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31 May 2016

Martin continues to set provincial political agenda #nlpoli

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On the surface, Ed Martin's statement on Monday confirmed what we already knew. Dwight Ball knew about and approved of Ed Martin'...
30 May 2016

The Running Man #nlpoli

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With questions swirling about what Premier Dwight Ball knew about severance payments to former Nalcor boss Ed Martin and when he knew it,  B...
29 May 2016

The Oracle of Brunei and The Prophet of Boswarlos #nlpoli

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You know that the local news media are hard up for stories when they  post the musings about the current budget of somebody from Newfoundlan...
28 May 2016

The Oracle on the Parkway #nlpoli

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Crude oil was trading north of US$50 a barrel for about 30 seconds this week. What with the government's cash deficit being $3.0 billi...
27 May 2016

Last Rites #nlpoli

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This week Premier Dwight Ball became the punchline to a joke. Ball spent yet another day not giving straight answers to simple questions a...
26 May 2016

Alarums and Excursions #nlpoli

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Dwight Ball is hiding details of his involvement in the decision to give an enormous and unwarranted severance package paid to Ed Martin des...
25 May 2016

Ball digs himself deeper into hole #nlpoli

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Dwight Ball's latest version of Ed Martin's departure from Nalcor only deepens the political quagmire  into which the Premier and hi...
24 May 2016

Red Flags #nlpoli

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If you want to understand the depth of Dwight Ball's political problem,  understand that as of Victoria Day,  Paul Lane - never the shar...
23 May 2016

How government decides - From Bow-Wow to Basenji #nlpoli

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The Liberals' signature policy initiative is Bill 1 . It is so important that it is the only piece of new legislation the Liberals hav...
20 May 2016

How the other half pays #nlpoli

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Brian Jones. Statistics Canada can be your friend.   CANSIM 204-0001 to be precise. You don't have to manipulate numbers. There a...

A different kind of P3

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Paul Lane won Mount Pearl-Southlands in 2015 by a mere 241 votes. In 2011 , he won a seat in the House of Assembly by 700 votes. Anyone...
19 May 2016

Did you hear the one about the Lane and the Ball? #nlpoli

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Paul Lane has taken Dwight Ball's measure. How Ball and the Liberals respond to Lane's challenge will determine the fate of the a...
18 May 2016

A dose of reality for Lorraine and her friends #nlpoli

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During Question Period in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, Lorraine Michael asked the finance minister for the information that showed that...
17 May 2016

Six Rationalisations Pretending to Be Policy #nlpoli

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Policy solves problems. At it's simplest level,  policy answers a question. Cancelling Muskrat Falls is a good example.  We are faci...
16 May 2016

Responsible Government #nlpoli

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Many of you may not have heard of Jerry Dean until this past week. Jerry is from Botwood. Last fall the people on Exploits district electe...
12 May 2016

Up the harbour and down the shore... once more #nlpoli

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Here's another one that started life as a column at the old Independent .  And, as with "The politics of history" it can ...
11 May 2016

The politics of history (again) #nlpoli

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Originally written for The Independent in 2003 "The politics of history" has become a post that continues to resonate with your h...
10 May 2016

Stunnel mania #nlpoli

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Right off the bat, let's fess up to a mistake. The 2004 research into the Stunnel cost "cost a total of $351,674, with a contribu...
09 May 2016

Choices and values: ideologically-driven nonsense versus reality #nlpoli

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Memorial University history professor Robert Sweeny discovered something recent.  he discovered that the finance minister's budget speec...
08 May 2016

Measuring Thick: either or edition #nlpoli

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While Des Whelan   was clacking out his column for Saturday's Telegram  one of the editors -  B rian Jones  - came at the government'...