You know that the local news media are hard up for stories when they post the musings about the current budget of somebody from Newfoundland currently swanning it in Brunei.Well, it helps that the body is former Conservative finance minister Char…
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: A Biblical finish #nlpoli
Paul Davis wasn’t around on Tuesday night to talk to reporters about the by-elections. He had a family medical problem to deal with. So the job of speaking for the government fell to Steve Kent, the self-promoting wonder from Mount Pearl whose fan club makes Danny’s look like a bunch
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Trash, Give-aways, and Conservative Policy #nlpoli
Friday is trash day in the world of political communications. It’s the day when you slip out stuff that is unpleasant in the hopes people will miss it. If you can slide in another story, like say the completely unnecessary appointment of a finance minister who will have the job
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Johnson to give colleagues the finger on Friday #nlpoli
Finance minister Charlene Johnson will be leaving politics on Friday, September 5. Under changes that Johnson and her colleagues made to the provincial election laws, that means the Premier – whoever it is at the time – will have to call a by-election no later than November 5 and have
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Family reasons #nlpoli
The story flopped out on Friday morning, broken by VOCM, based presumably on information that came directly from Charlene Johnson herself. We can presume that because as the rest of the newsrooms caught up to VOCM, Johnson confirmed that the story was generally true. As CBC reported, “Johnson said she
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Horsefeathers #nlpoli
While people have been agitated about comments on Twitter, the Premier has been dazzling the politicians in the House with his explanation of the marvellous financial position of the provincial government under the Conservative Party. On Monday, the former finance minister buggered up the amount of dividend that Nalcor will
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Budget consultations and other political insanity #nlpoli
This year it is Charlene Johnson’s turn to host a series of meetings across the province that the provincial Conservatives cynically tout as a way for people to have some input into the provincial budget. It’s cynical because – as the Conservatives know – the major budget decisions are already
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