Talk:Danny Williams (Canadian politician)

Religion?
Is Mr. Williams religious? HD 123321 02:48, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

One infers that he was raised Roman Catholic as the Education entry indicates that he attended St Bons College at a time when Newfoundland employed a system of Denominational Schools. It required an amendment to the Canadian Constitution Act to change this back in the 1990s. It would be considered crass to delve more deeply into his personal views on religion as these are considered to be a private matter in Canada. His reputation suggests that he is of above average character. I believe that he did some legal work on behalf of victims of abuse by members of the 'Christian Brothers' at Mount Cashel Orphanage some time ago. Jwaustin188 (talk) 06:43, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

NPOV
I would like to see the section on the seal hunt in this article more closely resemble that on Paul McCartney's page. The section here is obviously written from an anti-hunt perspective. BoojiBoy 20:25, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Well feel free to delve into the History of the Paul McCartney page and salvage what you want (be sure to include a link back to that article in your edit summary, for GFDL purposes, though). I've just zapped most of it for being POV and more to the point way over the top. McCartney has a career of nearly 50 years now, and yet one minor (to the rest of the world) trip to Canada was being given undue prominence. I feel the episode is properly discussed in this article, since Mr Williams is the premier of Newfoundland.

I was a bit bothered that McCartney (male) is referred to throughout this article as "Sir Paul" when the usual encyclopedic style would be "McCartney". It then occured to me, however, that since his wife took part too, the article needs to distinguish between the two of them, so "Paul" is needed. The question, then, is should he be referred to as "Sir Paul" or as "Paul McCartney"? --kingboyk 22:11, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

External link to New York Times article
I removed the link to the New York Times article as you had to pay to read the full thing. This is basically advertising/selling, and doesn't belong on Wikipedia.--Sima Yi 04:33, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Anti-Harper stuff
I came here to find something about this. Could someone add it, please? 86.136.250.93 23:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Williams' dislike of the federal government-- especially Stephen Harper-- is very prominent and should be mentionned somewhere, if not have its own section. M.nelson (talk) 14:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Assessment
I have assessed this as Start Class, as it contains more detail and organization than would be expected of a Stub, but little organization and no referencing. I have assessed this as low importance, as I do not feel that many people outside of Canada would be familiar with the subject of the article. I also knocked down WP:WPBIO's assessment to Start, because there's no way that this qualifies as a B. Cheers, CP 15:14, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Year of birth
Prior to 9 May 2006 Danny William's birth year was 1950. User:Reardo changed it to 1949 on this date and it seems to have stayed that way until now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CubBC (talk • contribs) 04:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I've changed the birth year from 1949 to 1950. Danny Williams was a guest on CBC's The Hour and the bio presented gives the year as 1950. This is the same date as appears on the CBC website. Also found the same information at About.com.

But, I've found this CBC site and this reference that gives 1949 as his birth year.

I've sent an email to CBC to get them to look into it.

Did the CBC get it wrong? (Gasp!!)

YES, the CBC got it wrong. Danny Williams was born on August 4, 1949. Source: Canadian Press, Oct 9 2007.

CubBC (talk) 04:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

ABC Campaign
I think it would be relevant to mention his ABC (Anything But Conservative) campaign against the federal Conservative Party. Not just mention but explain why he is against the federal version of his party. RiseAgainst01 (talk) 15:12, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

The fact there is no mention to Williams very public fued with Harper is something that needs to be fixed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.232.199.24 (talk) 20:25, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

I see no reason for this section to be deleted. Any call for it is certainly politically motivated, and there's no place for that kind of bigotry here. A secondary source was provided, maybe the person who marked it for deletion should read the article. This is a significant stance by the politician in an important political juncture for the country. For a politician to come out so strongly like this deserves to be recorded, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a censor.Rob 15:41, 16 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcarty (talk • contribs)

All women leaders of 3 major political parties
That will be sorta true, but not exactly. The Deputy Premier will become Premier (on December 3, 2010), but only interim leader of the Nfld PC party. GoodDay (talk) 22:46, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Election results
Is there a reason why the change of seats in the election of 2003 is in percentage and the change in 2007 is in absolute numbers of seats ? Procule (talk) 01:37, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * It's likey a blunder. GoodDay (talk) 01:41, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Could someone please write a separate article on Canadian Flag Lap?
Could someone please write a separate article on Canadian Flag Lap? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2004/12/24/williams041224.html  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2004/12/23/williams041223.html Thanks in advance.--189.104.102.43 (talk) 13:23, 23 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't see how it's that important but fell free to write the article. Newfoundlander&#38;Labradorian (talk) 19:02, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

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