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Churchill Falls and Muskrat Falls - Background
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29 April 2016
Flying the checklist - Government's comms problem Part II #nlpoli
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The Liberals under Dwight Ball have had a steady run of problems with managing issues, policies, and positions. The current mess they face ...
28 April 2016
Not fit for it, indeed #nlpoli
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Once upon a time not so long ago, you would think politics in this province was a mash up of Nineteen eighty-four and Animal Farm . The...
27 April 2016
Winston Churchill and taxes (revised and updated) #nlpoli
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You have probably seen the quote and a picture of Winston Churchill flying around Facebook or Twitter since the provincial government intr...
26 April 2016
MQO poll shows big Liberal slide #nlpoli
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Just for the fun of comparison, here's the CRA polling results for a year covering the last time the provincial government saw a change ...
The Government's ongoing Communications Problem - the political side #nlpoli
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To understand the communications problem the Liberal administration faces, look at the first and so far only decision they have taken on co...
Ring access ruling blames wrong culprit #nlpoli
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To understand why access commissioner Ed Ring's ruling issued last Monday was troubling, you have to know some back story. Ring was ru...
25 April 2016
More worrying wobbles #nlpoli
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You have to get very seriously concerned when a cabinet minister can't or won't answer a simple question that has only one, simple, ...
22 April 2016
Not just another pretty face #nlpoli
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Stan Marshall is the guy who should have been running Nalcor in the first place. Well, if you wanted to make a successful business out of...
21 April 2016
Offense and Defense #nlpoli
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If you're not on offense, you are on defense. And in politics, if you are on defense, you are losing. The Liberals wound up on the d...
20 April 2016
Getting while the getting is good. #nlpoli
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As if on cue, Danny Williams' publicist tweeted praise for Ed Martin as soon as news broke that Danny Williams' right-hand for so m...
Actions and words #nlpoli
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The provincial cabinet has known since January - at least - that the powerhouse at Muskrat Falls is only 15% completed despite a huge payout...
19 April 2016
Responsibility #nlpoli
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In the middle of all the screaming as the government unveiled its budget on Thursday, the editor of a regional business magazine asked, ap...
18 April 2016
The Austerity Budget Pantomime #nlpoli
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According to the Oxford dictionary, financial austerity means "difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce ...
15 April 2016
The Rasputisa and the 2016 Budget #nlpoli
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The speech finance minister Cathy Bennett read in the House of Assembly on Thursday was as horrible as the reaction most of the province ha...
14 April 2016
The Incrementalists #nlpoli
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Today is budget day. There's been lots of speculation flying around, most of it a confirmation that people have little real informatio...
13 April 2016
The Rasputitsa #nlpoli
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Before we even get into this, let's be clear: the EY review commissioned by the provincial government was never, ever about cancelling ...
12 April 2016
Bring out yer dead #nlpoli
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In the end there was something perfectly fitting in the way New Democrats dumped their failed leader. Every pundit around and lots of New ...
11 April 2016
The value of inquiry #nlpoli
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Information is good. Information is the basis of knowledge. Information is also power. That's why people who have information do...
09 April 2016
Sun burn #nlpoli
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On Friday morning, Memorial University political scientist Amanda Bittner told a CBC Radio audience that the Telegram’s government-compiled...
08 April 2016
Bill 29 didn't go far enough: public sector unions #nlpoli
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The teachers' union doesn't want the public to know the names of public servants in Newfoundland and Labrador. The news late on Th...
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