The Sir Robert Bond Papers

What is happening in Newfoundland and Labrador is not merely polarization in public opinion.  Polarization implies that people are within t...

If the Auditor General starts the investigation of wetlands capping as requested by the Public Accounts Committee, then she will be acting...

A few months ago, SRBP wrote a two-part piece that described the change in the way politicians, bureaucrats, and the public looked at mana...

The 2019 federal election in Newfoundland and Labrador is the tale of one of the most uncompetitive elections in recent memory. The ad...

The problem we have is not a lack of options and opportunities to sort out the government finances ourselves.  The problem facing Newfoundl...

The handful of people who pay close attention to politics in Newfoundland and Labrador are probably scratching the barely-healed-over scab...

VOCM's Question of the Day is not a reliable gauge of public opinion. But the three times that VOCM asked about race in the province o...

The latest quarterly poll from Narrative Research shows that a gaggle of folks who were likely New Democratic Party supporters returned to...

The most important implications of the Trimper Affair escaped notice. _____________________________________ In the midst of all the...

Holyrood is the latest place in Newfoundland and Labrador to go through what is, in many parts of the province, a regular event. One o...

Last week,   Newfoundlanders and Labradorians got a few reminders of the magnitude of the political problem they face in addition to the f...

Both Delia Warren and Dwight Ball believe that we need to diversify the provincial economy and reduce our dependence on oil. They bot...

Last week, the Premier’s Office sent out a picture of the Premier standing next to the mascot of a town in Newfoundland and Labrador. ...

Tony Collins Bill Rowe Lana Payne Bob Wakeham Follow the pattern. -srbp-

The threat from Muskrat Falls can only be removed by concerted action that addresses the project’s financial burden, restores integrity to ...

Politics and policy are much more complicated things than they appear to many people. Change is possible, but effective change can only com...

Moody’s delivered a clear and serious message to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador on Wednesday night by lowering the government...

Please note time change Your humble e-scribbler will be speaking to the St. John's Rotary Club about getting beyond Muskrat F...

One of the potentially most valuable revenue sources would be a new tax on electricity production that could yield upwards of $450 million ...

Coupled with comparable high rates of staff changes in the senior ranks of the public service,  unprecedented staff turn-over in a critical...