The Sir Robert Bond Papers

Ever wonder why the provincial government passes laws and then never puts them into force? Like the Sustainable Development Act that the ...

Newfoundland and Labrador has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the country. There’s a huge demand for skilled labour in the provinc...

As labradore notes, while a throne is speech is supposed to be about laying out the new legislation for the upcoming session, the one deli...

New legislation consolidating the province’s animal control and protections is due in the House of Assembly in a couple of weeks’ time. M...

One of the pieces of legislation included last May in Bond Papers’ list of legislation  not in force has turned up dead. Cause of death ...

You remember that one from last year.  Around these parts, your humble e-scribbler called it the Matshishkapeu Accord since it seemed a b...

The short history of a curious idea. 2007:   Promise to grant Sir Wilfred Grenfell College “more autonomy” regardless of cost implications...

The provincial government announced a  review of the agricultural land freeze in the metropolitan St. John’s area  in early 2007 . The com...

1.     The Sustainable Development Act (2007)? 2.  The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (2007)? 3.  The Court Security Act (2...