For the record, this is a poor decision.

We're not a million miles away, but some of our decision making has been poor and we've got to rectify that. Under pressure, we've tended to do the wrong thing, and that has resulted in the concession of a few fairly soft tries.

What is disappointing is that Abbott took a very aggressive approach with this drug, ... They clearly made a poor decision.

For this caucus to allow a rural infrastructure program to be announced in St. John's is, quite frankly, ridiculous,

The difference between this award and any other is that it's a reader's choice. People holler about other awards because they are committee-selected. This is not committee-selected. There are purists in literary circles who have a different sense of what is going on here, but we think anything you can do to get people reading is a good thing.

It's an opportunity to create something over time that would potentially make a big difference to books, literacy, and reading.