What is happening in Newfoundland and Labrador is not merely polarization in public opinion. Polarization implies that people are within the same community or see themselves as being within the same community. What we are seeing increasingly is the tendency to fragmentation. People do not listen to differing opinions,. They do
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Price of Revanchism #nlpoli
Churchill Falls occupies a unique place in Newfoundland and Labrador’s political culture.Most of what people believe about Churchill Falls is just sheer nonsense. Made up. Never true. Completely ludicrous. But accepted as fact and uns…
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Churchill Falls occupies a unique place in Newfoundland and Labrador’s political culture.Most of what people believe about Churchill Falls is just sheer nonsense. Made up. Never true. Completely ludicrous. But accepted as fact and uns…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Get the message: get a grip #nlpoli
Two former Premiers sent a very pointed message to Premier Dwight Ball this week about the way Ball has been handling the provincial government’s massive deficit problem.Brian Tobin was in St. John’s to present a cheque on behalf of the Bank of Mon…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: From a decade of prosperity to $2 billion deficits: What happened?
By Roger GrimesReflecting upon becoming the eighth Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 15 years ago this month, I found myself chatting with a few friends and associates about where the province found itself fiscally at that time, what happened during…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Grimes on Frank, Tom, and the Kami project #nlpoli
Roger Grimes’ is through his heart surgery and nice vacation and that has left him with a new vigour. He called VOCM’s BackTalk on Tuesday to talk about the Kami project, the Friday Night Massacre, and Humber Valley Paving. 15 minutes. Worth the time. Hat tip to Dave Adey for
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