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Churchill Falls and Muskrat Falls - Background
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18 January 2012
Locke and Muskrat Falls: some quick points #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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Memorial University economist Wade Locke delivered a presentation on Tuesday night about Muskrat Falls , a project he had already endorsed p...
17 January 2012
If this is bad… #nlpoli
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Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary thinks that Marine Atlantic’s 4.5% fare increase will put the province at a disadvantage when it ...
Sucking eggs, debating Muskrat Falls and other wastes of time #nlpoli
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Former natural resources minister Shawn Skinner thinks there House of Assembly should debate the Muskrat Falls deal. Ditto his replacement...
16 January 2012
Epic Fail Snail Mail
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If you wanted to promote something that was better than ever, especially high definition television, you certainly wouldn’t like to use a pi...
Rebirth for one, and for the other? #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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The federal Liberal convention this weekend shows just exactly how out to lunch the overwrought media commentary about the devastated Libera...
15 January 2012
Dan-O-Matic Translator still works #nlpoli
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If David Vardy was wrong about Muskrat Falls or about the concern some people have about publicly criticising Tory pet projects, Danny Willi...
14 January 2012
Muskrat Falls, the kamikaze venture #nlpoli
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Not surprisingly Nalcor’s Ed Martin latched onto a pretty superficial argument to dismiss economist Jim Feehan’s critique of Muskrat Fall...
13 January 2012
Beleaguered utility blows raspberry at regulator #nlpoli
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Nalcor should be able to supply information to any regulatory or review process for the Muskrat Falls project because the company should hav...
12 January 2012
Cheaper Muskrat Alternative: Part Whatever Gigantic Number we are at now #nlpoli
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Hydro-Quebec just signed a deal to purchase 150 megawatts of electricity produced by biomass. “The price for the power, in 2012 dollar...
The limits of myth busting #nlpoli
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Coming to The Rooms in February: Wednesday, February 22, 7 pm The Limits of Myth Busting: Popular and Professional Historie...
Muskrat Falls: from worse to worser for Dunderdale and Company #nlpoli
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Add Ron Penney to the list of former senior provincial public servants questioning Muskrat Falls and/or the way the provincial government is...
‘eavy ‘angs the ‘ead #nlpoli
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Natural resources minister Jerome! Kennedy is wading deeper and deeper into the political morass called the Muskrat Falls project these days...
11 January 2012
Great Minds Think Alike: “Jinkies!” edition #nlpoli
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Ruh roh! What do Danny Williams , Kathy Dunderdale and Sarah Palin have in common? They - and their bootlickers and wannabe bootlicke...
Local economist questions Muskrat plans #nlpoli
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From the CD Howe Institute: NEWFOUNDLAND’S ELECTRICITY OPTIONS: MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE REQUIRES AN EFFICIENT PRICING REGIME Jan. 11, 20...
The real story of the Ottawa office #nlpoli
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Nobody’s been in the job since since January 2010. There’s no evidence that the two people who held the job actually did anything substant...
10 January 2012
A legislative first in Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli
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If the province’s Liberals live up to the promise made in a news release issued Monday, they’ll make local legislative history . Andrew...
OCI jams provincial fisheries minister #nlpoli
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The CBC online account is on the Ceeb’s website ( here ). That’s pretty much what everyone has been reporting, namely the impact fisheries m...
09 January 2012
A familiar, fishy tale #nlpoli
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Scientists told some American fishermen before Christmas that the cod the fishermen depend on for their livelihood are in danger of disappe...
Politics and Numbers #nlpoli
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Regular readers of these scribblers will recall that we’ve discussed some problems that people have with math. More specifically we’ve ta...
08 January 2012
Traffic to start the New Year by #nlpoli
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More on the polling controversy Effective Speechmaking Whose camp is it anyway? Seven Habits of Spectacularly Ineffective Politicians S...
07 January 2012
Separated at birth: little plumber version #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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Nice to see former natural resources minister Shawn Skinner at an Ice Caps game Friday night. The place was rocking especially as the Caps...
06 January 2012
So much for senate reform #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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Surely to mercy, if Prime Minister Stephen Harper was halfway serious about senate reform he could find someone else from Newfoundland and L...
Williams’ old political promises: Labrador #nlpoli
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Now that Danny Williams is a special advisor to a company with a nice little iron ore project in western labrador, maybe we should look at D...
What? No equity stake? Alderon takes Danny Williams on board as “special advisor” #nlpoli
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From the corporate news release issued on January 5: Alderon is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Danny Williams, QC, former ...
05 January 2012
Seven Habits of Spectacularly Ineffective Politicians #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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“Run government like a business” is an old line. Some people use it as a rallying cry for success and innovation. Others think of it a...
04 January 2012
Whose camp is it anyway? #nlpoli
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Leo Abbass, mayor of Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Regular readers will know him already . Quoted this time by Voice of the Cabinet Minister a...
More on the polling controversy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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Susan Delacourt, from The Star , December 30: Canada’s polling industry could be in for a shakeup in 2012, after some major knocks to i...
Christmas Goodies #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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A couple of provocative articles turned up online over the holidays. Now that everyone is getting back into the work-a-day groove, check th...
03 January 2012
SRBP at Seven #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers turns seven years old today. The purpose remains simple enough, as described in the first anniversary post: ...
The question of democracy in Newfoundland and Labrador #cdnpoli #nlpoli
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“A democracy only works really well,” according to Kathy Dunderdale , “when people are asking questions.” Opposition Leader Dwight Ball to...
02 January 2012
Effective Speechmaking
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Scan down the list of recommended blogs and you’ll see a link to Max Atkinson. He’s a British academic whose made a sideline career out of ...
A challenge for Premier Dunderdale #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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“In any thriving democracy, sound public policy can only come through informed debate and discussion.” ”Beginnings” , SRBP, January ...
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