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30 March 2020

All around in circles #nlpoli

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Going around in circles must be frustrating. Plummeting crude prices have dropped refining margins to negative numbers and so it is...
27 March 2020

Facing the financial wall, again #nlpoli

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Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro makes money by making and selling electricity. In 2018, the last year for which we have statistics,   Hy...
24 March 2020

Bank of Canada to help GNL make payroll #nlpoli

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Bank of Canada 234 Wellington St, Ottawa The Bank of Canada announced today that it will purchase up to 40% of money market securities...
23 March 2020

The doctor is out... of the province #nlpoli

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Health minister John Haggie announced on Friday that doctors in the province could now start seeing patients remotely either by telephon...

Experience Counts - COVID Economic Balls-Up Edition #nlpoli

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Update:   The links below don't work any more. Both the screwed up one (March 20) and the revised one (March 21) appear to have dis...
11 March 2020

Cleaning up the mess of Muskrat Falls #nlpoli

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There are a couple of points in his 1,000 page report where commissioner Richard LeBlanc refers to politicians and other officials of th...
10 March 2020

NL after the oil boom and hydro bust #nlpoli

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Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society George Story Lecture and Annual General Meeting Marine Institute - Hampton Hall The R...
09 March 2020

Remembering Simon Lono #nlpoli

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Today is Simon Lono's birthday. He would have been 57. This coming Saturday there's a celebration of his life. Drop by and s...
02 March 2020

Oil, Premiers, and Coming Soon #nlpoli

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Impact of Hebron flat royalty at prices below US$50 click to go to 2015 post West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude were both trading ...
24 February 2020

On the need for politics #nlpoli

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Politics [is] the art of pursuing common interests through... active listening, advocacy, public persuasion, compromise and negotiation. B...
17 February 2020

Settlement in ExxonMobil dispute #nlpoli

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CNLOPB regulates the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore The Government of Canada and ExxonMobil have reached a settlement in the oil co...
11 February 2020

Interesting news, buried under bull #nlpoli

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There are two aspects to Monday’s announcement about Muskrat Falls and electricity rates:  political and practical items related to Muskr...
10 February 2020

The Rate Mitigation Circus of Horrors #nlpoli

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Late Friday evening, the Muskrat Falls rate mitigation circus came to town. Again. Around 7:40 PM, long after everyone with sen...
03 February 2020

Sliding by #nlpoli

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Sliding b'ys. During the recent emergency in eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, both the provincial government and the City of St....
31 January 2020

City bungled emergency. Residents paid price. #nlpoli

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EOCs bring key people together in one spot  with the information needed to make crucial decisions during an emergency. Now we know why...
27 January 2020

The Emergency Response Disaster #nlpoli

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Communities on the northeast Avalon recovered relatively quickly from the worst blizzard in the province’s recorded history. However, th...
13 January 2020

John Crosbie #nlpoli #cdnpoli

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Left to Right:  Bill Doody,  Brian Peckford, John Crosbie, Jane Crosbie, and Beth Crosbie at the 1983 federal PC leadership convention ...
06 January 2020

Patronage and pork #nlpoli

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Think of it as classic political news in Newfoundland and Labrador. VOCM headline : “Premier commits to fixing patronage issues in gov...
03 January 2020

15 years of The Sir Robert Bond Papers #nlpoli

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Today marks the 15th anniversary of The Sir Robert Bond Papers. The first post  - 03 January 2005 - described the atmosphere at its birth...
23 December 2019

SRBP on VOCM's On Target #nlpoli

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For those who missed it, your humble e-scribbler appeared on VOCM's On Target with Linda Swain twice this year. Here are links to the ...