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Churchill Falls and Muskrat Falls - Background
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20 January 2017
Another premier... same health care facility #nlpoli
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A gaggle of provincial politicians representing districts along the west coast of Newfoundland turned up in Corner Brook on Friday for anoth...
Ratings trump truth #nlpoli
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Sometimes the universe delivers you the magical set of circumstances you just can't ignore. Danny Williams turned up at the St. John...
19 January 2017
New French anti-terror measure impacts Newfoundland #nlpoli
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A group of 35 young people traveling from St. Pierre to Corner Brook at the end of the month are going to be affected by a new French anti-c...
Actions and Words (2016) #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...
18 January 2017
A bail out, a bail out ... #nlpoli
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Conversation about the province's financial state in the past couple of weeks have turned to talk of bailouts and threats to the provinc...
The Narrative War (2015) #nlpoli
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The day after a massive Liberal victory in the general election, CBC’s David Cochrane posted an analysis piece on the new administration...
17 January 2017
The last man on the moon
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Gene Cernan died on Monday. He was many things in his life but Cernan will be best known as the last man who set foot on the moon during...
Cognitive Dissonance (2014) #nlpoli
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People like things in life to fit together. When things don’t fit together, people get upset. They get fidgety. They try to make thin...
16 January 2017
A muskrat by any other name... #nlpoli
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Memorial University economist Jim Feehan proposed in the December issue of Canadian Public Policy that the provincial government should cha...
The Keystone Kops Ride Again (2013) #nlpoli
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We already knew that the provincial cabinet had abandoned their budget before the document had been debated in the House. That happened la...
13 January 2017
Conservatives and Millennials #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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The talk was supposed to be about the political culture in Newfoundland and Labrador. Does it ever change? What Tim Powers wound up spen...
Toward a fair and just society (2012) #nlpoli
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The December 2008 expropriation bill was not the right thing for the provincial government and the House of Assembly to do. The expropri...
12 January 2017
Debt servicing and revenue, 2013-2016 #nlpoli
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There are lots of ways of looking the government's budget. Here's one that's a bit unconventional. Rather than look at how mu...
Torque wars: media, politicians, and the Muskrat Falls loan guarantee #nlpoli (2011)
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Some people will tell you there the federal and provincial governments have a deal for a federal loan guarantee on Muskrat Falls. The prov...
11 January 2017
Campaign Finance Reform: shifting attention #nlpoli
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Until 1996, there were no campaign finance laws in Newfoundland and Labrador at all. In 2003, the Conservatives promised to make dramati...
Williams announces political exit plan (2010)
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Danny Williams always said that building the Lower Churchill was the only thing he wanted to do before leaving politics. He took a huge ste...
10 January 2017
If only we were New Brunswick... #nlpoli
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Premier Dwight Ball has talked about it. CBC's Peter Cowan tweeted about it Sunday night. If only we were like all those lucky provi...
Behaviour Patterns #nlpoli
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January 2016. Dwight Ball tells reporters in year-end interviews that "everything is on the table" to deal with the government...
Rumpole and Justice Delayed (2009) #nlpoli
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There is no question that our system provides a great method for adjudicating questions of fact and law, but given the expenditure of publi...
09 January 2017
Oil downturn slams petro-provinces' jobs #nlpoli
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The four provinces heavily dependent on oil and gas resources took a major hit in jobs in 2016, according to seasonally-adjusted figures rel...
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