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31 March 2016

A meritless position #nlpoli

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The new provincial Liberal administration has made the creation of a merit-based system of cabinet appointments the centre-piece of its firs...
30 March 2016

Paying for Muskrat Falls #nlpoli

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To understand precisely how insane an idea we have at Muskrat Falls, think of it this way. In Quebec,  provincial government policy is to ...
29 March 2016

Trump the unpopular... maybe not #nlpoli

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Apparently, Donald Trump is the most unpopular American presidential candidate since 1992. The Toronto Star's American correspondent p...
28 March 2016

Trash talk #nlpoli

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The folks at the City of St. John’s wanted to boost their curb-side recycling program. Last fall, they launched a campaign called “Blue is...
25 March 2016

Ghomeshi and a fair trial #nlpoli #cdnpoli

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The moment when Jian Ghomeshi’s lawyer established during the trial that witnesses against him had colluded in their testimony and had lied ...
24 March 2016

The Office of Steve Kent

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26 public meetings. More than 1,000 people showed up for them. More than 28,000 people used the government website that the folks at the...
23 March 2016

A simple question about residential schools #nlpoli

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According to one of the firms involved in the class action suit by residents of Newfoundland and Labrador about residential schools: Five...
22 March 2016

Resettlement story wrong #nlpoli

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Access to documents from government are one thing. Understanding what they say is quite another. CBC requested batches of documents from...
21 March 2016

How to say little in 34 slides #nlpoli

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Consultants have consistently reported that the Muskrat Falls project is well-managed and well-led. Despite that independent analysis, MFP...
19 March 2016

Kissing in the rear #nlpoli

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At the entrance to the new west-end high school, there's a sign that warns drivers that only those big yellow student transportation veh...
18 March 2016

Record deficit in 2015-16 #nlpoli

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The deficit for 2015 will be a record. We know that because of comments at the House of Assembly by Premier Dwight Ball and finance minist...
17 March 2016

Tiny pebbles in an empty washtub #nlpoli

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For the third day in a row,  the opposition has asked one question over and over again, with a couple of minor variations. They’ve asked e...
16 March 2016

Simple words work best #nlpoli

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esquire.com last October.  Big headline: Donald Trump Woos Republicans By Speaking at a 4th Grade Level Smaller head: His competito...
15 March 2016

The blindingly obvious #nlpoli

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After all this time, it remains an enduring mystery how a guy who held himself out to be the great seer of oil prices still gets quoted on o...
14 March 2016

Picking stuff out of the appointments hockey bag #nlpoli

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One of the provincial Conservatives’ signature new initiatives in the first session of the legislature after the 2003 election was a bill th...
11 March 2016

No change in party support numbers #nlpoli

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Despite delivering bad news about the provincial government's finances since taking office,  the provincial Liberals continue to hold st...

Interim Supply 2016 #nlpoli

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The provincial government can only spend money approved by the House of Assembly. In parliamentary language, the House grants supply to th...
10 March 2016

The inexplicable persistence of nonsense #nlpoli

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“There was a very good job done … of boxing this province out [of the Equalization program] a few years ago,” That was Premier Dwight Ball...
09 March 2016

The New Approach #nlpoli

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In 2003, Paul Davis' predecessor as leader of the provincial Conservative party went to Ottawa to beg for a hand-out. Called it The N...
08 March 2016

Open Data #nlpoli

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James McLeod has released the data he compiled to produce his Saturday story on the number of people in the provincial public service who m...