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Showing posts with label CETA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CETA. Show all posts
02 June 2015

Politics, CETA, and the fishery #nlpoli

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The European trade deal came up in the House of Assembly on Monday. Everyone kept to the same lines they've been kicking around for m...
27 May 2015

Conservatives abandon ridiculous position on European trade… again #nlpoli

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In January , trade minister Darin King wrote a letter to his federal counterpart about the European trade deal. King said the provincial...
21 January 2015

Abbott and Costello meet the Trade Deal #nlpoli

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If you are confused by the provincial government’s struggle over free trade with the European trade, find comfort in the fact you are not al...
12 January 2015

Roger Grimes: savage political attack dog #nlpoli

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Maybe it was the headline on John Ivison’s opinion piece in the National Post that threw them off. Spat over $400M N.L. fund could mak...
05 January 2015

Fishing for support #nlpoli

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When the going gets tough, the tough go fishing. In this case,  a bunch of politicians in a tough spot with voters are fishing among a sma...
22 December 2014

All they need for Christmas is new talking points #nlpoli

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Keith Hutchings - the provincial cabinet minister leading talks with the federal government on European trade  - issued a statement on Decem...
18 December 2014

The Lunatic Fringe #nlpoli

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If the provincial Conservatives have done nothing else with their European trade charade,  they have breathed new energy into the political ...
15 December 2014

Province increased CETA demands after crucial agreement #nlpoli

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Almost a year after reaching an understanding with the federal government on a joint federal-provincial fisheries fund related to the Europe...
10 December 2014

Recurring Behaviour #nlpoli

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Exactly one year ago,  the provincial government was in a controversy over its part in the European free trade deal.  The Conservatives were...
10 December 2013

Converting principles to other people’s money #nlpoli

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When Premier Kathy Dunderdale spoke to a St. John’s Board of Trade last May ,  she claimed the federal government had tried to tie the feder...
21 October 2013

Vale delays Long Harbour smelter… again #nlpoli

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Earlier this year,  mining giant Vale was saying they’d start production at the new Long Harbour smelter in 2013 , but after a meeting with ...