Doing it exactly right #nlpoli
No one could have picked a better panel of three people to review the provincial government’s access to information law than the three announced by Premier Tom Marshall on Tuesday.…
Edward Hollett
When “different” is “the same” #nlpoli
Only a couple of years ago, national media were writing about all the women running provincial governments across Canada. No less a pair of authorities as Jeff Simpson and Kathy…
The Apology Application #nlpoli
For anyone who thinks it is unusual for the provincial Conservatives to backtrack or apologise, recall, the massive deployment of cabinet ministers to the Straits-White Bay North by-election in the…
D’oh! Telegram shags up Muskrat Falls access story #nlpoli
According to a major Telegram story on Monday morning, the provincial government won’t be able to release some information about Muskrat Falls because of the provincial access to information laws.…
The Insiders #nlpoli
The story of the 2014 provincial Conservative Party leadership contest is a study in politics on its most basic level. It is a story of those with influence and of…
Nalcor Oversight #nlpoli
The provincial government will be establishing a committee of senior public servants to co-ordinate information on Muskrat Falls for cabinet. VOCM faithfully reported Premier Tom Marshall’s comments to reporters outside…
All hail the Glorious Leader Trope #nlpoli
“Province to deliver on promise of whistleblower law” read the headline for the CBC’s online story about the provincial government throne speech read Wednesday in the House of Assembly. About…
Silence is the perfect expression of scorn #nlpoli
by JM and EGH The BBC online news magazine carried an article on March 10 that should be of interest to all those following the Muskrat Falls debate. “Do massive…
The Throne Game, updated #nlpoli
“On the outside, Shawn Skinner and John Ottenheimer are still mulling it over, “wrote Des Sullivan last Thursday. “The price tag of running a credible campaign still daunts them; if…
Conservatives struggling for candidates #nlpoli
If David Cochrane’s sources are right, Danny Breen won’t be running for the Conservatives in Virginia Waters after all. That means that unless the Conservatives come up with an amazing…
Shawn: Prince of Denmark #nlpoli
The provincial New Democrats have dropped to single digits among respondents to the latest Corporate Research Associates quarterly omnibus poll. Other than that everything in the party choice results is…
The Satisfaction Delusion #nlpoli
You’ll hear Conservatives, Corporate Research Associates, and some commentators play up the fact that public satisfaction with the governing Conservatives has gone up in CRA’s most recent quarterly poll. That’s…
How did the Old Man work? (Part 1) #nlpoli
The Premier’s Office is a tough place to work. The demands on everyone in the place are constant. The implications of what you are dealing with in the office can…
How do they work, exactly? #nlpoli
As laughable as it is for the Premier’s Office to insist former Premier Kathy Dunderdale received only 46 e-mails in a single week and sent none, there are some other…
How did she work, exactly? #nlpoli
How odd that the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – arguably the busiest job in the province, bar none - received only 46 e-mails in a one week period in…
Access to Information – some misunderstandings #nlpoli
A tale out of Ottawa reveals the extent to which access to information problems crop up in lots of places. CBC News asked for a copy of a memo from…
Nalcor following wrong energy path #nlpoli
Think back to last December. A couple of Nalcor guys bragged about the company’s strategy of importing electricity when they needed during the months when prices were low and then…
14 years to deliver on 2008 midwives promise #nlpoli
In the fall sitting of the House of Assembly in 2008, the provincial government repealed an old law regulating the practice of midwifery. Then-health minister Ross Wiseman introduced the repeal…
The Sound of Silence #nlpoli
With all the talk the past couple of days about the relationship between the provincial government and the provincial energy corporation, it might be a useful time to ask a…
Nalcor running own show on Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
Nalcor Energy is running the Muskrat Falls project without any independent oversight from the provincial government. In two interviews with the Telegram’s James McLeod natural resources minister Derrick Dalley identified…