Government Abandons Energy Plan … quietly #nlpoli
These days, you have to hunt around the government website to find the provincial energy plan. That’s despite the claim on the website – once you’ve found it – that…
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Self-reliance versus Dependence #nlpoli
In both Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, the local media will report when a town gets a new fire truck. The difference between the two ends there. (Read…
Much media ado about not very much #nlpoli
On the face of it, anyone even passingly familiar with political events in Newfoundland and Labrador for the past decade would look with some justifiable scepticism on an announcement from…
The real Liberal Renewal #nlpoli
Cathy Bennett launched a 48-day tour of the province last week as part of her bid for the Liberal leadership. The local media dutifully attended but the story didn’t make…
Collins on Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
In Quebec, Jacques Parizeau has turned on the Parti Quebecois’ values charter. It made national news. In Newfoundland and Labrador last week, former Conservative finance minister John Collins took another…
Truth and Fiction #nlpoli
If you take Jerome Kennedy at his word on Wednesday, here’s what is going on.Since he wasn’t planning to run in 2015, he decided that he would leave politics on…
The Elizabeth Towers Fire Inquiry #nlpoli
Enough of you have found the introduction to the Elizabeth Towers fire investigation report to drive it into the Top 10 list. To make it easier to find, here is…
Jerome leaves at last #nlpoli
For anyone even halfway clued in to local politics, the rumours have been thick for months that Jerome Kennedy was about to bail from provincial politics. Now it seems the…
Politics and car mirrors #nlpoli
So not the same thing. If the party releases the numbers, we’ll know the actual number of people who have signed up to vote in the Liberal leadership once the…
Values and Ideas #nlpoli
“Don’t question my values,” Cathy Bennett warned one her fellow candidates in the Liberal leadership, “and I won’t question yours.” The other candidate in that part of the debate wasn’t…
Ban corporate political donations: Dumaresque #nlpoli
Liberal leadership candidate Danny Dumaresque wants to reform the provincial election laws to ban corporate donations, as the Telegram reported on Thursday. “I think in Newfoundland and Labrador, we’ve got…
Touch Yourself #nlpoli #nsfw
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Jack Ford and his war #nlpoli
Jack Ford spent three years as a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp during the Second World War. He died on September 24, aged 94. The Japanese used jack…
Employment Insurance Claims in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2003 – 2013 #nlpoli
Every day, in every way, things are better and better. No, that wasn’t Inspector Dreyfus from the Pink Panther movies. That was one of the key messages Premier Kathy Dunderdale…
The Beast #nlpoli
This week, people across Canada who are interested in the public right to access government information mark a thing called Right to Know Week. It’s a time to “raise awareness…
Like we told you: no money rules for Liberal Leadership #nlpoli
SRBP told you on July 18 and this past Saturday, the Telegram had a front page story telling us that the Liberal leadership campaign has no financial rules. James McLeod’s…
Debt, Demand, and Delusions #nlpoli
The Conservatives running the province got together with their staff and key supporters this weekend to reaffirm their conviction that they alone ought to be running the province. Some people…
poopourri – Friday Funny #nlpoli #nsfw
Forget all the heavy talk about pension liabilities, debt, Fairity O’Brien and the Liberal leadership. Let’s talk about crap, or specifically one of the most hysterically funny commercial in a…
Politics and the Ethnic Vote #nlpoli
A few people people in Newfoundland and Labrador are getting agitated about the fact there’s a street in Nova Scotia called Newfie Lane. For those who may not know, the…