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22 January 2007

Danny's ideal candidate

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How many hockey players will seek the Tory nomination in districts around the province this year? Bond Papers wonders if Danny will be maki...

Monday Morning Quickies

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1. Equalization: the view from Hill Times . Nothing Earth-shaking, but the view from north of the Queensway . 2. The Sun apparently does...
21 January 2007

Local Tory claims need closer scrutiny, too

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Imagine the shock there'd be at finding a column like this one from the Halifax Daily News in a Newfoundland and Labrador newspaper. W...
20 January 2007

Jim Meek's take on Danny and Oil

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Call Danny David? Let's rename Jim Meek " Polly Anna ".

The People's Paper for Leader Worship

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Bad enough that the editor of a weekly paper in the province once a week pens a mash-note to Danny based on nothing other than his school b...
19 January 2007

Will Danny kill Husky's expansion too?

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When Premier Danny Williams killed plans to develop a 300 million barrel oil field within the Hibernia project, some wondered what might bec...

Williams' actions brand Canada badly?

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Deborah Yedlin's column in the Globe and Mail business section Friday contain some observations on Danny Williams' rejection of a 3...

Pull the other one, Kathy.

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Fresh from killing a multi-million barrel oil project worth billions to the provincial treasury, natural resources minister Kathy Dunderdale...

Goudie checks out

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Kathy Goudie, one of two Conservative members of the House of Assembly accused of double-billing for expenses has quit politics, effective i...

Cabinet shuffle at 11:00 AM

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Let's see if Jerome Kennedy is appointed. Bond Papers first raised the idea on December 29. Jerome denied it, but then your humble e-s...

Williams to Ottawa: More handouts please

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There's something fundamentally wrong about any politician who is proud of walking away from billions in economic development ( Hebron )...
18 January 2007

The cost of blunder and folly

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For the first time in history, the provincial government has overturned a fundamental decision of the province's offshore regulatory boa...
17 January 2007

Lab West mine deal: Did Danny screw the chances?

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Consolidated Thompson announced on Tuesday that its exclusivity agreement with Wabush Mines had expired and no agreement had been reached...

By-election date set

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Voters in Kilbride, Ferryland and Port au Port will go to the polls February 8 . That just about clinches it that the province won't be ...

Predictable but still disheartening

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With the stunning success of the Hebron shag-up under his belt, Danny Williams decided to shelve the Hibernia South development application ...

Equalization: some thoughts and background

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Since Equalization is back on the national agenda, it's useful to review what's been said before. At the outset, let's make one ...
16 January 2007

Hunter-gatherers support dismemberment

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Since the fish union now backs breaking up Fishery Products International and selling off the bits and pieces to the highest bidders, ther...

NL productivity up; oil a major driver

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A new Statistics Canada report on labour productivity shows Newfoundland and Labrador's productivity grew at twice the national rate bet...

Harper moving on fiscal imbalance

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Radio Canada is reporting that the plan will include half of natural resources in Equalization calculation. Newfoundland and Labrador premi...
15 January 2007

Williams criticized on Hickey; story goes national

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Canadian Press is running this story which includes criticism of Premier Danny Williams' decision to keep John Hickey in cabinet despi...