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24 June 2019

Quebec appeals court decision on Churchill Falls contract no win for Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli

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Media reports, political comments, and pundit opinions are wrong about the decision last week by the Quebec Court of Appeal in a case about...

Critical Thought in a Technological Age #nlpoli

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Some thoughts from Simon Lono  on civil discourse. -srbp-
17 June 2019

Women in elected politics: is it a choice? #nlpoli

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The number of women in elected office in Newfoundland and Labrador remains below the numbers one would expect based on changes in society o...
10 June 2019

The New SRBP

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After a couple of years of irregular posting, SRBP has been back since the start of the year with at least one new post every Monday. Some...
03 June 2019

Jack Harris: Good Bye and Good Night #nlpoli

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From 2006 to early 2010,  Simon Lono wrote Offal News, a commentary on local politics, debating, and whatever caught Simon's eye.    ...
31 May 2019

More beige than beige #nlpoli

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The Premier had a carefully rehearsed message when reporters asked him on Thursday why he had appointed everyone in cabinet back to their ol...
29 May 2019

Deficit *is* higher than previously announced #nlpoli

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The House of Assembly will have to deliver a budget that keeps access to new public debt for the foreseeable future. The politicians must s...
28 May 2019

Deficit $250 - $300 million higher than announced before election according to Premier #nlpoli

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In the episode that aired on 26 May 2019, Premier Dwight Ball told NTV's Issues and Answers that the deficit for the current budget is ...
27 May 2019

Simon Lono , 1963-2019

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Simon Lono  - husband, father, grandfather, advocate, orator, writer, mentor, friend  - died Friday, May 24, 2019.    He was 56.    When...
21 May 2019

The Lowest-Common Denominator Minority Legislature #nlpoli

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An inherently unstable minority legislature where the parties have a history of finding political agreement through public spending is not...
17 May 2019

The 1908 Election all over again #nlpoli

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You will hear a lot of spin about Thursday’s election result.   Doesn’t matter where it is coming from.   It is all spin and all spin i...
16 May 2019

Poor Ed's Almanac - a hot summer is coming #nlpoli

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The prospect of a minority government coupled with the need to pass a budget in the legislature after the election could produce a long, ho...
13 May 2019

Ego, Brain Farts, and Electoral Reform #nlpoli

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Public ignorance of our political system is a scourge.  Tackling that is the first step to meaningful electoral reform in Newfoundland and ...
09 May 2019

The Abacus Poll for Election 2019 #nlpoli

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The chart below looks like there has been a huge jump up and down in “no choice” and a corresponding big change in party choice but actua...
08 May 2019

Election 2019 - First Poll #nlpoli

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While the MQO poll shows the Liberals in the lead, a new poll from Abacus  - released with an hour of this appearing - will likely show tha...
06 May 2019

The Financial Reality of Election 2019 #nlpoli

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The financial reality confronting any administration after May 16 is the same regardless of which party wins the election.   The governm...
30 April 2019

Voter Turn-out and Popular Vote Shares of Parties, 1949 - 2019 #nlpoli

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Election turn-out has been declining steadily for provincial elections since the mid-1990s.  The 2019 general election is on track to show ...
29 April 2019

Where do elections come from? #nlpoli

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From fixed election dates to the number of candidates that run in an election,  what Newfoundlanders and Labradorians believe about one of ...
22 April 2019

Restoring Power - Mitigating the Impacts of Muskrat Falls #nlpoli

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Left untended, the Muskrat Falls project threatens the financial well-being of the government and people of Newfoundland and Labrador. The t...
17 April 2019

Budget 2019 - revised trends #nlpoli

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Budget 2019 was an election budget in the sense it contained a lot of little goodies, but there was nothing to get overly excited about. W...