Lorraine Michael should bear in mind that some very famous Newfoundland and Labrador politicians found themselves accused of defaming someone. That’s really the essence of the current question of privilege Government House Leader Jerome Kennedy levelled against her last week. Kennedy knows the law well enough to know that what
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Kennedy slices into NDP’s Muskrat falls hypocrisy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy belled the NDP cat on Wednesday for the provincial party’s flip-flop on Muskrat Falls. As the Telegram reported in its Thursday edition, … Kennedy was particularly hard on criticism coming from the NDP, saying the current tone represents a break from deceased federal leader Jack
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Here’s what an opposition party looks like #nlpoli
The Conservatives won’t open the House of Assembly until the spring. Former Tory Premier Tom Rideout thinks it’s a bad idea, according to CBC: "The government is an incumbent government. It has plenty of legislation on the books and ready…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Townies and Baymen #nlpoli #nlvotes
Some people were surprised the other night when Danny Dumaresque told the very small audience at a Board of Trade economic forum that: I would have to say to the mayor of this great city that there are a hell of a lot more priorities outside the ov…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The NDP and Regressive Social Policy: education #nlpoli
those who are interested in education policy and the current election campaign will be fascinated by a chunk of one conversation that broke out on Twitter Sunday. Two of the participants were Mark Watton, former Liberal candidate in the Humber …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Three MF Amigos split up #nlpoli
Liberal leader Kevin Aylward may have personally been waffling about Muskrat Falls a week or so ago, but his position has shifted: An Aylward led government would immediately halt all spending on this project and establish a truly independent analy…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: NDP avoids straight answer on Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
You can tell if a provincial opposition party politician supports Kathy Dunderdale’s Muskrat Falls plan by how many words it takes to explain his or her position. New Democratic Party leader Lorraine Michael proved the point on Wednesday with a news…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Power of Confusion: The Three Amigos Update #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale doesn’t understand the criticism of the federal government’s recent announcement of a loan guarantee for the Muskrat Falls megadebt project Provincial NDP leader Lorraine Michael, for one, has been crapping on the announce…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Slide a sheet of paper: the spend ‘em if ya got ‘em edition
Earlier this week, finance minister Tom Marshall announced a second increase in the estimate for offshore oil production for 2011 and with it an increase in provincial government revenues. Marshall claims the money will go to paying down the public de…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Bloc Quebecois not separatist party: NL NDP leader
You read that correctly. Newfoundland and Labrador NDP leader Lorraine Michael is quoted by VOCM making the argument that the Bloc Quebecois is not a separatist party: On VOCM’s Backtalk with Paddy Daly Thursday, Michael also said that, according …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Free tuition at NL university for Nova Scotians: NL NDP leader
The Newfoundland and Labrador local of the New Democratic Party wants taxpayers in her province to give Nova Scotians free tuition at Memorial University. Sounds idiotic, doesn’t it? But that’s exactly what she wants to do, at least if you follo…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Not much to see
The Telegram’s Russell Wangersky looked ahead to the fall election and didn’t like what he saw. Wangersky’s assessment is brutal but it is accurate. The Liberals: “When someone who isn’t looking for the leader’s job is bigger news than …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: A world of their own
Kathy Dunderdale showed up in the province again to talk about the wonderful reception her Muskrat Falls megadebt project got from the New England governors. Two things stood out right off the bat from Dunderdale’s scrum. First, there was he…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The placeholder election
No matter what the outcome, all three political parties in the province will have new leaders before the 2015 contest. In December, the Tories decided to postpone their leadership fight until after the October general election. Kathy Dunderdale …
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