Over the past couple of weeks, the people of Newfoundland and Labrador have been shown more and more the lunacy that is Muskrat Falls. Nothing better exemplifies the crazy world of the Muskrateers than Dwight Ball’s claim in interviews that he has wrestled the project back under control. Not long
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Building higher walls #nlpoli
A new government security policy does everything short of banning people from Confederation Building altogether. Visitors to the main government building in St. John’s now have to enter through a single entrance in the basement of the building at the back. There’s no parking available and the whole thing is
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: False choices #nlpoli
It’s not often you can see a “half-way” compromise as plainly as the one the provincial government announced on Wednesday about Muskrat Falls. Government’s starting point was to flood the reservoir now and not do any additional clearing of the area to be flooded. The protesters wanted to hold off
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Decision-Based Evidence-Making #nlpoli
The government’s “renewal initiative” is supposed to be guided by something called “evidence-based decision-making.”It’s right there, right after “affordable and sustainable public services” as one of five principles listed in the colou…
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