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31 May 2013
If they do it, it is wrong #nlpoli
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On Monday, Kathy Dunderdale said it was wrong for the federal government to try and jam her up by connecting the federal loan guarantee on M...
The Divide Deepens. #nlpoli
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David Cochrane called it right the other day in the scrum with Kathy Dunderdale. He asked if she was laying the groundwork for a failure at...
30 May 2013
There’s something to be said for eloquence #nlpoli
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Russell Wangersky is a fine writer with a keen and insightful mind. He is also an editor at the province’s largest circulation daily. Th...
Dunderdale and Dalley tell different trade talk stories #nlpoli
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Premier Kathy Dunderdale ( via NTV ): We’re looking for a ‘carve-out’ on the minimum processing regulations … so they’ll be exempted, a...
29 May 2013
Kathy Dunderdale's Give-Aways #nlpoli
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There is something about Kathy Dunderdale’s speech to the Board of Trade that leaves you decidedly uncomfortable. Part of it is the mentio...
28 May 2013
Do we have it? #nlpoli
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Kathy Dunderdale had a pretty easy audience on Monday for her relaxed, ambling speech about a whole bunch of stuff. It was the St. John’s ...
27 May 2013
Like Father. Like Son. #nlpoli
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So after a teaser column in the Telegram last week that was more creative fiction than serious history or memoir, John Crosbie explained wh...
24 May 2013
Lowest Cost Option #nlpoli
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Note: The words glory hole and shaft in this post are terms used in the mining and oil and gas industries. The provincial government is alm...
23 May 2013
Polling Voters #nlpoli
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If you are still mulling over the British Columbia election result and the polls, take a look at this post by Eric Grenier at threehundredei...
It just doesn’t stop #nlpoli
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There’s a new anti-Conservative picture around town. This one is via Twitter (@openionated ). -srbp-
Beth and Expenses #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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All this talk of Senator Beth Marshall and her hefty annual stipend for chairing a committee that has met once in two years brings to mind ...
22 May 2013
There’s no crap like old crap #nlpoli
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And John Crosbie’s recent column (May 18) in the Telegram about Churchill Falls contains some of the oldest - and completely unsubstantiat...
21 May 2013
Political Grab-Bag #nlpoli
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For the first day back after a long weekend, here are some short snappers on some issues swirling around these days at the national scene.
20 May 2013
Stagnation and Decay #nlpoli
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The House of Assembly finished its spring session on Thursday after what appears to be one of the shortest sessions in the past 30 years. ...
17 May 2013
The NAPE Poll Income #nlpoli
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As it turns out, Harris-Decima used household income not individual income for weighting the poll they did for NAPE. Keith Dunne, NAPE’s com...
16 May 2013
Self Skew-ered #nlpoli
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Two thirds of tax filers in Newfoundland and Labrador report incomes of less than $35,000 per year. The Harris-Decima poll released by th...
The Fruits of A Very Poisonous Tree #nlpoli
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Premier Kathy Dunderdale said on Tuesday that the province will have problems now that it doesn’t have a federal cabinet minister from this ...
15 May 2013
The Decline of the Forest Empire #nlpoli
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While an official with Corner Brook’s municipal government understandably has to say wonderful things about the economy in the west coast c...
14 May 2013
Steep Curves and Third Place #nlpoli
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Liberal leader Dwight Ball told CBC’s David Cochrane this past weekend that his job as Opposition Leader came with a steep learning curve. ...
The $150K Communications Audit #nlpoli
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Poor Jerome Kennedy. They sent him out Monday to explain to reporters what the government got for its $150,000 audit by Fleishman-Hillard ...
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