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17 February 2016
If we dither, we die. #nlpoli
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by Chuck Furey ________________ "Indecision becomes decision with time" someone once said. The current fiscal nightmare in N...
16 February 2016
Fraser Institute, National Newswatch, and other fools #nlpoli
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If the issue wasn't so serious, it would be funny. Newfoundland and Labrador is up the financial creek, according to Charles Lammam,...
15 February 2016
Stepping on rakes: #nlpoli version
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Premier Dwight Ball has changed his position. That’s the first thing. Here’s the way James McLeod described Ball’s position on cuts to...
12 February 2016
Clowncil should try honesty, not more secrecy #nlpoli
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The problem at St. John's city council isn't the recent budget. Council is a nest of ego and ambition. Not so very long ago, cou...
11 February 2016
Nalcor: Generations #nlpoli
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Telegram editor Peter Jackson took a hard look this week at the implications of Nalcor’s effort this week to jack up electricity rates. A...
10 February 2016
Politicians and Public Debt #nlpoli
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Remember the debt clock? Finance minister Tom Marshall went around the province during that year’s budget consultation – now “rebranded” a...
09 February 2016
Decision-Based Evidence-Making #nlpoli
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The government’s “renewal initiative” is supposed to be guided by something called “evidence-based decision-making.” It’s right there, rig...
08 February 2016
Using his words #nlpoli
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Politicians are usually very careful about the words they use. That’s why it’s important to notice the words Premier Dwight Ball used this...
05 February 2016
Old whine still sour #nlpoli
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"I'm concerned that we have an aging asset,” natural resources minister Siobhan Coady told CBC in explaining the most recent brea...
04 February 2016
Get the message: get a grip #nlpoli
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Two former Premiers sent a very pointed message to Premier Dwight Ball this week about the way Ball has been handling the provincial governm...
03 February 2016
Fiscal Stabilization Program #nlpoli
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On the one hand, it’s great to live in a country that has a program to let the federal government shunt money to provincial governments that...
From a decade of prosperity to $2 billion deficits: What happened?
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By Roger Grimes Reflecting upon becoming the eighth Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 15 years ago this month, I found myself chatting ...
02 February 2016
Using data aggressively #nlpoli
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These days campaigns are about collecting information on voters and using the data. The Ted Cruz campaign has been especially aggressive ...
01 February 2016
Newfoundland government finance, 1832 to 1949 #nlpoli
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Before Newfoundlanders stopped governing themselves in the early winter of 1934, they’d run a sometimes arduous course. Newfoundland gaine...
31 January 2016
Junkyard wars
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Syrian rebels have been using modern technology in the simplest of ways in their war against the Assad regime in Syria. In the picture a...
30 January 2016
AG reports on suspected frauds in FY 2014 #nlpoli
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In his most recent report, Auditor General Terry Paddon disclosed alleged frauds identified during his review of the provincial government...
29 January 2016
S and P lowers NL rating, cites uncertainty of fiscal policy #nlpoli
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Standard and Poor's said on Friday that the company had lowered its credit rating for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and Ne...
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28 January 2016
Moody's warns NL government on finances #nlpoli
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Moody's Investor Services is the second rating agency to give the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador a negative trending in light ...
27 January 2016
Revelation: Labrador hydro edition #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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“I wonder how I would feel if a province or a region in another province prevented Hydro-Québec from building its transmission line. I woul...
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