March 13, 2014 was a Thursday. Normal cabinet day. According to Auditor General Terry Paddon’s report on the Humber Valley Paving contract, Nick McGrath, then minister of works and transportation called his deputy minister at 8:45 AM and asked him whether he’d heard that HVP wanted to get out of
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: McGrath comments “preposterous”: surety association #nlpoli
From the industry association representing companies that provide sureties and other bonds, released May 26, 2014: News Release For Immediate Release: May 26, 2014 Recent remarks by Nick McGrath, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure for Newfoundland and Labrador about the use of surety bonds on public projects are completely preposterous.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: HVP controversy deepens #nlpoli
[In a hole with a jack-hammer update at bottom] The controversy around Humber Valley Paving got worse for the provincial Conservatives on Monday as transportation minister Nick McGrath confirmed that he actually released $19 million in performance and goods bond’s supplied by the paving company despite the fact they failed
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