Not one mitigation scheme. Not two mitigation schemes. Three mitigation schemes. Delivered by the end of January. All wonderful grand and all believable if you have had the sense knocked out of you by the endless string of promises Dwight Ball has made about mitigating the impact of Muskrat Falls
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Rookies, the House, and the Orchestra Pit #nlpoli
What is reported is seldom what happened even though what happened is far more interesting than the stuff that falls into the orchestra pit. Events in the House of Assembly are the result of decisions by members of all three parties. Any analysis that ignores the simple realities of the
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The latest quarterly poll from Narrative Research shows that a gaggle of folks who were likely New Democratic Party supporters returned to the fold in the past quarter and are now happy to identify as New Democrats once more. So while this is good news for Alison Coffin and the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Mitigating Muskrat Falls: Ron, Harry, and Hermione are still baffled #nlpoli
Mitigating the impacts Muskrat Falls will have on taxpayers of Newfoundland and Labrador remains the single biggest unanswered question in the province nine years after the project started and the politicians first started talking about how they might do it. To mark the 14th anniversary of The Sir Robert Bond Papers,
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Tory Race #nlpoli
Ches Crosbie announced last week he is going to take another shot at entering the family business. The son of former Mulroney cabinet minister John Crosbie will spend some time travelling the province, getting to know provincial Conservatives and building a campaign for the party leadership in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Tory Race #nlpoli
Ches Crosbie announced last week he is going to take another shot at entering the family business. The son of former Mulroney cabinet minister John Crosbie will spend some time travelling the province, getting to know provincial Conservatives and building a campaign for the party leadership in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Centre Cannot Hold
http://www.cbc.ca/ Stephen Harper told us that we wouldn’t recognize Canada when he was through with it. These days, there are lots of
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: A Grave Mistake
http://news.nationalpost.com/ The story of the Harper Party’s rejection of Ches Crosbie’s candidacy in Avalon tells you much more about Stephen Harper than it does about Mr. Crosbie.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: John Crosbie and the Last Crusade #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Every story told thus far about Ches Crosbie and the riding in Avalon has the unmistakeable odour of bullshit about it. The latest twist, namely that Senator David Wells was scuttling a potential rival as The Biggest Conservative in Newfoundland and Labrador, is a bit more in the realm of
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