Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy is right: “There’s obviously an obligation…on any member in this house when presenting a petition to ensure that accuracy, to ensure that statements made to this house are ones that can be relied on … This is a very serious matter." The obligation for accuracy
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: NAFTA and Hebron #nlpoli
ExxonMobil and Murphy Oil have won a North American Free Trade Agreement appeal of a 2004 offshore board regulation that sets the amount of research and development money oil companies operating offshore must make in the province. They filed the appeal in 2007 That means the oil companies will have
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Hebron Development Approved #nlpoli #cdnpoli
From the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board: The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) announced today that the Hebron Development Application is approved. At its April 27, 2012 meeting, the Board approved the Hebron Benefits Plan and Development Plan subject to the conditions outlined in Decision Report 2012.01.
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The review panel appointed by the offshore regulatory authority to review the Hebron development issued its report on Tuesday with a set of 64 recommendations attached. Among them (bolding added): Helicopter safety should be the top priority of the C-NLOBP. Guided by the rulings of the Transportation Safety Board of
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Hebron, the Lower Churchill and Local Benefits #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Apparently, this whole Hebron work thing is much ado about nothing. Premier Kathy Dunderdale spent some time Monday afternoon chatting with On the Go’s Ted Blades about a recent decision by Kiewit to take a pass bidding on a second topsides module for the Hebron project. Labour was tight. The
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Hebron work leaving the province? #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Via CBC: Minister Jerome Kennedy said Kiewit won’t do some key Hebron work, worth $75 to 100 million, at Marystown and it may have to be done elsewhere. Apparently Kennedy and Premier Kathy Dunderdale met with Kiewit officials last week. Interestingly enough, while they were there, the Premier’s communications director
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The politics of quackery #nlpoli
Comedian Dara O’Briain has a routine someone has posted to youtube in which he lambastes advocates of ideas that have no foundation in facts. He lampoons the irrational. On that latter one, O’Briain could be lampooning the provincial New Democrats, and specifically Dale Kirby. Kirby presented a brief to the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Hebron benefits less than touted #nlpoli
The companies developing the Hebron oil field offshore Newfoundland and Labrador won’t be doing as much of the construction work in the province as some people might have believed. According to the Telegram, Kiewit’s yard ay Marystown “is being looked at” to build the drilling support module, the accommodation module
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Hebron Development Public Review – quick thoughts #nlpoli
The commission appointed to review the Hebron development application to the offshore regulatory started public hearings in St. John’s this week. Most of the submissions are available on line. They are a study in contrasts. The City of St. John’s, awash in oil cash from the industry directly or via
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