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19 March 2007

Links for Liam

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Just for the resident anti-Castro crusader, some links to live by. Or live for, since apparently anything vaguely positive about Cuba induce...
18 March 2007

Mercer, Golfman and Afghanistan: good for circ if nothing else

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Since January, the pretentious weekly The Independent has been embroiled in a debate between columnist Noreen Golfman and nationally known ...

Promoted to glory: Bruce Winsor, 1926-2007

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Bruce Winsor passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2007. He was buried today from the St. John's Temple of the Salvation Army. I knew Bru...
17 March 2007

Municipal campaign shenanigans costly

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Take a gander at this story involving a former St. John's city councillor, charges of mischief, withholding information from the police ...
16 March 2007

Scotia Economics confirms NL economic projections

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Add Scotia Economics to the list of economic prognosticators showing the Newfoundland and Labrador economy going from leading the nation th...

Confusion reigns in Alberta

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What exactly is the Government of Alberta's position on Equalization ? Does anyone know? Does anyone care?

Randomly Generating Laughs

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Responsible Government League's Liam O'Brien tears into the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for a story on the CBC website about C...

ADQ would expand Quebec's hydro potential

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Le soleil reports that the ADQ would accelerate development of an additional 10000 megawatts of Quebec hydroelectric potential if the party...
15 March 2007

The pension plan deal so nice...

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They announced it twice. New finance minister Tom Marshall announced on Thursday that the province will borrow almost $1.0 billion to cover...

Rideout strikes another blow against free enterprise

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Fish minister Tom Rideout tries to explain government's decision on Fishery Products International. He still can't define what the ...

Carry on minister

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Last year, it was Danny Williams versus a third rate celebrity on CNN: The choice: Energy powerhouse promoter or seal hunt defender? DW : I...
14 March 2007

FPI tortures continue

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When it comes to Fishery Products International, the provincial government's definition of "public interest" remains inscrut...
13 March 2007

Tories take Lab West

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The provincial progressive Conservatives took the by election in Labrador West with 1666 votes (42%). The NDP came second with 1240 votes....

Adios Normie

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Norm Doyle won't be running again. There's a shock for the guy who had a hard time with the offshore revenues deal and wound up put...

Marshall responds to census figures

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Treasury board president Tom Marshall issued a news release this afternoon on the census figures saying "the census counts released tod...

Dalton new chair of MUN board of regents

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Gilbert Dalton has been appointed new chair of the Memorial University Board of Regents. Of course, this had nothing to do with it, but it ...

NL population headed below 500K early

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While provincial government demographic projections have long shown the province's population dropping below 500,000 people within the f...

Bonus demographic question

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What three things likely contributed to the dramatic decline in some sexually transmitted illness rates in Newfoundland and Labrador in the ...

Alberta focuses on its federal cash

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As noted yesterday, Alberta finance minister Lyle Oberg is focusing attention on federal transfers other than Equalization. Lorne Calvert...

Outmigration in perspective, from labradore

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Courtesy of Wally Maclean , out migration , in migration and all the other niceties of demographic change.