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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Experience and government #nlpoli

Nov

25

2014

In the 1980s, local entrepreneur Craig Dobbin bought a batch of helicopter service companies across Canada and merged them with his own company – Sealand – to form Canadian Helicopters. By the time Dobbin died in 2006, CHC was one of the largest providers of helicopter support services in the world. Not just Newfoundland and ...

The Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Saviour Lives… Again #nlpoli

Jun

25

2013

With the polls looking bad for the Conservatives and good for everyone else, there’s no surprise at word over the long weekend that Dean MacDonald is thinking about a run at the Liberal leadership. Again. MacDonald bailed on the contest last November. He had business stuff to deal with. He had family stuff. All the ...

The Sir Robert Bond Papers: He was just not that into you #nlpoli

Nov

15

2012

By now you have heard that Dean MacDonald has decided to skip the upcoming race for the Liberal Party leadership. MacDonald told reporters that he had pressing business projects that he couldn’t get out of. he also cited unspecified family priorities. That’s the official version. Among people active in the party, you’ll hear other reasons ...

The Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Budget and Oil Prices #nlpoli

Sep

20

2012

Just when everyone thought it was safe, a gigantic Twitter exchange erupted on Wednesday evening between Telegram report James McLeod and Deanny MacDonald, the guy everyone thinks is already the Liberal Party leader . They wound up discussing oil prices and the provincial government budget, something you’ll find in Macleod’s article in the Thursday Telegram. ...

The Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Bullshit Vision Thing #nlpoli

May

1

2012

Dean MacDonald, the undeclared leader of the provincial Liberal Party spoke to a crowd in Port de Grave district on Saturday night. There’s an account of his speech in the Telegram’s Monday edition. Dean crapped on the provincial Conservatives for all sorts of things. Most of all, he seemed to think they lack what George ...