Provincial Political Story: OCI’s unilateral start to changing the fishing industry beats anything else. What they have started will have a profound effect on the province well into the future.
Many the politician is scared shitless of the whole thing. You can see the fear in their eyes every time they speak of it.
None was more fear-filled than Kathy Dunderdale who tried to claim in one year-end interview that all she could do was facilitate discussions among other people. Yeah, right, as if Kath and her fellow pols of all political stripes haven’t been intimately involved with creating the current mess or won’t be affected by the sea change that is coming.
Try the SRBP post “The Wheel of Fish” if you want to read some of this corner’s observations.
High Point for the Scribbler: The 15 Ideas series. Start here. Close second: The series on politics, polls and the media starting with the Echo Chamber which goes back to a 2006 series that changed the way many people look at politics and the news media.
Recurring Theme to Remember: You can’t slide a single sheet of paper between the three political parties on most issues. The Tory leadership fiasco at the start of the year is as good a place as any to start your review. Try “A Hugh Shea for our time” from January.
What Theme Keeps Repeating Like Greasy Fish and Chips? Irresponsible government spending. Start with “The Four Horsemen and government finances”. Notice how familiar the issues are. Regular readers will recall that SRBP flagged the Tories’ spending habits in 2006.
A story that will drag into the New Year: The death throes of the provincial Liberal Party. “The Zazzy Substitution” will get you started. Don’t worry if you haven’t been paying attention. There’ll be plenty of opportunities to catch up over the next couple of years.
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