A symbol of failure. A reason to change. #nlpoli
A couple of weeks ago, the St. John’s media devoted huge amounts of of the reporting space to the death of a woman who spent most of her time beating…
Edward Hollett
Announce it forward #nlpoli
November is polling month in Newfoundland and Labrador. Corporate Research Associates goes to the field for its quarterly omnibus and marketing poll. Historically, the Conservatives have skewed their public communications…
One poll to rule them all… #nlpoli
The way things go in Newfoundland and Labrador, you can sometimes think that some things only go on here. Not so. Take a short trip, if you can spare a…
Liberals gain from NDP crisis. Tories no change. #nlpoli
The headline is as dramatic as NTV could make it: Leadership crisis sends NDP tumbling to third place in NTV/MQO poll The numbers looked bad for the Dippers: Grits at…
Delusional Hat Trick: Lorraine, Trevor, and Ryan #nlpoli
No sooner had Lorraine Michael pronounced the New Democratic caucus back together again than two of its members announced that they would leave and sit in the House of Assembly…
Oil and Gas Update: 2013 edition #nlpoli
First, the oil. Regular readers will recall the Article 82 issue that will affect how much money the provincial government collects from oil and gas development outside the 200 mile…
Opposition Syndrome #nlpoli
Politics is often about compromise. Compromises are great when they work. They suck when they don’t. The provincial New Democrats spent a week in a leadership crisis that climaxed with…
Where there’s smoke… #nlpoli
Four members of a political caucus don’t usually demand their leader’s resignation unless they had a reason… or a bunch of reasons that built up over time. As it turns…
Socially-responsible reporting trumps irresponsible government every time #nlpoli
For starters, the messenger the provincial government comms geniuses selected to scold CBC wasn’t their best possible choice. Well, not if demonstrated credibility was the global Charlene Johnson has a…
The New Undemocratic Party #nlpoli
At the end of the first full day of the political crisis inside the New Democratic Party, the people of Newfoundland and Labrador learned more about the party than anyone…
The Night of the Pen Knives #nlpoli
Sometimes political party leaders get to chose how they leave the job. Other times they don’t. The Liberals punted Leo Barry out of the leadership in 1987. The entire caucus…
Commentary – After the election #nlpoli nspoli
Following is a commentary by Don Mills of Corporate Research Associates in response to the post “CRA, Abacus, and the 2013 Nova Scotia General Election”. – EGH Don Mills’ commentary…
Vale delays Long Harbour smelter… again #nlpoli
Earlier this year, mining giant Vale was saying they’d start production at the new Long Harbour smelter in 2013, but after a meeting with Premier Kathy Dunderdale in Brazil, the…
The Gnarley Saga #nlpoli
In case you missed it, flip over to Des Sullivan’s blog Uncle Gnarley and look at the tale Des has put together about why Jerome Kennedy quit politics so abruptly…
CRA, Abacus, and the 2013 Nova Scotia General Election #nlpoli #nspoli
In the recent Nova Scotia General election, Corporate Research Associates and the Halifax Chronicle Herald teamed up to provide readers with a daily tracking poll. CRA was quick off the…
2013 Model Show and Exhibition
The St. John’s chapter of the International Plastic Modellers Society (IPMS) will hold an open plastic model exhibition and competition from 10L00 Am to 4:00 PM, Sunday, October 20, 2013,…
How not to promote immigration #nlpoli
The provincial Conservatives currently running the place have finally discovered what pretty well everyone else in government knew 20 years ago. The population is getting older, on average. That’s not…
Conservative Confusion #nlpoli
When they were high in the polls it was because they were making the right decisions. Now that they are in the political polling basement it is because they are…
So the photo ops were a deception? #nlpoli
Reporters asked the premier on Wednesday about comments by Nova Scotia premier-elect Stephen McNeil about Muskrat Falls. Here’s what CBC reported: "Our contract — our agreement — is with Emera.…
Leading the World #nlpoli
In your otherwise dull Thursday, take a look at an article in The Atlantic about an army of paid Internet commenters from Russia. This paragraph leaped out: Paid, pro-government commenters…