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Showing posts with label unsound fiscal management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unsound fiscal management. Show all posts
22 April 2015

The little things that stand out #nlpoli

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Throne Speech 2015 was the kind of document you’d expect from a group of politicians who are out of new ideas. People are making a big de...
27 October 2014

“We are an island economy” and other nonsense #nlpoli

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CBC’s On Point   this weekend delivered up some all-too-familiar conversation on the budget and a political panel talking about Judy Manni...
28 March 2014

The Whizzo Quality Assortment #nlpoli

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

How do they run things? Budget Lead-Up #nlpoli

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Finance minister Charlene Johnson will read the new provincial budget speech on Thursday. In keeping with the provincial Conservative trad...
22 August 2012

The Politics of Oil and Budgets #nlpoli

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When any country or province depends heavily on the money that comes from resource extraction, it affects politics there. Political scient...
14 August 2012

Marshall’s release doesn’t match DBRS public statements #nlpoli

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Simply put, Tom Marshall’s most recent news release about the report by Dominion Bond Rating Service doesn’t match what the bond rating age...
04 June 2012

Another call for an oil investment fund #nlpoli

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In a column in the weekend Ottawa Citizen , Brian Lee Crowley of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute made a convincing argument for investing p...

The Bow-Wow Parliament lacks bark and bite #nlpoli

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In the wake of the latest revelations of financial mismanagement in the provincial government, SRBP has been looking at some of the possib...
31 May 2012

The Root of the Problem #nlpoli

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Mr. Speaker, if the members opposite think that the level of scrutiny that we do over a $3 billion expenditure in health care is to take ...
31 January 2012

Born Again Fiscal Virgins #nlpoli #cdnpoli

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Premier Kathy Dunderdale is singing the usual Tory song before contract negotiations and a provincial budget.  Yes, folks, in a speech to ...
21 December 2011

Unsound financial management – the Dunderdale acknowledgement #nlpoli

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It’s not hard to find the toad of truth in the swamp otherwise known as the ruling Conservatives’ record on public spending since they took ...
17 October 2011

A study in fiscal responsibility contrasts #nlpoli

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Alison Redford, Alberta’s new Conservative premier promises she will deliver some long overdue attention to the provincial government’s her...
19 August 2011

Slide a sheet of paper: the spend ‘em if ya got ‘em edition

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Earlier this week, finance minister Tom Marshall announced a second increase in the estimate for offshore oil production for 2011 and with ...
20 April 2011

The unsustainable lightness of Tom Marshall

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Tom Marshall keeps a tight grip on the provincial government’s purse strings. He has to do that. The damn things won’t stay that wide op...
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...
09 February 2011

Imagine if they were fiscally responsible

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Feast your eyes on labradore’s latest offering about public debt in Newfoundland and Labrador. The only people left who think the curren...
04 February 2011

Finance minister cops to unsustainable spending

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The provincial government hasn’t really been managing the public purse in a sustainable and fiscally responsible way. Your humble e-scribb...
26 January 2011

Irresponsible Government League: free-wheeling in Dunderdale’s department

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From the Auditor General’s most recent report on the provincial government’s handling of public funds , released on Wednesday: As at 19 Ma...
25 January 2011

Unsound public finances: pork-barrelling on steroids

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If it wasn’t for oil prices, the provincial Conservatives wouldn’t have anything to crow about when it comes to public finances. And since...
24 January 2011

Unsound public finances: Tom Marshall’s travesty

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  "It would be a travesty if we don't use this windfall we have, this oil — which will be gone one day — if we don't use t...