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02 March 2005
BMD flap overblown
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Two things are making me a little cranky today and neither of them has to do with the fact I am not getting enough fibre in my diet. The fir...
SBX off Labrador? More background info
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Yesterday, I raised the prospect that the United States might opt to place some its ballistic missile defence assets at sea off Labrador rat...
01 March 2005
Goose Bay and BMD
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There's a story by defence writer David Pugliese in the Ottawa Citizen today concerning the impact the Prime Minister's decision no...
Owen Myers, Etchegary and overfishing
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Too bad the Express didn't link Owen Myers column on the fishery last week. He made some interesting comments about overfishing practic...
28 February 2005
The Stunnel is feasible! - updated
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But only with government money. Which means it isn't really feasible at all. You read it here first and NOT at a cost of a $100, 000 of ...
The Independence of Dependence
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This won't take long, but just follow the train of thought. First, the whole Atlantic Accord deal was sold on the basis of making the pr...
What fiscal imbalance?
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This weekend in the Globe, Andrew Coyne had a great column on federal spending including transfers to the provinces. Here's a link to it...
More defence-related quickies
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The budget this week had some new capital acquisitions listed. Here is a quick and dirty look at a couple of the proposed purchases. 1. New...
Is the Goose cooked?
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Some quickie observations on Goose Bay: 1. VOCM is reporting an announcement coming up for Goose Bay. I smell pavement but not much more t...
27 February 2005
Constitutional tomfoolery, Part 2
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Expect to hear more guff this week about the supposed constitutional guarantee in Term 45 of the Terms of Union protecting the Brookfield R...
Constitutional tomfoolery Part 1
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Since it isn't available online, see if you can track down a story from the Saturday edition of the Telegram debunking the anti-confede...
25 February 2005
Before Mr. Byrne goes to Ottawa...
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Ed might want to check this story from cbc.ca: (The link is actually to a longer story). " Ottawa closing experimental farm WebPosted F...
The Government of Canada: Working for you!
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No, I am not being sarcastic. Here's a release today from provincial health minister John Ottenheimer announcing $16.8 million in new m...
Now here's a label to question
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Never let it be said Paul Wells is not an eclectic sort of fellow. His Friday blog contribution is a discussion of a typology US political...
The backstory on Flo
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In any news story there is the obvious detail about what happened. In the case of Florence Delaney's resignation, we have the basic elem...
24 February 2005
Never NeverLand
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Two other little Peter Pan things: 1. The dog in the original story was a Newfoundland called nana. The first link is to the online version...
NeverLand
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Ok. Strictly speaking, Peter Pan is not a public policy issue. Politics sometimes resembles a fantasy world and yes, there are more than a f...
A closer look at the defence increase
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The federal government's budget news releases correctly highlighted the increase in defence spending as being the largest injection of n...
23 February 2005
Rule Number 3?
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Remember this one? Rule Number One: The Boss is always right. Rule Number Two: If the Boss is wrong, see Rule Number One. Right now, you ...
Boosting the military
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Media reports on budget day all include the leaks that military spending is expected to be boosted by a total of $12 or $13 billion over the...
22 February 2005
Ed Byrne redux
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Having had a bit of fun with Ed Byrne over a couple of posts, let's take a closer look at the minister and his portfolio. At the outset,...
20 February 2005
A tale of two cities, Part Three
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Ponder, if you will, the President and CEO of NOIA, one Leslie Galway, walking along the St. John's waterfront musing with Peter Walsh o...
19 February 2005
A brief musical interlude
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Two things prompted this post. First is the entry on Paul Wells' blog on the issue of applause between movements of a concerto or symph...
Much ado about...
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Interesting to see the reaction to a news story on Friday from CBC about the costs of advertising done by the province for the new deal. ...
18 February 2005
Moving CHHC offices: all that is solid melts into air
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"Constant revolutionising of production, uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation dist...
17 February 2005
The Life of Brian...
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or more particularly the perspective of former premier Brian Peckford has been a curious one indeed. Take his letter in today's National...
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