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30 May 2014

Playing with the Ferryman #nlpoli

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The ferry service between Newfoundland and Cape Breton is economically important to the province as a whole, but it’s especially sensitive f...
29 May 2014

Grimes on Frank, Tom, and the Kami project #nlpoli

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Roger Grimes’ is through his heart surgery and nice vacation and that has left him with a new vigour. He called VOCM’s BackTalk on Tuesday...
28 May 2014

Coleman, Marshall, and the Broken Chain of Accountability #nlpoli

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The Telegram’s James McLeod started a story that appeared on 26 May with the following sentence: Premier-designate Frank Coleman says ...
27 May 2014

Contrasting Speeches #nlpoli

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Liberal leader Dwight Ball and Conservative leader-designate Frank Coleman delivered speeches in St. John’s last week and you couldn’t have ...
26 May 2014

McGrath comments “preposterous”: surety association #nlpoli

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From the industry association representing companies that provide sureties and other bonds, released May 26, 2014: News Release For...

The Friday Night Massacre #nlpoli

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Frank Coleman recorded CBC’s On Point with Peter Cowan on Thursday or Friday afternoon. During the show, Coleman acknowledged that he ha...
23 May 2014

Tom Marshall’s puppet government #nlpoli

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Whatever is going on in the Premier’s Office these days, it isn’t an orderly and organized transition from one premier to another. That’s ...

Politics and the Fishery #nlpoli

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For those who missed it, here’s the podcast from the Fisheries Broadcast for May 22, complete with your humble e-scribbler talking about po...

Another inside deal #nlpoli

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If you want to get a sense of how the New Democratic Party convention actually ran last weekend, take a few minutes and listen to Tony Adey’...
22 May 2014

Nalcor and Conflict of Interest #nlpoli

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Is anyone else having trouble trying to figure out what all the fuss is about Cathy Bennett, Nalcor, and conflict of interest? Seriously. ...
21 May 2014

Kremlinology 47: If only saying it made it so #nlpoli

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According to New Democratic Party leader Lorraine Michael, the party convention this past weekend was “a room of people who are saying, '...
20 May 2014

Always read the large print #nlpoli

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The Conference Board of Canada released a report last week that assessed economic performance in each of the provinces in Canada. “The res...
19 May 2014

The left-wing conservatives #nlpoli

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In 2010,  the provincial Conservatives had a chance to reinvigorate their party in time for the 2011 general election.  They deliberately st...
16 May 2014

The Fruits of a Poisonous Shrub #nlpoli

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Senator Fabian Manning says that the 2008 Anything but Conservative campaign is stilling hurting the province in dealing with the federal go...
15 May 2014

The Bicycle Roads to Nowhere #nlpoli

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Frecker Drive is a well-designed residential street in the west end of St. John’s.  The street is wide:  you can park cars on either side an...
14 May 2014

Getting On Point back from No Point #nlpoli

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For years, the only public affairs show on television or radio in Newfoundland and Labrador was Issues and Answers.  NTV’s Sunday morning st...
13 May 2014

Promises, promises… 2003 contracts and tendering edition #nlpoli

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In light of the controversy about Humber Valley Paving, here are some of the Conservative promises made in 2003 about contracts and public t...
12 May 2014

A beautiful waste

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Exploring the world underneath New York City,  via The Atlantic : -srbp-

The market is closed, Ken. #nlpoli

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Part of the problem the folks at Nalcor have had in trying to build support for on Muskrat Falls is that they never explain things completel...
09 May 2014

Keep the momentum going #nlpoli

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Frank Coleman’s idea for change in Newfoundland and Labrador is to keep everything the way it is. As CBC reported in March, “Coleman said...