Nalcor chief executive Ed Martin told a CBC audience on Thursday that the Navigant report meets the joint review panel’s requirement for a complete, independent review of Kathy Dunderdale’s plan for saddling the provincial taxpayers with high electricity prices and unbearable debt.
Martin’s full of shite.
Like his claim that the report was independent.
The Navigant report is not independent.
Took five seconds to write.
One way you can tell Martin’s spewing crap?
The Navigant guys who wrote the report used the word “independent” 89 times in an 79 page document.*
Another clue?
Kathy Dunderdale spent some ungodly amount of time on Open Line on Friday trying desperately prove Navigant wasn’t a set up.
Want another?
Then Tom Marshall called and had a go at the same thing.
Five seconds to claim.
The better part of 30 minutes* for two senior cabinet ministers to try to disprove.
Methinks they protest too much.
To go back to Martin’s claim about the Navigant report and the joint panel requirement, here’s a table showing what the joint review panel recommended, what the public utilities board will be doing for its “independent” report and what Navigant just did:
Not the same.
Not even close.
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* typos corrected.