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31 July 2015

The Friday before it starts #nlpoli

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There are plenty of signs that the federal Conservatives will start the official campaign for the fall election earlier than scheduled.  Ear...
30 July 2015

More ways to lose than win #nlpoli

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“What this province needs is not just someone with the brains to figure out what's wrong with our economy,” future Premier Kathy Dunderd...
29 July 2015

As Karl’s mom would say… #nlpoli

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The Conservatives came to power in 2003 promising to do things a new way. People thought that meant the Tories would do away with the prac...
28 July 2015

The Grecian Formula and mineral rights #nlpoli

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In the late 1990s, the provincial government faced some tough financial times.  The debt and the size of the economy were the same number. T...
27 July 2015

Smoke, mirrors, and Harper’s senate moratorium #nlpoli #cdnpoli

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Heading into an election and with the three major federal parties within five or six points of each other in the opinion polls, the Prime Mi...
24 July 2015

The Line They Didn’t Need #nlpoli

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For some time now, Nalcor has needed an extra line from Bay d’Espoir to increase the capacity across the Isthmus of Avalon.  They just kep...
23 July 2015

Gull Island? Dead duck. #nlpoli

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From the Financial Post , Tom Adams and Ed Hollett take a look at three issues that will hold up any development of Gull Island: While...
22 July 2015

Reality check for the Ontarians, please #nlpoli

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If nothing else, media coverage about energy talks between Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador shows just how much people don’t know about...
21 July 2015

Always ready for a better tomorrow #nlpoli

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Ontario and the faltering Conservative administration in Newfoundland and Labrador are talking about the possibility of developing Gull Isl...
20 July 2015

Maternal mortality #nlpoli

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Black women in the United States are twice as likely to die as a result of complications of pregnancy and childbirth as are white and Hispan...
17 July 2015

Seven with one blow #nlpoli #cdnpoli

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Seven companies in Newfoundland and Labrador have reached a deal with Elections Canada in the Penashue illegal contributions case. Accordi...
16 July 2015

Arse Foremost #nlpoli

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Politicians help out with each other’s election campaigns all the time. There’s nothing unusual for a municipal politician to work on a pr...
15 July 2015

That’s gotta suck, big time #nlpoli

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All the country’s provincial and territorial leaders – except for Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia – are in Newfoundland and Labrador this week ...
14 July 2015

It was Greek to me #nlpoli

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After days of intense talks,  the Europeans apparently have finally reached a final deal to help Greece out of its latest financial misery. ...
13 July 2015

Cripple you say? #nlpoli

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Unnamed Conservative “insiders” have been talking about the Ches Crosbie nomination fiasco as if it was a rejection of a new Tory Jesus or s...
10 July 2015

Overcooked Ambition #nlpoli

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Nameless Conservative Party insiders predict that without Ches Crosbie as a candidate, the federal Conservative party will be crippled in Ne...
09 July 2015

The long summer campaign #nlpoli

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Liberal leader Dwight Ball kicked off a 10 week campaign swing around the province this week. It’s basically a tour of the local festival...
08 July 2015

Confidence Builder #nlpoli

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The public utilities board asked Liberty Consulting to review Hydro’s decisions in 11 projects. Hydro is looking for a rate increase.  The...
07 July 2015

Canadian Forces recruiting centres and demographics #nlpoli

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The Canadian Forces is planning to move its three full-time recruiting staff out of the office in Corner Brook and move them elsewhere. Fr...
06 July 2015

Impotence and weakness #nlpoli

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If you take John Crosbie’s version at face value,  the Conservative Party rejected his son Ches as a candidate for the party in Avalon becau...