On the one hand, Rio Tinto ”Plans to double Labrador mine output” according to the headline on a CBC news report. On the other hand, ONE of Australia’s leading experts on global risk warned yesterday that a China slowdown would cause &q…
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: No man is an island: Mount Pearl edition
There are few things about provincial Conservative Steve Kent’s website that stand out. First, as of August 16, the blog hasn’t been updated since the 2007 general election. Second, it really is all about Steve. High speed flash animation o…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: A cause for grave concern #nlpoli
The Office of the Auditor General is an independent and reliable source of the objective, fact-based information that the House of Assembly needs to fulfill one of its most important roles: holding the provincial government accountable for its stewards…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Sun TV/Fox News wannabe? VOCM hits new low #nlpoli
Did they just get it wrong or is this the new standard of partisan journalism at the government-friendly VOCM? First of all, let us recall that Westcott is leaving the job as communications director in the Opposition Office of his own accord.…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Feds want Gulf of St. Lawrence enviro review
Federal environment minister Peter Kent wants an extensive environmental review before Corridor Resources can get a permit to explore on the Old Harry prospect in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, CBC is reporting. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshor…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Three parties, two leaders, one policy, no sense
Remember that thing about hardly being able to slide a sheet of paper between the three political parties in the current general election? Well, newly minted Liberal boss Kevin Aylward wants to put your tax dollars into running a coast guard co-ordina…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Westcott packs it in
Craig Westcott confirmed Monday he’ll be leaving the opposition office and returning to run his newspapers. Here’s the statement he released: Yvonne and I have agreed that my position will conclude on August 31. I will return to my two …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Separated at birth: the eyes have it edition
Tea Party presidential wannabe Michelle Bachman from the cover of Newsweek. Provincial Conservative natural resources minister Shawn Skinner. – srbp –
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Offshore board releases second part of offshore helicopter safety inquiry
From the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board: The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) received the Phase II Report of the Offshore Helicopter Safety Inquiry today and is releasing it to the publ…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Bloc NDP MP backs Tory Premier Dunderdale #nlpoli
Noob Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary wants voters in Newfoundland and Labrador to return Conservative Premier Kathy Dunderdale to power in this fall’s general election. VOCM reports that Cleary does not have any faith in Dunderdale’s lea…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The traffic that shook the world
Plenty of people shit bricks this week, from the leaders of two of the province’s political parties to the people who thought they had a lock on leading the third one. The week started with word that Liberal leader Yvonne Jones had to leave the job …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: If Rick Hillier really runs for Liberal leader… #nlpoli
For those who may have missed it, CBC’s David Cochrane @cochranecbcnl tweeted on Wednesday that retired chief of defence staff Rick Hillier is in newfoundland and Labrador, talking to “senior Liberals”, and looking at a run at the Liberal leader
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Yvonne Jones: Profile in Courage
What does not kill you makes you stronger. That must be the case. Yvonne Jones is emerging from her battle with cancer with unrivalled moral strength even if her physical strength has been sapped to the point she must quit as leader of the provincial…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Liberal Leadership: the process
The text of a news release issued by the Executive Board of Liberal Party on Tuesday night: ST. JOHN’S, NL – Following the resignation of Yvonne Jones, Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland & Labrador, Party President Judy Morrow expr…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Not quite the same situation
Curious to see Here and Now running a clip of Don Jamieson returning to lead the Liberal party in 1979 after Bill Rowe resigned. It’s not quite the same situation as the one Liberals and others in the political world are facing today. Kathy Dunderd…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Minister’s bullshite in excellent shape
How many false or misleading claims can one cabinet minister make in one letter to the editor of the province’s major daily newspaper? Let’s see how Tom Marshall did in a letter to the Telegram headline “Province in excellent shape”. Misleadi…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Worshipping at the Trough
Patronage politics of the worst old-fashioned sort is alive and well in Newfoundland and Labrador. VOCM posted a story online within the past 24 hours (hopefully it won’t be disappeared too soon) that makes it pretty clear: A cabinet minister is…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Yvonne Jones newser – details
From the official media advisory: Head: Yvonne Jones to discuss her future in politics Opposition Leader Yvonne Jones will make a statement today concerning her future as Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Changing the game
Politics, Don Jamieson once said, is no place for fools. But you don’t have to be a fool to expect that people act with basic human decency. Definitely not acting with such decency are the number of people over the course of Monday who spent very l…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The truth is out there…Nalcor version
The truth is out there. You just really have to read Nalcor’s stuff really carefully to find it. Take, for example, a recent letter in the Telegram by Greg Jones, Nalcor’s manager of business development:. In a nutshell, the option of w…
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