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31 December 2014

The Legacy of Faulty Assumptions: Hebron Revisited #nlpoli

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Hebron is the last of the four, big, offshore discoveries from the 1980s. It’s due to come into production in 2017 based on a development ...
30 December 2014

The Legacy #nlpoli

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There is a lengthy list of political stories in contention to be the top political story of 2014. Start the year with #darnknl, the failur...
29 December 2014

Great Unposted Predictions #nlpoli

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Sometimes you find the strangest things among the draft posts. Here’s a sample from a January 2012 draft post that never saw the light of ...

The Top 10 SRBP Posts of 2014 #nlpoli

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People love to read posts that contain nothing more than lists.  You know this is true because every self-appointed guru of the Internet w...
24 December 2014

Churn dropped sharply in 2014 #nlpoli

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Orders-in-council show that cabinet made a total of 20 appointments in 2014 at the ranks of assistant deputy minister and deputy minister ...
23 December 2014

Better more, and better #nlpoli

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The provincial government has a very serious financial problem.  The forecast deficit for the current year is the second highest on record...
22 December 2014

All they need for Christmas is new talking points #nlpoli

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Keith Hutchings - the provincial cabinet minister leading talks with the federal government on European trade  - issued a statement on Decem...
19 December 2014

PEI buying Quebec electricity #nlpoli

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Prince Edward Island is in the market to buy 100 megawatts of electricity from Hydro-Quebec, according to media reports on Thursday. -srb...
18 December 2014

Moose Party to enter race in Avalon #nlpoli

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Munn E Moose announced today that he will carry the Moose Party banner in the next federal election in the riding of Avalon. "Harper ...

The Lunatic Fringe #nlpoli

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If the provincial Conservatives have done nothing else with their European trade charade,  they have breathed new energy into the political ...
17 December 2014

Worry more about next year #nlpoli

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Provincial revenue from oil will be $791 million less than forecast in the spring budget, according to the provincial budget update . A fe...
16 December 2014

Our Gift to Nova Scotia #nlpoli

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As of March 31, 2014,  Memorial University had an annual deficit of about $330 million. In 2013-2014,  the annual cost of subsidising tuit...
15 December 2014

Province increased CETA demands after crucial agreement #nlpoli

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Almost a year after reaching an understanding with the federal government on a joint federal-provincial fisheries fund related to the Europe...
12 December 2014

Opportunity knocks #nlpoli

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CBC’s David Cochrane took a break from his parental leave Thursday evening to let the world know that On Point is dead as of next June. P...

Bill 28: missing in action #nlpoli

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It’s an unknown amendment to the Hydro Corporation Act. Natural resources minister Derrick Dalley gave official notice he’d be introduc...
11 December 2014

Time Lag #nlpoli

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On Wednesday,  Premier Paul Davis announced that Ken Marshall had been appointed chair of the board of Nalcor and an unspecified number of ...
10 December 2014

Recurring Behaviour #nlpoli

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Exactly one year ago,  the provincial government was in a controversy over its part in the European free trade deal.  The Conservatives were...
09 December 2014

Decisive Moments in Politics #nlpoli

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The NDP are down five points,  the Liberals are up two and the Conservatives are up three, according to the latest Corporate Research Associ...
08 December 2014

Let’s talk about pol-i-cy. #nlpoli

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Some people are making issue lately out of the fact that – supposedly  - the Liberals have not released any policies.  The Liberals will be ...
05 December 2014

Hebron delayed at least 12 months #nlpoli

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CBC news reported on Thursday that the topsides module for the Hebron project won’t be delivered on time.  Rather than arriving in 2015 f...