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
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The 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: Autonomy and Legitimate Aspirations #nlpoli
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter is ringing the bells, trying to alarm Canadians to the fact the federal government is trying to withdraw funding from areas that are generally provincial responsibility under the Constitution. You can see a lengthy interview Dexter gave to Evan Solomon of CBC’s Power and Politics
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: 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: Familiar Furrows #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale spent most of her time in year-end interviews lamenting her critics. No accomplishments. No vision thing. Just a lot of carping. Lots of grousing about her critics and even a reference to the problems free speech in the legislature are causing her. She said she kept the House
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…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The first big political story of the campaign… #nlpoli
And it’s got legs. The story appeared first right here on Monday morning. CBC Monday night with a blockbuster interview with Williams. (Would he have done an interview with your humble e-scribbler?) CBC Radio Tuesday morning. VOC…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: An ex-Premier scorned #nlpoli
Not content merely to discuss his nomination of Elizabeth Matthews for a seat on the offshore regulatory board, Danny Williams took some pretty heavy shots at his former cabinet members on Monday in a 10 minute interview with the CBC’s Chris O’Neil…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Danny, Gary and Steve: old inconsistencies die hard
Apparently your humble e-scribbler isn’t the only one who found it amusing that an anti-Harper former premier is campaigning in pro-Harper country for a Conservative who doesn’t share the Old Man’s animosity toward the prime minister. Well amusi…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: We can always sell it…
You can tell the gang pushing Muskrat falls are having trouble meeting the arguments against their scheme to jack up power rates and the public debt. They are now talking about selling it off. Yes, you got that right. Selling it off. Someone named …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Chumba-dumba
Leave to the ever charming labradore to remind everyone that the financial mess Danny Williams left behind is actually something he made clear he would do in 2008. The quote is one your humble e-scribbler completely forgot about but reading now three …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Give Danny the money
Your humble e-scribbler is no fan of handing public cash to private sector companies for any reason. And make no mistake: when Danny Williams claims the provincial government would make its money back 20 fold on the hockey team, he is as full of shite…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Monday? Back to “No!”
Kathy Dunderdale told reporters on Monday that she was clear in her answers before. That explains why she was back again for a third day trying to find her position on cash for jock straps. To recap, the provincial sports minister said on the first d…
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