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Churchill Falls and Muskrat Falls - Background
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14 December 2007
Something's off: Newfoundland and Labrador political polls
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[Update and correction: 1230 hrs. CRA has still not posted the news release and tables for the regional poll as of the update time.] A n...
12 December 2007
Conspicuous by his absence
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Noted across the Atlantic provinces, especially since the Atlantic Gateway trade concept is on the table. The Guardian " "Willi...
"Serial exaggerator" an interesting MR tactic for Williams' office
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Buried in the exchange between journalist Craig Westcott and the premier's comms director is a reference to a piece that appeared in ma...
Media Relations 101 Meltdown
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No matter what people tell you, there is nothing that is ever really, truly off the record. In the case of this e-mail exchange between C...
11 December 2007
The nation's infrastructure burden
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Anyone paying attention to the news on a cold December must have felt an extra chill to discover that Newfoundland and Labrador is currently...
The only equity that makes sense
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A profile of local entrepreneur Rob Crosbie . This is the kind of equity that provincial government policy should be encouraging, the kind...
So where is Danny, anyways?
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Executive Council December 11, 2007 Deputy Premier to Attend Council of Atlantic Premiers Meeting The Honourable Tom Rideout, Deputy Pre...
10 December 2007
Tom Marshall's Christmas bunkum: the magical appearing, disappearing 2005 Danny Williams offshore cash
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There are some upward and downward revisions to federal transfers. Based upon current projections, the province can optimize cash revenues i...
Flip? Meet Flop.
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The changing view of gross domestic product for the provincial progressive Conservatives, as documented by labradore . -srbp-
Williams caves to Harper on Equalization
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There's a reason why Danny Williams has gone to ground in the wake of his meeting with Stephen Harper. He said "yes to less"...
In a nutshell
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1. The finance minister admitted today in comments to reporters that the government had paid scant attention to the provincial debt thus f...
08 December 2007
Turf War: did Danny give Steve the secret of fake popularity in exchange for future billions?
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Isn't it odd that across the country a whole raft of people spontaneously wrote letters to the editor wanting an end to the Schreiber me...
For the record: 2003 Tory commitment on lobbying
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From the memory pit of the Internet, recall the Progressive Conservative commitment on lobbying and lobbyists. Don't try to go to the ...
07 December 2007
2006 Newfound project shut down in Ireland by enviro concerns
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Newfound Group tried to establish a resort complex in Ireland but was turned down by the local planning board, according to a story carried ...
06 December 2007
Cod war heats up...20 years ago
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The e-mail inbox these days is a bit like an Advent calendar. Every day there is a little surprise. The only difference between the e-m...
Newfound Group lobbying province apparently without lobbyist registration
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Newfound Group has been lobbying the provincial government for assistance with the Humber valley resort yet no lobbyists have been registere...
Good question, Ron. Too bad you can't answer it.
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Considering a subsidy of a mere $150,000 from the City of St. John's to the Aquarena, councillor Ron Ellsworth is quoted by CBC news as...
05 December 2007
Of cheese and evidence
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The Great Fish Trade Myth - and its recent proponent Brian Peckford - as demolished by the editorialist at the Telegram . This should g...
Newfound NV update
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At an extraordinary general meeting held on 04 December 2007, Newfound NV shareholders approved an arrangement that would see the issue of ...
04 December 2007
Mainlander sees Williams as abandoning confrontation
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it's always interesting to see the difference in the way mainlanders view the premier, versus some of the locals. Like the editor of t...
Murphy Oil an attractive buy for investors
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But will either a private sector investor or the new provincial energy corporation be in a buying mood ? -srbp-
Lone 2007 offshore parcel awarded
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The lone offshore parcel available in 2007 went to Corridor Resources, Inc, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board a...
It must be a good idea.
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Andy Wells opposes it. Councilor Frank Galgay suggested selling the Mile One money pit at a council meeting last night. he was attacked i...
03 December 2007
Mulroney can't reform Senate, ex-PM claims
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Blink again and look at the date of the article. You haven't been caught in a Canadian episode of Star Trek and no one has violated t...
Lord to do B and B revival
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Former New Brunswick premier Bernard Lord will be heading a revised version of the old B and B commission. No, not the bed and breakfast ...
Prawns as pawns? A nationalist never recognized the "national" interest.
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CBC Radio's fisheries broadcast has been carrying some commentary over the past couple weeks repeating the commonly held view that the ...
02 December 2007
Makes ya wonder if the charity is the Adopt-A-Brain Trust
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You just can't make thus stuff up. You can't. Combining reality television with a game show is just brilliant, but what makes th...
Dumaresque confused
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Provincial Liberal Party president Danny Dumaresque is confused. He turned up in Montreal this weekend, as reported by vocm.com , "ma...
01 December 2007
Wanna learn English?
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Retroactive introduction: From time to time, Bond Papers ( and now Persuasion Business) offers up an example of some creative advertising....
The "I"s have it: Danny Williams on senate reform
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Senate reform was one of the issues discussed during a 45 minute meeting between Prime minister Stephen harper and Premier Danny Williams in...
Welcome to the endgame
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The Telegram account of the Friday meeting between premier and Prime Minister carries a headline about a temporary ceasefire. They're...
Shut up and go away: the editor's reaction
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From Russell Wangersky comes a clean dissection of the provincial government's attack this past week on former premier Brian Peckford: ...
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