The Jewel in the Crown #nlpoli
If you are a Newfoundland politics junkie who hasn’t been reading Uncle Gnarley, then you’ve been missing out. You can fix that by reading the latest offering from Gnarley –…
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Horse farts #nlpoli
If you do nothing else in the next few days, take the time to read the decision issued Friday (see below) by a Quebec superior court judge in a case…
2019 should be interesting #nlpoli
The cheque’s been cash. There’s no more cash flowing. But the deal is not quite done, yet. (Read more…)
Crime Severity Indices, St. John’s #nlpoli
This week, Statistics Canada released their latest compilation of crime statistics based on reports by police. The figures in the release were year to year but if you hunt around…
Slates #nlpoli
In any delegated political convention, you need to elect delegates in each of the districts who will vote for your candidate at the leadership convention. CBC’s On Point featured three…
Uncommon Stupidity #nlpoli
There are times when a politician’s comments are so stunned they just take your breath away. The first few days of the Damn-fool Fishery this weekend were marred by a…
Traitors Everywhere #nlpoli
Tony Collins loves Muskrat Falls. He loves it so much that every now and again he takes the valuable space from his column in the weekend Telegram and lets loose…
The Blackbird Song
it’s summer. We don;t need to talk politics all the time. here’s a song from the past that some people will remember. It only did well in this part of…
La Romaine: on or off? #nlpoli
On Monday, Quebec premier Philippe Couillard left the impression that the third and fourth dams on the La Romaine river were in doubt. Couillard told reporters as he headed to…
Shapes and sizes #nlpoli
The Duke of Connaught, Governor General of Canada and uncle of King George, visited St. John’s in the middle of July, 1914. During his visit, he officially opened a new…
The Conservative race picks up speed #nlpoli
One of the great things about political campaigns is that the players have a chance to surprise observers. We saw that in the Liberal leadership as Cathy Bennett went from…
Gone, baby, gone #nlpoli
In September 2008, four cabinet ministers went to Harbour Grace to announce that the provincial government was giving the company $8.0 million in public money, interest free. The provincial government…
Issues and Answers – on line #nlpoli
After a couple of false starts over the past year, it looks like NTV has started posting episodes of Issues and Answers online. That’s good news for political junkies. The…
The Desolation of Smog #nlpoli
The Telegram’s Peter Jackson used the most recent JM paper on consumer electricity prices and Muskrat Falls as part of his Wednesday column. Peter made some worthwhile observations, so head…
Convergence #nlpoli
A couple of years ago, Liberal leader Dwight Ball said the Liberals would use earnings from Muskrat Falls to lower electricity prices for consumers in this province. The Conservatives dismissed…
Electricity prices when Muskrat comes on line #nlpoli
Cost over-runs on Muskrat Falls as well as other costs not included in previous calculations by Nalcor will likely increase current electricity prices by almost double their rate in 2011, …
The World According to Kent #nlpoli
If you are one of the political savants who thinks that dominating Twitter makes for a modern, inspired, and successful political leadership campaign, then say hello to Premier Steve Kent,…
Friday Bits #nlpoli
To understand the real Steve Kent and not the manufactured front he presents to the world these days, take a look at this 2007 post by Simon Lono back when…
Political Fashionistas #nlpoli
Before the year is out, we will have yet another strategy from the provincial government. We were supposed to have this one on July 1, however like pretty well everything…
Avoiding a cabinet shuffle #nlpoli
By the end of the week, Premier Tom Marshall will be short at least two cabinet ministers. Paul Davis quit as health minister on Wednesday and Steve Kent is expected…