The Premier will announce something this evening at 6 PM. If she announces that cabinet has already sanctioned the project, no one will be surprised. If she announces that the project is already sanctioned, then the odds rocket up that this post from a couple of weeks ago will become
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: $#*! the Premier says: PUB review edition #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale on the PUB and its review of Muskrat Falls (November 21, 2012): Mr. Speaker, when the PUB produced its report it concurred with Nalcor – and it is in the executive summary right in the front so you might want to read it. It concurred with Nalcor
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dunderdale adds more churn #nlpoli
Not content to rest on her laurels for changes in senior public sector management, Premier Kathy Dunderdale announced two more changes on Monday. That brings the total for 2012 to 47, not including the two other changes implicit in the November 01 announcement. Based on previous announcements, there would typically
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: When will she quit? #nlpoli
Now that Muskrat Falls is sanctioned, it is only a matter of time before Kathy Dunderdale quits politics. How long will we wait? Remember: Kathy Dunderdale was set to retire from politics. She was finished. As he sprinted f…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: It’s a Comprehension Thing #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale told the House of Assembly on Wednesday something rather curious about the public utilities board review of Muskrat falls last spring: Mr. Speaker, we did refer the question to the Public Utilities Board. The questions we asked: Do…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The 2011 Muskrat Falls Referendum #nlpoli
Some people want a referendum on Muskrat Falls. In an enthusiastic support of democracy, some other people don’t want to have a referendum on Muskrat Falls because the punters are not sufficiently enlightened as to the details of this major issue to…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: One fine Friday afternoon, or change versus more of the same #nlpoli
A little over a week ago, Kathy Dunderdale told the provincial Conservative annual meeting that her administration is overspending. Dunderdale acknowledged yet again what she and her predecessor have admitted since 2009. The provincial economy is overly dependent on offshore oil, Dunderdale told her fellow Tories. Dunderdale and the Tories
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Stephen Harper and Principle #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale, from her unscripted speech at the Tory party annual meeting, via the Telegram’s James McLeod: We didn’t support the Harper government, people of Newfoundland and Labrador didn’t. You know, somebody who didn’t have principle could’ve walked away from the commitment to the loan guarantee. What would the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Power of Delusion #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale gave a speech to the hundreds of Conservatives who gathered in Gander last weekend for their annual convention. The Telegram’s James McLeod transcribed most of it and posted it to his blog at the Telly website. Dunderdale’s speech is amazing because, unlike her recent speeches, she didn’t rehearse
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dunderdale hits new record #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale made a record-setting change to the senior ranks of the provincial public service on Friday with the appoint of Peter Au as the new assistant deputy minister of fiscal and taxation policy with the province’s finance department. This is the 40th change to the senior public service
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: How much was that principle in the window? #nlpoli
Sending the third topsides module from Hebron outside the province was “absolutely unacceptable” to Premier Kathy Dunderdale back in June. She was “extremely unhappy” and vowed to “pursue all avenues available” to her in order “to ensure that this very important work stays in Newfoundland and Labrador.” A few months
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Kathy Dunderdale’s World #nlpoli
Remember the World the Old Man Lived In? Apparently, Kathy Dunderdale lives in the same place. -srbp-
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The First Casualty in Dunderdale’s War #nlpoli
As she launched the first salvo in the final battle of the War for Muskrat Falls, Premier Kathy Dunderdale decided to prove the old maxim correct: she put Truth up against the wall and shot the old girl squarely between the eyes. “We adhere to established contracts and respectful business
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Random observations #nlpoli
What Kathy Dunderdale said in 2012 about wanting to be Premier: “If you live your life more in the moment, the rest of it will work its way out.” Sounds a lot like what SRBP told you. Here’s one comment from July 2011: Kathy Dunderdale took over the job in
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Budget and Oil Prices #nlpoli
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
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dunderdale confirms knowledge of Osborne’s views on her leadership #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale confirmed on the weekend that she was aware Tom Osborne didn’t support her as leader of the Conservative Party in 2010. Dunderdale told CBC’s On Point with David Cochrane that aware that Osborne supported her as interim leader. However, Dunderdale said that when she wanted to seek
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Osborne quits Tory caucus #nlpoli
Tom Osborne is part of the old townie Tory establishment in Newfoundland and Labrador. He quit Kathy Dunderdale’s party on Thursday to sit as an independent member of the House of Assembly. Osborne’s announcements sent a shock through the political community since no one saw it coming. He cited a
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Who wants to play Brutus? #nlpoli
Just as they ate up the Corporate Research Associates’ quarterly poll when the numbers favoured the local Conservatives, the local media have reported the latest CRA numbers with equal enthusiasm now that the Tory numbers are lousy. To put it simply, the numbers confirmed the general thrust of two recent
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Up her nose, sideways #nlpoli
For some reason, Kathy Dunderdale wants to know who is criticising her pet project. Now she doesn’t come flat out and say that, but you can tell someone got her goat pretty good during the public utilities board hearings into Muskrat Falls. You can tell because Kathy said so in
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dunderdale: Hydro-Quebec equity in Lower Churchill and no ‘69 redress part of ‘win-win’ for HQ #nlpoli
For five years, the provincial Conservatives secretly tried to interest Quebec in part ownership of the Lower Churchill, according to Premier Kathy Dunderdale. Dunderdale: September 2009 In September 2009, she told Open Line host Randy Simms (audio at right) about the secret efforts made by then-Premier Danny Williams, Dunderdale and
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