, highlighting the National Associations of Deaf People and their rights.

Yes.

It affects your family, your work life.

It's quite something.