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Churchill Falls and Muskrat Falls - Background
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31 August 2016
Who does he think he is fooling? #nlpoli
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New England states need electricity. They have a preference for green sources of energy, "What we have to offer, both in hydro and ...
30 August 2016
Big News or something #nlpoli
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Yes it is a slow time of the year for news. But you do have to wonder about some of the Big Stories lately: 1. What precisely did Kath...
Tourism Indicators #nlpoli
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These days, Chris Mitchelmore does what Steve Kent used to do: hype tourism numbers. More people. Tourism is big. Yay. Hooray. ...
29 August 2016
Zero-based governing #nlpoli
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The provincial government has been going through a spell of something called zero-based budgeting as part of its ongoing efforts to cope wit...
26 August 2016
Late Summer Reading #nlpoli
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From the University of Toronto Press: "The years after Newfoundland’s confederation with Canada were ones of rapid social and econom...
25 August 2016
Same circus #nlpoli
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Somewhere in Newfoundland and Labrador, someone may not have heard the news. There is oil and natural gas in the ground under water off o...
24 August 2016
Wanna talk loopholes? #nlpoli
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Regular readers shouldn't be surprised to discover the Liberals put a giant loophole in their independent appointments commission law th...
23 August 2016
The Headpiece of the Staff of Ra-Ra #nlpoli
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The provincial New Democrats claim the Liberals broke their own independent appointments commission law when they appointed a bunch of folks...
22 August 2016
Message Control #nlpoli
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Memorial University professor Alex Marland has a new book on the market. Brand Command is about political communications. Marland interv...
19 August 2016
Being from there #nlpoli
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Some people are very agitated at the prospect that the next justice of the Supreme Court of Canada might not "represent" Atlantic ...
18 August 2016
The word is "curious" #nlpoli
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B'y, it is really hard to call the changes announced on Wednesday as a " shake-up " of the public service or any kind of major...
17 August 2016
Cenotaphs and Veterans #nlpoli
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The Town of Placentia has a new cenotaph . Here's how the Southern Gazette writer described the new monument: "The Cenotaph is ...
16 August 2016
Updated NL Public Service Numbers, 2003-2016 #nlpoli
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A couple of access to information requests - pdf 1 and pdf 2 - gave the world some new numbers on the growth in the core provincial publi...
15 August 2016
Policy Stagnation #nlpoli
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The provincial government has been on its current course since about 2007. There were three elements to the Conservatives agenda unde...
12 August 2016
The Supreme Court of Canada #nlpoli
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When the Church Lady shows up, you know your comment on the Internet has hit the mark. The term comes from the self-righteous character m...
11 August 2016
The Price of Revanchism #nlpoli
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Churchill Falls occupies a unique place in Newfoundland and Labrador's political culture. Most of what people believe about Churchill ...
10 August 2016
The Quebec Superior Court Decision #nlpoli
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Water Rights, Muskrat Falls, and the Muskrat Falls Disaster #nlpoli
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Forget everything else that you know about Muskrat Falls. The entire project hinged on Nalcor's ability to control water flows on the ...
09 August 2016
OCI dumps troubled shrimp plant on taxpayers #nlpoli
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Ocean Choice International is in better financial shape today, having successfully dumped a surplus shrimp processing facility on the people...
08 August 2016
Afraid of a second moratorium #nlpoli
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During the filibuster in the last session of the House of Assembly, education minister Dale Kirby reminded everyone of why the current admin...
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