Flaws, concerns raised after release of long-awaited economic recovery report As expected, less than a day after the premier's economic response team released its report with recommendations on how to fix Newfoundland and Labrador's fiscal situation, people are already talking. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 06, 2021 9:29 PM NT | Last Updated: May 6 Mary Shortall, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour, says the assumption that there's no other way of responding to the provinces financial challenges outside of the PERT economic report is 'a little insulting to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador.'(CBC) As expected, less than a day after the premier's economic response team released its report with recommendations on how to fix Newfoundland and Labrador's fiscal situation, people are already talking.