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31 August 2012

Public hearing into secrecy request #nlpoli

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It’s not just that the Muskrat Falls project is a bad idea;  the process by which the current provincial administration is forcing it throug...
30 August 2012

The Black Light Artist

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From a decision in a lawsuit between a moving company and a customer who sued the company claiming that the movers failed to deliver some of...

A List of Interesting Things #nlpoli

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Follow this one for a second. In 2005, Kathy Dunderdale – minister responsible for the Rural Secretariat  - announced a raft of appointme...
29 August 2012

James McLeod’s Three Questions #nlpoli

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On his Telegram blog post on Monday, James McLeod posed three questions about the Muskrat Falls debate. Let’s answer them.

The Great Liberal PIFO Roadshow #nlpoli

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On the front page of Tuesday’s Telegram was a story on the provincial Liberal Party’s renewal process. it isn’t available online unless you...
28 August 2012

The Muskrat Falls Debate (on Twitter) #nlpoli

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Over at the Telegram, you’ll find two blog posts that are well worth your time if you want to get more insights into the ongoing discussion ...

The Return of the Public Accounts Committee #nlpoli

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Supporters of the current governing party like to talk about how theirs is the most open, accountable and transparent government of all time...
27 August 2012

Neil Armstrong 1930-2012

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A profile of the first human to walk on the moon, from 60 Minutes : -srbp-
25 August 2012

No deal likely on Hebron 3rd module #nlpoli

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CBC’s got the story: ExxonMobil will be able to move work related to the Hebron oil project out of Newfoundland within days, as the po...
24 August 2012

If they don’t stop it, we’ll go blind #nlpoli

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You have to wonder sometimes how far Tory politicians will go to issue a good news comment of some kind during the time when the government ...

Williams prepared to wrap arms around Quebec #nlpoli

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There’s something just too funny for words about former Premier Danny Williams sometimes. It’s the kind of “too funny” where you don’t kno...

Tense Problems #nlpoli

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“As a lawyer,” natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy told reporters on Thursday,” you’d often hear the phrase that the best predictor of...
23 August 2012

Dunderdale: Hydro-Quebec equity in Lower Churchill and no ‘69 redress part of ‘win-win’ for HQ #nlpoli

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For five years, the provincial Conservatives secretly tried to interest Quebec in part ownership of the Lower Churchill, according to Premi...

Two views of Muskrat Falls #nlpoli

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In Nova Scotia, energy minister Charlie Parker touted the benefits of the Muskrat falls deal for his province in a letter to the Chronicle H...
22 August 2012

The Politics of Oil and Budgets #nlpoli

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When any country or province depends heavily on the money that comes from resource extraction, it affects politics there. Political scient...
21 August 2012

The Permanent Echo Chamber of Horrors #nlpoli

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To borrow a phrase from Quebec Premier Jean Charest the other day, Twitter is a conversation between apparatchiks and journalists.  That’s ...

Kremlinology 41: All politics is personal #nlpoli

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On Friday, the Conservatives sent Mount Pearl North MHA Steve Kent out as the designated hitter in a deliberate, orchestrated personal attac...

Not exactly, there, Tom, b’y #nlpoli

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As part of the orchestrated campaign to attack the people making the comments instead of the comments themselves , finance minister Tom Mars...
20 August 2012

Fourth time a charm: Kennedy changes MF “key point” …again #nlpoli

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How many times should anyone need to change the key point in any discussion? Well, this past weekend, natural resources minister Jerome Ke...

Hydro-Quebec to get Muskrat Falls electricity #nlpoli

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Under a complex arrangement, Nalcor will send electricity from Muskrat Falls to Quebec in place of electricity from Churchill Falls during s...