The Sir Robert Bond Papers

From Canadian Press : The Conservative government is set to unveil new legislation aimed at keeping foreign strippers out of Canada. Talk ab...

It's not on line but this story appeared in today's Telegram . It appears here thanks to someone with better typing skills than your...

The Prime Minister is finally getting around to meeting with the Premiers. With the recent federal budget, it should be an interesting aff...

Lost in most of the current kerfuffle on Equalization is any understanding of what the federal transfer program does or how it evolved. Thom...

From David Herle, a provocative discussion of the role played by public opinion research in modern politics and government. As the blurb fro...

Todd Hirsch, a former chief economist with the Canada West Foundation warns Saskatchewan is sending the wrong message by siding with Nova Sc...

One of the great unfacts that has crept into political dialogue in Newfoundland and Labrador is that fiscal accountability and sound mana...

Expect the local nationalists to be up-in-arms about these two announcements, both of which are surely evidence of the great conspiracy to f...

Scotia Economics joins all the other forecasters in projecting that Newfoundland and Labrador will lead the country in economic growth i...

You have nothing to lose but the idea you are alone .

You read it first here and here . -sbrp-

From Oilweek : In a written submission to a provincial royalty review panel, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says oilsands p...

Apparently Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is one of the "leading lights" of our time. Who'd a thought Putin could make s...

Was the non-partisan rally really a non-partisan rally after all? Was Danny Williams appearance a coincidence, as most assumed? Not if you t...

Geoff Meeker asks the question: how big was the rally? He notes the widely varying reports in local media on the size of the crowd attendi...

Proposed changes to representation in the House of Commons will more fairly represent Canadians across the country, irrespective of where th...

A recent Syncrude job fair in St. John's didn't turn out very many prospects, according to the National Post . They [the recruiters...

No English-language reports yet, but here is the Quebec report, from lesaffaires.com : Les Mines Wabush , situées à Sept-Îles, est dans la m...

From the Anchorage Daily News : JUNEAU -- Gov. Sarah Palin's gas pipeline bill sailed through both houses of the Legislature on Friday a...

Geroge Armoyan is calling it a vendetta . That's the complaint by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador that Armoyan engaged ...