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27 February 2015

Language Problems #nlpoli

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“Increasing taxes is not about solving the deficit, it’s about maintaining our programs and services that we have.” That’s what Labrador a...
26 February 2015

Nova Scotia won’t get Muskrat Falls electricity #nlpoli

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As part of its deal with Nalcor,  Emera will get its electricity from Bay d’Espoir, not Muskrat Falls.  The Business Post’s March 2015 ed...
25 February 2015

Bond Raters and other things to wonders about #nlpoli

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Cast your mind back a couple of years and you will probably remember finance minister Jerome Kennedy told us a couple of things. One was ...
24 February 2015

The Unsustainability Problem #nlpoli

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The annual budget consultation farce started on Monday with a couple of sessions. This year the provincial government has turned out a bud...
23 February 2015

The theory of everything #nlpoli

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People are talking about the budget. People are talking about Bill 42, the politicians’ decision to cut public representation in the House...
20 February 2015

A cunning plan it ain’t #nlpoli

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The whole “Paul-Davis-Decisive-Leader” thing doesn’t seem to be working for the provincial Conservatives. The latest NTV/MQO poll puts th...
19 February 2015

Stragedy and Polls: Chop House version #nlpoli

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Public opinion polls are a really useful thing in politics. The Liberals did a poll the weekend before the Liberals and Conservatives vote...
18 February 2015

St. Pierre shifting health care to Moncton, Halifax #nlpoli

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Rising costs are forcing the government of St. Pierre to look at shifting health care for its residents to Moncton New Brunswick from St. Jo...
17 February 2015

Lighter and Lighter #nlpoli

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Three separate stories over the past three days highlight changes to the local media world. On Saturday, Telegram editor Russell Wangersk...
16 February 2015

Money and Politics – the Chronic Enforcement Problem #nlpoli

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We can have all the rules in the world about how political parties and political candidates receive and spend money in Newfoundland and Labr...
12 February 2015

Money and Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli

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Some people are making a big deal over the fact that the judge heading the boundaries commission made political donations to both the Liber...
11 February 2015

The Boundary Commission Fun is closer #nlpoli

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The Chief Justice has named Justice Robert Stack as the chair of the boundary commission appointed under the Electoral Boundaries Act . We...
10 February 2015

The Other DarkNL #nlpoli

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For as long as anyone can remember,  some people in Newfoundland and Labrador have had a love of conformity. They loathe discussion and de...
09 February 2015

Reforming the budget process #nlpoli

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We already know that the provincial government won’t unveil its budget for the new year until late April or early May. That’s not as unusu...
06 February 2015

Government by Committee #nlpoli

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Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador (2015) – Part 5 In the fifth and final  instalment in this series on politics in Newfoundland and ...
05 February 2015

Elections and Voting #nlpoli

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Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador (2015) – Part 4 The politicians in the province share a lot of common views and tend to agree on m...
04 February 2015

The Dysfunctional House of Assembly #nlpoli

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Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador (2015) – Part 3 In the third instalment in the series,  SRBP looks at the way the House of Assem...
03 February 2015

One Big Party #nlpoli

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Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador – Part 2 The plan to cut public representation in the House of Assembly has drawn public attenti...
02 February 2015

Making the rich richer #nlpoli

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Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador – Part 1 The plan to cut public representation in the House of Assembly has drawn public attention...
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...