Hello everyone, while I was visiting a friend of mine, I came to the realization that the NL PC Party Has a song titled "We know what we're Fighting for" (copyright 2004), being featured in the 2007 NL PC Party website. To see it for yourself, visit...:
(1) http://www.pcparty.nf.net/media.htm (includes the mp3, song lyrics, copyright,etc....)
or
(2) http://www.pcparty.nf.net/WeKnowWhatWereFightingFor.mp3 (mp3 of the song)
Either way, I would like to get in touch with the NL PC Party and the individual who wrote this song to ask for the copyright permission to feature it on our website and in any future Annual General Meeting the Newfoundland and Labrador First party hosts. In the meantime, do go to http://www.nlfirst.ca , then use the "Facebook" link to check for updates on current issues being debated by NLers on "extremely important issues to the future of Newfoundland and Labrador". (In addition to some of the more micro-scale provincial and federal issues). In closing, expect an update soon after I get back from the EC (Executive Council) meeting pending.....
- Jordan Lester
Director of Youth Organizations within the NLFP (Newfoundland and Labrador First Party), and the Youth Representative on the NLFP EC (Executive Council).
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(March 22nd 2008 update)
Having realized that it wouldn't be fair to borrow the NL PC Party's song. In response, one task of the Communications/Logistics Assistant to the President and Vice-President of the MUN Newfoundland and Labrador First Party Youth Wing may be to oversee the creation of a unique song that could be affliated with the Youth Wing of the party. (If this isn't possible, we could consult some local artists in the province).
Once again, this is all subject to the decision of the more permanent Youth Wing Executive. My original intention in the original post was to point out that younger, and more urban/sub-urban newfoundlanders and labradorians may not relate to 'Who Guarding Newfoundland' the same way that youth of a more rural origin might. Second of all, the song says little to nothing about the unique heritage of Labrador, the stronger influence of aboriginal culture in that region, and how even the Provincial Government has neglected the basic needs of Labrador.
Having spoke with the candidate for Director of Campaigns who's from Labrador, this became more apparent to me. I think it would only be fair that the Youth wing of the party work together with the MUNSU executive in areas of common interest such as tuition fee policy, needs-based grants, and such. However, I could also see the party playing an advocacy role in helping to suggest more credible alternatives when necessary. Of course, we'd have to make sure that we're aren't perceived as interfering in the work of MUNSU, but simply improving upon it in a way that MUNSU may not be able to.
Once again, those of these contents and ideas are subject to debate, discussion, and resolutions passed by the Youth Wing Executive.
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Good thinking and initiative Jordan.
I was actually thinking that old Crosbie Campaign song.
No price tags on the doors of Newfoundland.
Definitely something that should be discussed and suggestions made before it is too late and we run out of time.
Hey nl-expatriate, if you can find a copy of the song, send me a copy of the mp3 via e-mail, and i'll pass it on to the Executive Council! Once again, thanks for the great input you've put into the party!
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/1756528-Music-Alternative
Why on earth would you want to use another political party's campaign song? It's not just "a song" it's the NL PC song. NL First is a distinct party isn't it?
stephen, you raise a good point. I had just suggested it as an idea: it wasn't an absolute. This is exactly why I need to start publicly advertising a Policy Assistant, President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Communications Assistant publicly.
I've learned very quickly that although I may have my own ideas, I lack the time to be able to judge all of these positions. In having limited myself to Facebook and the Blog initially, I failed to reach out to those who pay more attention to the MUN student newspaper 'the Muse', and those who read posters on campus.
I also realized that my own understanding of policy is limited to Electoral Reform, Social policy, and such. Ideally, the Director of Youth Organizations on the Executive Council would be held by the same person as the President of the Youth Wing.
But for the reasons mentioned in my new entry, I realize that I would be better off serving in a more 'reporting' role, since Social Work students cannot be actively perceived as taking place in partisan political activities
How about the Ode to NFLD?
1. When sun rays crown thy pine clad hills,
And summer spreads her hand,
When silvern voices tune thy rills,
We love thee, smiling land.
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, smiling land.
2. When spreads thy cloak of shimmering white,
At winter's stern command,
Thro' shortened day, and starlit night,
We love thee, frozen land.
We love thee, we love thee
We love thee, frozen land.
3. As blinding storm gusts fret thy shore,
And wild waves lash thy strand,
Thro' spindrift swirl, and tempest roar,
We love thee windswept land.
We love thee, we love thee
We love thee windswept land.
4. As loved our fathers, so we love,
Where once they stood, we stand;
Their prayer we raise to Heaven above,
God guard thee, Newfoundland
God guard thee, God guard thee,
God guard thee, Newfoundland
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