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07 April 2016
Joining the access fight #nlpoli
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As it turns out, the "commentary" on access from information and privacy commissioner Ed Ring is tied to a lawsuit coming from the...
06 April 2016
A mess in the government access and privacy world #nlpoli
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Two recent stories about the province's access to government information and privacy laws. Both of them are essentially nonsense. Sh...
05 April 2016
Us and them #nlpoli
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This is the story of two politicians. One is a successful business man with major land developments in the works. He got into politics to...
04 April 2016
Incompetence at city hall costs taxpayers #nlpoli
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St. John's city council is in serious trouble. They may not realise it yet. Indeed, many residents of the capital may not realise it,...
01 April 2016
Why Tom Mulcair is wrong... yet again #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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Tom Mulcair isn't alone. A lot of people have been making the extremely dangerous argument over the past few days that we ought to acc...
31 March 2016
A meritless position #nlpoli
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The new provincial Liberal administration has made the creation of a merit-based system of cabinet appointments the centre-piece of its firs...
30 March 2016
Paying for Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
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To understand precisely how insane an idea we have at Muskrat Falls, think of it this way. In Quebec, provincial government policy is to ...
29 March 2016
Trump the unpopular... maybe not #nlpoli
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Apparently, Donald Trump is the most unpopular American presidential candidate since 1992. The Toronto Star's American correspondent p...
28 March 2016
Trash talk #nlpoli
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The folks at the City of St. John’s wanted to boost their curb-side recycling program. Last fall, they launched a campaign called “Blue is...
25 March 2016
Ghomeshi and a fair trial #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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The moment when Jian Ghomeshi’s lawyer established during the trial that witnesses against him had colluded in their testimony and had lied ...
24 March 2016
The Office of Steve Kent
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26 public meetings. More than 1,000 people showed up for them. More than 28,000 people used the government website that the folks at the...
23 March 2016
A simple question about residential schools #nlpoli
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According to one of the firms involved in the class action suit by residents of Newfoundland and Labrador about residential schools: Five...
22 March 2016
Resettlement story wrong #nlpoli
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Access to documents from government are one thing. Understanding what they say is quite another. CBC requested batches of documents from...
21 March 2016
How to say little in 34 slides #nlpoli
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Consultants have consistently reported that the Muskrat Falls project is well-managed and well-led. Despite that independent analysis, MFP...
19 March 2016
Kissing in the rear #nlpoli
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At the entrance to the new west-end high school, there's a sign that warns drivers that only those big yellow student transportation veh...
18 March 2016
Record deficit in 2015-16 #nlpoli
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The deficit for 2015 will be a record. We know that because of comments at the House of Assembly by Premier Dwight Ball and finance minist...
17 March 2016
Tiny pebbles in an empty washtub #nlpoli
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For the third day in a row, the opposition has asked one question over and over again, with a couple of minor variations. They’ve asked e...
16 March 2016
Simple words work best #nlpoli
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esquire.com last October. Big headline: Donald Trump Woos Republicans By Speaking at a 4th Grade Level Smaller head: His competito...
15 March 2016
The blindingly obvious #nlpoli
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After all this time, it remains an enduring mystery how a guy who held himself out to be the great seer of oil prices still gets quoted on o...
14 March 2016
Picking stuff out of the appointments hockey bag #nlpoli
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One of the provincial Conservatives’ signature new initiatives in the first session of the legislature after the 2003 election was a bill th...
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