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30 January 2015

Gil Bennett: fact checker #nlpoli

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Gil Bennett, Nalcor vice-president in charge of the Lower Churchill project, took some exceptions to comments in yesterdays posts on Muskrat...
29 January 2015

Nalcor: the power of hubris #nlpoli

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On the last electricity bill to arrive Chez Scribbler,  the price per kilowatt hour was a little over 11 cents, all in. On Wednesday ,  Ne...
28 January 2015

Acting Like a Leader #nlpoli

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In his first major public appearance since cutting public representation in the House of Assembly last week,  Premier Paul Davis flatly reje...
27 January 2015

Opposition grows to antidemocratic House cuts #nlpoli

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Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador,  the umbrella organization that speaks for the province’s towns and cities, doesn’t like the plan ...
26 January 2015

A swing and a miss #nlpoli

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The usual round of Saturday chores this weekend brought with it the usual accidental meetings with all manner of friends and acquaintances. ...
23 January 2015

The Fraser Institute and Laughably Flawed Analysis #nlpoli

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The latest Fraser Institute assessment of the financial management prowess of premiers is to sound economic analysis what homeopathy to cur...
22 January 2015

Review faces stiff competition from province’s politicians #nlpoli

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If Paul Davis and his beleaguered band of provincial Conservatives started the week on a high,  it didn’t last very long. They opened the ...
21 January 2015

Abbott and Costello meet the Trade Deal #nlpoli

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If you are confused by the provincial government’s struggle over free trade with the European trade, find comfort in the fact you are not al...
20 January 2015

Ballsiness #nlpoli

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Before Christmas, Liberal leader Dwight Ball had been calling for an election as soon as possible.  After Christmas, faced with the chanc...
19 January 2015

Not fit for it #nlpoli

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It’s not surprising that the provincial Conservatives and their supporters want to reduce the representations the people of the province hav...
16 January 2015

Anti-democratic, regressive, and unprincipled #nlpoli

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The idea of reducing the size of the province’s legislature because the provincial government has a massive financial crisis didn’t get any ...
15 January 2015

Separated at birth: Boyle edition #nlpoli

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  Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle

NDP leadership rules screw local businesses #nlpoli

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Any of the small, local printing companies who usually make a fair bit of cash from political campaigns can keep their printing presses chil...
14 January 2015

NDP votes for “More of the Same” #nlpoli

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Gerry Rogers is smiling again now that Earle McCurdy has agreed to be the NDP Kevin Aylward. If Earle had decided to stay retired,  Gerry ...
13 January 2015

All NL parties agree to anti-democratic, regressive cuts to legislature #nlpoli

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Whenever the provincial government gets into financial trouble, someone will suggest that one great way to save money would be to cut the nu...
12 January 2015

Roger Grimes: savage political attack dog #nlpoli

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Maybe it was the headline on John Ivison’s opinion piece in the National Post that threw them off. Spat over $400M N.L. fund could mak...
09 January 2015

The challenge of Hebron and old people #nlpoli

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The C.D. Howe Institute released a policy brief on Thursday that argues that demographic changes will hit the people of Newfoundland and L...
08 January 2015

Cluck, cluck, cluck #nlpoli

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Say what you want about Lorraine Michael,  but you have to admit that she knows what she wants to do. Lorraine has spent her adult life as...
07 January 2015

Lorraine says good-bye, sort of #nlpoli

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Her voice tinged with emotion,  Lorraine Michael announced to a gaggle of reporters and her supporters at Confederation Building on Tuesda...
06 January 2015

Comparative Hydro Costs #nlpoli

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Konrad Yakabuski’ s column in the Monday Globe is an interesting one for people in Newfoundland and Labrador for a couple of reasons.  ‘ ...