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30 August 2013

Osborne joins the Liberals #nlpoli

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Not surprisingly, long-serving St. John’s South MHA Tom Osborne has joined the Liberals. Forget all the stuff about what party he fits wit...
29 August 2013

The Stunnel Reborn #nlpoli

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There’s a story about Danny Williams before he became the Old Man.  It was either in 2001 during the by-elections on the Great Northern Peni...

Stay the Course, Choose Change, and the Liberal Alternative #nlpoli

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Identifying supporters is only part of the challenge in a political campaign.  That’s basically what the five candidates in the Liberal lead...
28 August 2013

JM’s assessment of the UARB Decision #nlpoli

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According to the commentator JM, the implementation of the Utility and Review Board conditional approval will mean that “Nova Scotia will re...
27 August 2013

Getting out the Vote #nlpoli

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Older people are more likely to vote. In the 2011 federal election, about 50% of the eligible voters aged 18 to 24 years actually voted.  ...
26 August 2013

The Problem Described #nlpoli

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One of the major factors affecting economic development in Newfoundland and Labrador is the literacy level of the population. If you want ...
23 August 2013

The Blue Slide #nlpoli

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Just flip over to labradore for a look at his latest pretty chart.  It shows the compilation of poll results from various sources going bac...
22 August 2013

Liberal Party Fact Check: Search and Rescue #nlpoli

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What is it about politicians in Newfoundland and Labrador and search and rescue? Seriously. Newly minted Liberal MHA Lisa Dempster issue...

The Value of Controversy and Colleagues

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Over the past few days,  one American political science blog has been at the centre of a pretty hot controversy about a post on the value of...
21 August 2013

Cod, cod everywhere #nlpoli

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John Furlong left some big shoes to fill over at CBC’s Fisheries Broadcast . As it turn out, the Mother Corp’s head shed found a replacem...
20 August 2013

Another job and a business case #nlpoli

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One Conservative Kathy gave Ross Reid a new job recently.  Last January , your humble e-scribbler had another job in mind for Reid. Kat...
19 August 2013

Do they get free roller blades? #nlpoli

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Premier Kathy Dunderdale made a few more appointments on Friday to boost her chances of setting a phenomenal record for shifting people aro...
16 August 2013

August is Money Month #nlpoli

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August is polling month for Corporate Research Associates. In the first 15 days of the month,  the provincial government announcement mach...
15 August 2013

Time to re-think dam costs #nlpoli #nspoli

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They call it Site C. No, it isn’t a sequel to Jurassic Park or The Lost World . Site C is a 900 megawatt hydroelectric dam project in ...
14 August 2013

Summer Reading List

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A compendium of 100 biases in the way we all think, described in easy-to-understand language, The Art of Thinking Clearly should be require...
13 August 2013

Nalcor’s Complaints to the Regie #nlpoli

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Last week, the Quebec Superior Court dismissed a motion to hear an appeal from Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro over decisions taken by the Q...
12 August 2013

Access denied: CFLCo and Hydro-Quebec version #nlpoli

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Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation tried but failed in 2012 in an effort to see hundreds of thousands of pages of confidential Hydro-Que...
09 August 2013

Churn, churn, churn #nlpoli

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For your consideration:  a conspicuously large number of changes in the senior levels of the provincial public service over the past four ye...
08 August 2013

The Poster Child for the Churn #nlpoli

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On Tuesday, Premier Kathy Dunderdale appointed Julia Mullaley to the top job in the provincial public service - Clerk of the Executive Counc...
07 August 2013

Newfoundland and the start of the Great War #nlpoli

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Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One.  There’s no sign of any commemorations or other events to mark the...