The Sir Robert Bond Papers

Some people got really excited on Wednesday by a report from the Fraser Institute that claimed this province had seen its first population ...

Nalcor chief executive Stan Marshall said so much last Friday about Muskrat Falls, it's probably true that most people couldn't poss...

Craig Westcott tells a story from his short stint as communications director for the Liberals in opposition in the last days of Danny Willia...

You could feel the shock among the local media on Friday as Stan Marshall carefully dissected the insanity that is Muskrat Falls. Didn&#...

Dwight Ball was at Memorial University on Thursday morning to represent the provincial government in a joint announcement with Judy Foote on...

Paul Lane, lef t (not exactly as illustrated),  says both the Liberals and Conservatives trained him to deliver scripted messages.  People...

Natural resources minister Siobhan Coady was the latest in a long line of energy ministers from this province who have done the annual pilgr...

There's no small irony that NAPE is fighting to increase public disclosure of government spending while other public sector unions are b...

When it comes to developing a successful economic development strategy, Edsel Bonnell has advice worth heeding. He co-chaired the team tha...

Somebody requested the number of public servants through Access to Information and the folks in the department answered only half the questi...

The Conference Board of Canada says the recent budget has tipped the provincial economy into a recession next year. Finance minister Cathy...

Here's the short version of  the implications flowing from  Nalcor's announcement on Wednesday: 1.  Continuing Muskrat Falls is a ...

For those who find this stuff interesting, here are some numbers to mull over. You may have heard of comparing the net debt to the gross d...

Cast your mind all the way back to the last time Canada bought new fighter jets.​ Ooop.   Lost most of you already.   No memory...

As with a lot of things in local politics,  the most interesting thing wasn't the fact that Steve Marshall barred Roger Grimes from a ho...

The Great Filibuster of 2016 came to an abrupt end on Thursday afternoon as the two opposition parties decided to pack it in, having gaining...

No one would be surprised if a cell phone video turned up in the next few days on youtube showing Dwight Ball before he broke his silence ...

As the provincial Conservatives and New Democrats filibuster the levy bill in the House of Assembly that Winston Churchill quote about taxes...

Guest post by Simon Lono The latest House of Assembly Twitter flap raises more issues that it first appears.  Leaving aside the wisdom of...

Canadian income tax law requires that all people over the age of 71 must take payments from their registered pension plan. Lorraine Michae...