The Sir Robert Bond Papers

Is *this* the real El Dorado? More than six months after they shut it down, the company that owns the Come by Chance oil refinery wants to s...

Last week, the Liberal governments in Ottawa and St. John’s unleashed a bold new innovation in political announcements. Fridays used to be...

Left to Right:  Bill Doody,  Brian Peckford, John Crosbie, Jane Crosbie, and Beth Crosbie at the 1983 federal PC leadership convention ...

A few months ago, SRBP wrote a two-part piece that described the change in the way politicians, bureaucrats, and the public looked at mana...

The Atlantic Accord functions in Newfoundland and Labrador politics in two ways.  There is the agreement between the Government of Canada a...

The Atlantic Accord functions in Newfoundland and Labrador politics in two ways.   There is the agreement between the Government of Canada ...

Most of you have likely never heard of Jim Thistle. Jim passed away on Thursday after a brief illness.  He was only 61 and until he was di...

Last year was the 30th anniversary of one of the most significant events not only in the history of Newfoundland and Labrador but of Canada ...

You really do have to wonder how anyone could be expected to keep things straight when the people they rely on to help them understand keep ...

In 2003,  the new Conservative administration set as its first task to renegotiate the Atlantic Accord. They hadn’t campaigned on that iss...

The cheque’s been cash.  There’s no more cash flowing. But the deal is not quite done, yet.

Last week, the federal Auditor General pointed out many serious problems with the state of offshore search and rescue. Last week, the usua...

The federal government couldn’t impose a ban on offshore drilling in the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore area unless the provincial gover...

You either get credit because you deserve it or you don’t. Absolutely. When it comes to the Atlantic Accord, it is unfortunate that the ...

The provincial government has tarnished the 25th anniversary of the Atlantic Accord by issuing a news release which contains false informati...

The premier’s excuses for not participating in talks on a European trade deal just get more bizarre as time goes by. First there was the w...

The crew that put together's CBC's usually fine "Reality Check" can be forgiven if they missed a few points by a country m...

Newfoundland and Labrador's new oil company - doing work offshore as partner on the multi-billion dollar Hebron and White Rose projects ...

Mainland Connies think the people of Atlantic Canada are, to quote the Wonderful Grand Band, living in a fog, living in a dreamworld. Nonse...

How many times have provincial cabinet ministers or the Premier's parliamentary assistant claimed that the 2005 Equalization offsets dea...