The provincial New Democrats claim the Liberals broke their own independent appointments commission law when they appointed a bunch of folks to senior executive positions in the provincial public service last week.Right off the bat, let’s be clear: &nb…
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Headpiece of the Staff of Ra-Ra #nlpoli
The provincial New Democrats claim the Liberals broke their own independent appointments commission law when they appointed a bunch of folks to senior executive positions in the provincial public service last week.Right off the bat, let’s be clear: &nb…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The future of the information commissioner #nlpoli
Donovan Molloy will be the new information and privacy commissioner. He’ll do a fine job, to be sure, but there is something about the appointment that seems a waste of the talents of a fellow who has been the director of public prosecutions.He’d…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Picking stuff out of the appointments hockey bag #nlpoli
One of the provincial Conservatives’ signature new initiatives in the first session of the legislature after the 2003 election was a bill that supposedly set fixed election dates. Changes to the House of Assembly Act also triggered a general el…
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