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16 June 2011

PEI to study electricity supply

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The Government of Prince Edward Island has appointed a five member commission to examine the province’s energy supply and pricing. The...

Strengthening the Treasury

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Consider the simple reality. The current provincial administration has more money – without considering federal transfers – than any other...

The looming debt problem: update

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Canadian household debt is at at record levels according to report by the Certified General Accountants Association . The latest report ad...
15 June 2011

Cross Sheila off your list

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Remember the December deal and all the claims that the provincial Tories would all be standing for re-election, bar none? Yeah, well you c...

Spend ‘em if ya got ‘em: the Alberta version

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In light of the suggestion the provincial government needs a blue ribbon panel of experts to decide how to safeguard the provincial economic...

Building the fishery of the future

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To look at the fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador is to see as clear an example as one may find of the fundamental bankruptcy of the sort ...
14 June 2011

Titanic records available from the UK National Archives

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Belize wants to buy out Fortis interest in Belize power company

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From Fortis: “The Government of Belize (the "Government") issued a media release on Friday, June 10, 2011 announcing the Governm...

15 ideas (and more) – Setting the Table

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Our economic vision for Newfoundland and Labrador is that of an enterprising, educated, distinctive and prosperous people working togethe...
13 June 2011

Nalcor negotiating Muskrat transmission with Hydro-Quebec

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Nalcor is currently trying to strike a deal with Hydro-Quebec on wheeling power through the province to other markets Read all about it in...

Offshore board recommends mediator or panel review for Old Harry drilling proposal

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The  Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board issued the following news release on Monday: “The Canada-Newfoundland and L...

15 ideas (and more) for a stronger Newfoundland and Labrador – Introduction

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In her first speech to the House of Assembly as Premier – which she and her staff erroneously and arrogantly like to call her inaugural spee...
12 June 2011

Muskrat Falls timelines “unlikely to be achieved”: external review

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An external expert review of the Muskrat Falls project warned Nalcor and the provincial government that the project’s schedule is unrealisti...
11 June 2011

Separated at birth: Rosebud edition

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The One (above)  and The Other (below).     But which one was fictional? - srbp -

Traffic that doesn’t slam into houses

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Here’s what Bond Papers readers found most interesting for the week June 6 to 10, 2011: Dunderdale disapproval doubles; Tory vote drop...
10 June 2011

Chumba-dumba

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Leave to the ever charming labradore to remind everyone that the financial mess Danny Williams left behind is actually something he made cl...

Political impotence and the little blue pills

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Fish minister Clyde “The Finger” Jackman is going to fight to save a local coast guard co-ordination centre and its dozen jobs. Well, tha...

Harris Centre economic forum: the media coverage

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The Telegram’s James Macleod had a decent front page summary of the Harris Centre’s discussion of economic issues facing the province and t...
09 June 2011

From battalions to no cuts: how Connie promises have changed

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Once upon a time, the federal Conservatives promised the good people of Happy Valley-Goose bay that their airport would once again be the sc...

Will bad Tory polls change candidate slates?

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Public opinion polls showing dramatic declines in provincial Conservative support might bring some changes in the slate of candidates. The...