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11 March 2016
No change in party support numbers #nlpoli
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Despite delivering bad news about the provincial government's finances since taking office, the provincial Liberals continue to hold st...
Interim Supply 2016 #nlpoli
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The provincial government can only spend money approved by the House of Assembly. In parliamentary language, the House grants supply to th...
10 March 2016
The inexplicable persistence of nonsense #nlpoli
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“There was a very good job done … of boxing this province out [of the Equalization program] a few years ago,” That was Premier Dwight Ball...
09 March 2016
The New Approach #nlpoli
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In 2003, Paul Davis' predecessor as leader of the provincial Conservative party went to Ottawa to beg for a hand-out. Called it The N...
08 March 2016
Open Data #nlpoli
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James McLeod has released the data he compiled to produce his Saturday story on the number of people in the provincial public service who m...
07 March 2016
Chevron starts production at GORGON (Australia) #nlpoli
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SAN RAMON, Calif.--(Chevron via BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 7, 2016-- Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced it has started producing liq...
The Trump Phenomenon #nlpoli
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The gaggle of American political scientists at the Monkey Cage have been doing a series of posts about Donald Trump's campaign for the r...
04 March 2016
Jim Thistle, 1954 - 2016 #nlpoli
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Most of you have likely never heard of Jim Thistle. Jim passed away on Thursday after a brief illness. He was only 61 and until he was di...
The Walking Dead #nlpoli
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In China in these days of hard economic times, none are hit so hard as the people who work in zombie industries. These are industries that...
03 March 2016
Serendipity do dah #nlpoli
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Some people on da Twitter were talking about verbal tics like saying “ya know.” One of ‘em asks if the other had counted Danny Williams’ p...
02 March 2016
The persistence of uncommunication in government #nlpoli
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For some interesting insights into the way government works, take a look at an access to information request someone submitted for document...
01 March 2016
A tax to build a tax #nlpoli
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A tax to pay a tax. Interesting idea, no? Well, that’s what Jim Feehan suggested last week. He told a luncheon meeting of the St. John’...
29 February 2016
Lions, jellyfish, and a quotable Italian fascist #nlpoli
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American media circles were all abuzz this weekend about a little episode on Twitter featuring Donald Trump and a quote he liked. Gawker ...
26 February 2016
Things are THAT bad #nlpoli
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David Thompson is an independent economist in the same way that Jerry Earle and Wayne Lucas are independent human resource consultants. Bu...
25 February 2016
Sheilagh fits right in #nlpoli
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What exactly is Sheilagh O’Leary? Did she get elected to Council in the Ward 4 by-election or is she a re-elected councillor? Well, neve...
24 February 2016
Exit Reality on the Rock #nlpoli
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Last fall, Conservatives, New Democrats, and assorted political watchers attacked the Liberals for the lack of detail in their election plat...
23 February 2016
Uncle Ottawa's cash #nlpoli
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The federal government would run a deficit this year three times larger next year than the one the Liberals expected during the election cam...
22 February 2016
Cabinet documents and no brainers #nlpoli
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Years ago, a couple of enterprising reporters at CBC submitted what was then a request under the Freedom of Information Act for informatio...
19 February 2016
Muskrat Falls electricity prices... again #nlpoli
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The infamous JM is at it again. "Top 10 Muskrat Myths" (via Uncle Gnarley ) rebuts 10 of the arguments in favour of Muskrat Fall...
18 February 2016
Evidence-based decision-making #nlpoli
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James McLeod had a tidy piece in Wednesday’s Telegram on the government’s effort to find a way of out of the financial mess. it's well...
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