Maybe the poor folks at CBC were just confused. Heaven knows it can be confusing with all the announcements of the hospital in Corner Brook since 2007. “Price tag missing,” the headline screamed, “as Corner Brook hospital finally gets green light.” The price tag should be missing because… wait for
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: CBC confused by repetition of decade-old hospital promise #nlpoli
Maybe the poor folks at CBC were just confused. Heaven knows it can be confusing with all the announcements of the hospital in Corner Brook since 2007. “Price tag missing,” the headline screamed, “as Corner Brook hospital finally gets green light.” The price tag should be missing because… wait for
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Another premier… same health care facility #nlpoli
A gaggle of provincial politicians representing districts along the west coast of Newfoundland turned up in Corner Brook on Friday for another one of the set-piece media events that government’s uncommunications bureaucracy loves if only for their mind-numbing sameness. The headline on the news release is simple: “Premier announces New
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: In-house and cheap #nlpoli
Provincial government communications consists chiefly of making up vacuous comments for ministers to recite.They are called key messages. In the uncomms-speak of the government bureaucrats, they are KMs, pronounced Kay-Emmzzz.On Thursday, t…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The persistence of uncommunication in government #nlpoli
For some interesting insights into the way government works, take a look at an access to information request someone submitted for documents related to the bond ratings for the province issued earlier this year.First, notice that the department respons…
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