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Churchill Falls and Muskrat Falls - Background
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10 December 2009
“The overriding and paramount consideration…”
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[One of the fundamental changes we have to make, Mr. Speaker, is our legislation. We have to review the legislation; we have to amend it....
And people used to listen to Milli Vanilli, too
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In his most recent column , Telegram editorial page editor Russell Wangersky highlights a concern of his, namely the practice in the prime...
08 December 2009
So where’s the local crew this time?
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What was the point of going to Arnold-land , if you didn’t also plan to go to Copenhagen? After all, New Brunswick is there talking clima...
Walsh guilty
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In his decision Monday , Judge David Orr found former Liberal cabinet minister Jim Walsh guilty on two of three of the charges against. O...
To Have and Have Not
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Listening to Tom Marshall blame the current provincial government budget deficit on the federal government’s changes to Equalization last wi...
07 December 2009
If it looks too good to be true…
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While gross domestic product in Newfoundland and Labrador is now forecast by the provincial finance department to shrink by 8.5%, finance mi...
“I love you, Paige. I hate you, Dennis” - hydro project version
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Fans of the old soap Another World will remember that hideous storyline from about 30 years ago, as lampooned by Codco or Sexton and Malone...
NL Hydro intervenes in Hydro-Quebec FERC application
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The way some people talk, you’d think this was the first time Newfoundland and Labrador’s energy company had intervened in the United State...
06 December 2009
The Transmission Skirmish: more documentation
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The Telegram’s Rob Antle did a bang-up job of shedding some extra light on the ongoing skirmish between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and...
A new look and some changes
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Welcome to the new look for Bond Papers . There’s less than a month to go before the fifth anniversary so what better time to spruce thing...
When Worlds Collide
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There is one Steve who is dear, oh so dear to the Premier’s heart. We speak, dear friends of Danny Williams former law partner – Steve Mars...
05 December 2009
September oil royalties 60% below budget forecast average
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High prices and better royalty rates on Hibernia didn’t offset oil production declines in September for the Newfoundland and Labrador offsho...
04 December 2009
Graham smacks NL local preference policy
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New Brunswick premier Shawn Graham has taken a poke at Danny Williams, accusing the Newfoundland and Labrador premier of engaging in cheap ...
Long term work force trends hard to see…yet
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Friday’s release of job statistics for November has prompted some media stories focusing on the very minor change in employment levels acro...
What makes news: the recycled edition
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News – by definition – is supposed to be new. New, as in not the same as something before. The CBC news from yesterday on the latest jih...
03 December 2009
The NB Power deal: AIMS releases comment
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The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies today released its assessment of the NB Power/ Hydro-Quebec memorandum of understanding. The a...
Cutting to the heart of the matter
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If Shawn wants to shut Darrell and Danny up pretty fast, here’s a draft reply designed to do just that. It’s called the “Money talks. B...
Too bad wishing didn’t make it so
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There are times you have to feel sorry for Ed Martin. The fellow was hired out of a successful career in the oil industry to try and crea...
02 December 2009
Churchill Falls and The Pantomime Horse’s Arse
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Churchill Falls is many things in the province, most of them fictional. Over the past few days, people have been treated to another of its f...
Converting principles to cash: more stuff they don’t want you to know, let alone think about
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Natural resources minister Kathy Dunderdale on the potential that more oil in White Rose would be a good thing for the province’s energy co...
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