John Crosbie, the elder statesmen of Conservatives in the province took a shot at Danny Williams for his continued interference in the internal affairs of the provincial Conservatives. Danny blew a gasket and willingly gave interviews to every media outlet in town, thereby guaranteeing that the story that can only
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: John, Danny, and voter apathy #nlpoli
Every now and again, someone will talk about voter apathy. Last week, Steve Kent was circulating the link to an article that claimed that youth engagement – getting young people more involved in the community and in politics – was a way of getting more people to vote at election
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The provincial Conservatives lost a crucial by-election in Virginia Waters on Wednesday, but not for lack of effort. The could not possible have pulled out any more stops to try and win the seat in the last two weeks of the campaign. Even on polling day the Conservatives mounted a
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Insiders #nlpoli
The story of the 2014 provincial Conservative Party leadership contest is a study in politics on its most basic level. It is a story of those with influence and of those who have less of it or none at all. It is a story of how politics actually works inside
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Corporate Welfare Bum-wipe #nlpoli
People who supported the December 2008 expropriation bill had a very hard time on Monday justifying the mess they created in which taxpayers of the province are now responsible for hundreds of millions in environmental clean-up. One of the more common explanations is that the people of the province would
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Nottawa Repost: Legislative oversight in an era of "patriotic correctness" #nlpoli
The following originally appeared at nottawa on September 2, 2009 as a comment on the emergency session of the legislature to deal with changes to legislation about the Churchill River. It includes a mention of an earlier political controversy, the December 2008 expropriation bill. The two are linked and in
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Selling Nalcor #nlpoli
New Democratic party leader Lorraine Michael raised a touchy question in the House of Assembly on Thursday. It was about selling Nalcor. Only problem for Lorraine was that she got it buggered up.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: How much was that principle in the window? #nlpoli
Sending the third topsides module from Hebron outside the province was “absolutely unacceptable” to Premier Kathy Dunderdale back in June. She was “extremely unhappy” and vowed to “pursue all avenues available” to her in order “to ensure that this very important work stays in Newfoundland and Labrador.” A few months
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Williams prepared to wrap arms around Quebec #nlpoli
There’s something just too funny for words about former Premier Danny Williams sometimes. It’s the kind of “too funny” where you don’t know whether he gets the joke and is just having a laugh at his own expense or is so completely blind to how asinine his own words make
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Williams sides with Quebec on energy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Danny Williams always likes someone who stands up for his or her province. Well, likes them as long as the someone doing the standing up standing in the way of something Danny wants. . Anyone who wondered why Williams turned up in the Globe praising British Columbia Premier Christy Clark
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The latest bit of drama #nlpoli
For the record, your humble e-scribbler will refrain from making any comment on the substance of the statements of claim filed by Danny Williams and Alderon against the Sierra Club and Bruno Marcocchio on the one hand and Brad Cabana on the other. CBC has posted pdf versions of both,
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Looking beyond the Hebron sandbox #nlpoli
ExxonMobil drew a line in the sand this morning, and the minister and I are here to draw another line in the sand, as far as this project is concerned. Premier Kathy Dunderdale, 21 June 2012 Premier Kathy Dunderdale and natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy spent more than a half
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dan-O-Matic Translator still works #nlpoli
If David Vardy was wrong about Muskrat Falls or about the concern some people have about publicly criticising Tory pet projects, Danny Williams wouldn’t be attacking Vardy personally. – srbp –
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Williams’ old political promises: Labrador #nlpoli
Now that Danny Williams is a special advisor to a company with a nice little iron ore project in western labrador, maybe we should look at Danny Williams’ political promises about resource development. Maybe we can get some idea of what advice he might give his new client. In 2003,
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: What? No equity stake? Alderon takes Danny Williams on board as “special advisor” #nlpoli
From the corporate news release issued on January 5: Alderon is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Danny Williams, QC, former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, as Special Advisor to the Chairman of Alderon. Mr. Williams served as Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from October 2003 until November 2010,
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Seven Habits of Spectacularly Ineffective Politicians #nlpoli #cdnpoli
“Run government like a business” is an old line. Some people use it as a rallying cry for success and innovation. Others think of it as a recipe for disaster. Regardless of which side of that argument you come down on, you can sometimes find value in applying ideas from
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Muskrat Falls Friday Trash Dump #nlpoli
The provincial government waited until late Friday afternoon to issue a bulletin that Emera had registered the Nova Scotia interconnection with the environment department for review. That’s weird because Friday is usually when you release news you want to bury. Friday is normally a crap news day since people don’t
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Free advice #nlpoli
Free advice, they say, is worth exactly what you paid for it. And when it comes to free advice on the provincial Liberal Party leadership, Dean MacDonald is more full of it than usual. CBC’s David Cochrane gave MacDonald free airtime this past…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: How interesting… #nlpoli
The only people who seem excited at the prospect of Dean MacDonald leading the provincial Liberal Party are people who – like Dean – worked to undermine it or actively fought against it over the past decade. – srbp –
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Event Horizon
From December 2: Well, in all likelihood, he and his accomplishments will go the way of other politicians’, including those long-ago strongmen in whose ranks he clearly belongs. There is an inky abyss, a vacuum that awaits them all. I…
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