In a late afternoon news release, the provincial government moved to increase its political control of the Memorial University board of regents.
Bob Simmonds - Jerome Kennedy's former law partner - is the new chair. Three of the remaining five appointments, like the new chair, all have strong ties to the ruling Provincial Conservatives. The last is the wife of the late principal of Grenfell College and therefore a supporter of the government's costly "autonomy" scheme.
These moves will ensure that cabinet's will is imposed the university.
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