Left to Right: Bill Doody, Brian Peckford, John Crosbie, Jane Crosbie,and Beth Crosbie at the 1983 federal PC leadership convention The outpouring of praise in memory of John Crosbie, who died on Thursday, has been such a flood of cliché and, in some cases, fiction that it does a disservice
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: From a decade of prosperity to $2 billion deficits: What happened?
By Roger GrimesReflecting upon becoming the eighth Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 15 years ago this month, I found myself chatting with a few friends and associates about where the province found itself fiscally at that time, what happened during…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Setting the record straight on Meech Lake… again #nlpoli #cdnpoli
There may be nothing new in documents from the federal cabinet in June 1990 about the failure of the Meech Lake Accord. After all, Brian Mulroney and the federal Conservatives attacked Clyde Wells personally for the failure of the Meech Lake Accord. Mulroney claimed there was a massive conspiracy to
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: …fairness and balance for all the people of our province… #nlpoli
Excerpts from remarks by Clyde Wells, Leader of the Opposition, in the House of Assembly, in reply to the Speech from the Throne, March 10, 1988: …We will vigorously oppose that which should be opposed. We will criticize that which should be criticized. We will examine and question everything. It
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