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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