The Sir Robert Bond Papers

Oh dear. The CBC has gone off to the mainland to get Duff Conacher to make a comment about the need for political finance reform in Newfo...

There is a lengthy list of political stories in contention to be the top political story of 2014. Start the year with #darnknl, the failur...

Lots of people are wondering what the changes to the price of oil will do to the provincial budget. It will have an impact:  no doubt abou...

March 13, 2014 was a Thursday. Normal cabinet day. According to Auditor General Terry Paddon’s report on the Humber Valley Paving contr...

Tom Marshall got lots of coverage for his little ego-stroking farewell in the tradition of his ego-stroked predecessors.  The media advisory...

The official media advisory describes the event at Confederation Building this morning as an opportunity for Premier Tom Marshall to thank ...

Friday is trash day in the world of political communications. It’s the day when you slip out stuff that is unpleasant in the hopes people wi...

Tom Marshall is a typical politician.  He got into politics to make things better. And, as he reaches the end of his political career,  To...

The news on Monday was not Frank Coleman’s announcement. The news was in the reaction of provincial Conservatives to word that Coleman wou...

Tom Marshall spent his last few hours ever as a member of the House of Assembly on Thursday,  as the spring session drew to a close.  Tom’s ...

John Crosbie, the elder statesmen of Conservatives in the province took a shot at Danny Williams for his continued interference in the inte...

The smart guy they could have had – but frigged over twice -  told Canadian Press : “The understanding of the [provincial political] c...

Roger Grimes’ is through his heart surgery and nice vacation and that has left him with a new vigour. He called VOCM’s BackTalk on Tuesday...

The Telegram’s James McLeod started a story that appeared on 26 May with the following sentence: Premier-designate Frank Coleman says ...

Frank Coleman recorded CBC’s On Point with Peter Cowan on Thursday or Friday afternoon. During the show, Coleman acknowledged that he ha...

Whatever is going on in the Premier’s Office these days, it isn’t an orderly and organized transition from one premier to another. That’s ...

How hard can it be for someone to figure out when they want to start a job? Seriously. A job you want, mind you, not one you have been f...

CBC Radio’s St. John’s Morning Show is so off-put by politicians who issue prepared statements that they’ve found a former journalist turned...

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

While people have been agitated about comments on Twitter,  the Premier has been dazzling the politicians in the House with his explanation ...