The Spirit flies Smallwood over several naval vessels. An asphalt mixture is poured thickly on all roads and highways, preventing potholes. The Spirit points out the upgraded Railway and the Trans-Newfoundland Highway that crosses the island. Since there was not a resettlement program, the outports are very active and expanding in some cases. A larger population is evident with new growing communities (names are unique as ever). The Spirit flies Smallwood over the vast island interior. The oil money is invested into a heritage fund and used wisely. The site is fully staffed and engineered by Newfoundlanders. The Spirit flies Smallwood over Bull Arm, where a GBS is under construction, eventually destined to pump oil on a recently-discovered field on the Grand Banks. Windmill farms take advantage of the wind, complementing the hydro. The Holyrood Generating Station is still in place and upgraded. Hydroelectricity will be distributed all over the island via a small network of dams. This assumes a competent government is in charge with smart negotiators.
#The inkslinger full#
As oil is inevitably discovered, we will have full control as well. The fishery is closely monitored with a conservation program. In this alternate timeline, we have full control and defense of the Grand Banks. In our timeline, Canada took over our fishery in 1949, which led to mismanagement and the eventual shutdown of the cod fishery in 1992. There are several other refineries on the island, but the Come By Chance facility is the most prominent. A team of eagle-eyed inspectors examine the ships and observe product testing, ensuring the refinery's exports are top-notch. The Refinery, a sprawling complex with multiple vessel berths is larger in this reality. The Spirit takes Smallwood to Come By Chance. What were abandoned outports are still active. The interior is developed, increasing population. Shipping companies such as Oceanex bring goods back and forth. There is a fixed link to Labrador and the Canadian Mainland. The society is in island-induced isolation, but connected by Internet. Newfoundland society is largely the same, with Irish/Scottish roots influencing culture and tradition. The Spirit flies Smallwood over the multitude of outports that dot the coasts, all thriving with boats on the move. As the National Convention is underway, the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come (or one of its time-travelling colleagues) visits Joey Smallwood and whisks him to an alternate 2018 as a demonstration of what would happen if we stayed independent. There are many permutations of an alternate timeline, and this is only one. The result is assuming that the population and the politicians are working together. This is pure fiction and speculation for fun, and is by no means an accurate prediction. Let’s apply part of the framework of this story to Newfoundland and first premier Joey Smallwood, specifically to visit a parallel universe where it did not join Canada. Newfoundland’s independence has been voted away, to begin with.Ī Christmas Carol, the classic tale by Charles Dickens, depicts a miser being visited by three spirits in an effort to change his ways.
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