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Showing posts with label public administration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public administration. Show all posts
02 April 2020

Bollocks #nlpoli

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Kill the wabbit? Moody’s has changed its outlook on the provincial government’s debt from stable to negative while sustaining the A1 r...
04 February 2019

The Turmoil and Topsy Turvy #nlpoli

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With so much changing in any office,  what has "always" been done really only goes back to the time of the last person who came i...
28 January 2019

Turmoil, unusual #nlpoli

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A petro-state with political instability is a pretty weird idea  but then again we *are* talking Newfoundland and Labrador. The Governm...
11 July 2013

Highly Diffused Government #nlpoli

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By now, plenty of people in Newfoundland and Labrador have likely heard finance minister Jerome Kennedy’s comments about his party’s last el...
05 April 2013

Political Will and Public Policy #nlpoli

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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...
04 April 2013

Well on the way to Debt Freedom #nlpoli

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According to economist-consultant Wade Locke , the provincial government’s “Sustainability” Plan includes a debt commitment: The long-run ...
03 April 2013

Responsible Public Spending #nlpoli

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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...
02 April 2013

The Road Not Taken #nlpoli

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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...
21 March 2013

Rentierism at the national and sub-national level #nlpoli

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_______________________________________________ This is the third in a four part series on the current financial crisis the provincia...
19 March 2013

Structural Versus Cyclical: a quick look #nlpoli

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Is the government facing a structural or cyclical deficit? Good question.  Their economist says it is a structural problem but his comment...

The Origins of Rentierism in Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli

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______________________________________________ Over the next four days, SRBP will offer an interpretation of the political underpinni...
13 March 2013

The Arse that Laid the Golden Turd #nlpoli

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The provincial cabinet has been burning the midnight oil the past couple of nights.  Literally.  Late night sessions that ended God-know...
06 March 2013

Pennies and Pounds #nlpoli

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In May 2011, the provincial public works department issued a call for proposals to replace the lift bridge in Placentia. In August 2011, ...
22 May 2012

Fiscal conservative, you say? #nlpoli

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One of the more curious comments from provincial Conservative supporters lately has been the claim that they support the current Connie admi...
20 March 2012

All they want is fairity #nlpoli

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The people who run the province’s town and cites are looking to get a new financial arrangement from the provincial government. Last week...
15 March 2012

To Encourage the Others #nlpoli

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Lots of people look to leaders in a crisis to see what lessons they can learn. Well, Kathy Dunderdale is special. She is an excellent  e...
12 March 2012

Dundernomics 101: Public Sector Employment Numbers #nlpoli

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In an interview with CBC’s David Cochrane , Premier Kathy Dunderdale said that the public service has grown by more than 2,100 jobs in the p...
15 June 2011

Spend ‘em if ya got ‘em: the Alberta version

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In light of the suggestion the provincial government needs a blue ribbon panel of experts to decide how to safeguard the provincial economic...
25 February 2011

The Four Horsemen and government finances

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Don’t be surprised if the provincial government issues a statement in the near future trumpeting an accrual surplus of several hundred milli...
12 July 2010

The ferry tale of New Ferrole

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Not exactly destined to be a Christmas classic but a tale that is nonetheless as misshapen as the dental work of any Pogue’s front man. Th...