The Sir Robert Bond Papers

Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the very few countries on the planet that got itself into such a financial mess that it gave up self-gov...

In April 2013, SRBP ran a series of posts about public spending. The goal was to show how the government could have avoided its serious fina...

You can easily lose track of the number of former cabinet ministers who will tell you the same thing. Ask them about the one lesson of gov...

Public sector pensions in Newfoundland and Labrador are underfunded.  There’s not enough money in the fund account to cover all the likely m...

While the provincial budget for 2014 was all about spending government money, the budget speech did raise one issue that the provincial gov...

Board of trade president Sharon Horan wrote in her Telegram column last weekend that the unfunded pension liability will make up 85% of the ...

On the outside, the spring budget for 2014 looks like a delicious assortment of goodies for everyone.  You can tell it is delectable because...

The Conservatives running the province got together with their staff and key supporters this weekend to reaffirm their conviction that they ...

The SIDI simulation of government spending that we’ve run this past week might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but these sort of thought exerc...

According to economist-consultant Wade Locke , the provincial government’s “Sustainability” Plan includes a debt commitment: The long-run ...

You don’t need drugs or alcohol to get the feeling of dizziness or stupor like you smacked your head with a hammer. Hard. Repeatedly. Just...

The number is a hard one to wrap your mind around. $15.6 billion. That’s the amount of oil royalties and mining royalties the provincial...