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Showing posts with label Reprint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reprint. Show all posts
19 January 2017

Actions and Words (2016) #nlpoli

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The provincial cabinet has known since January - at least - that the powerhouse at Muskrat Falls is only 15% completed despite a huge payout...
18 January 2017

The Narrative War (2015) #nlpoli

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The day after a massive Liberal victory in the general election,  CBC’s David Cochrane posted an  analysis piece  on the new administration...
17 January 2017

Cognitive Dissonance (2014) #nlpoli

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People like things in life to fit together. When things don’t fit together, people get upset.  They get fidgety.  They try to make thin...
16 January 2017

The Keystone Kops Ride Again (2013) #nlpoli

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We already knew that the provincial cabinet had abandoned their budget before the document had been debated in the House.  That happened la...
13 January 2017

Toward a fair and just society (2012) #nlpoli

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The  December 2008 expropriation bill  was not the right thing for the provincial government and the House of Assembly to do. The expropri...
12 January 2017

Torque wars: media, politicians, and the Muskrat Falls loan guarantee #nlpoli (2011)

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Some people will tell you there the federal and provincial governments have a deal for a federal loan guarantee on Muskrat Falls.  The prov...
11 January 2017

Williams announces political exit plan (2010)

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Danny Williams always said that building the Lower Churchill was the only thing he wanted to do before leaving politics. He took a huge ste...
10 January 2017

Rumpole and Justice Delayed (2009) #nlpoli

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There is no question that our system provides a great method for adjudicating questions of fact and law, but given the expenditure of publi...
09 January 2017

The poverty of "we so po'" rhetoric (2008) #nlpoli

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“People need to understand government cannot write a cheque for everything,” said Williams.   “We can’t be all things to all people.” “On...
06 January 2017

Williams concedes on royalties (2007) #nlpoli

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As  Bond Papers  noted on Thursday, part of the  Hebron  deal will involve a change to the provincial royalty  regime  local media are chara...
05 January 2017

The Danny Brand (2006) #nlpoli

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  The defining characteristic of Danny Williams' term as a politician - and particularly his term as Premier thus far - has been his rel...
04 January 2017

Spending the future (2005) #nlpoli

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" [The change in the province's financial outlook]  That's very dramatic ...Some people are going to stand back and say 'Oh...