Liberal Party Fact Check: Search and Rescue #nlpoli
What is it about politicians in Newfoundland and Labrador and search and rescue? Seriously. Newly minted Liberal MHA Lisa Dempster issued a news release on Thursday about rumoured changes at…
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The Value of Controversy and Colleagues
Over the past few days, one American political science blog has been at the centre of a pretty hot controversy about a post on the value of networking for younger…
Cod, cod everywhere #nlpoli
John Furlong left some big shoes to fill over at CBC’s Fisheries Broadcast. As it turn out, the Mother Corp’s head shed found a replacement who is guaranteed to make…
Another job and a business case #nlpoli
One Conservative Kathy gave Ross Reid a new job recently. Last January, your humble e-scribbler had another job in mind for Reid. Kathy came really close. Right floor. Wrong office.…
Do they get free roller blades? #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale made a few more appointments on Friday to boost her chances of setting a phenomenal record for shifting people around in the senior ranks of the provincial…
August is Money Month #nlpoli
August is polling month for Corporate Research Associates. In the first 15 days of the month, the provincial government announcement machinery has been running in overdrive. Realistically, though, there have…
Time to re-think dam costs #nlpoli #nspoli
They call it Site C. No, it isn’t a sequel to Jurassic Park or The Lost World. Site C is a 900 megawatt hydroelectric dam project in British Columbia that…
Summer Reading List
A compendium of 100 biases in the way we all think, described in easy-to-understand language, The Art of Thinking Clearly should be required reading in the provincial government these days.…
Nalcor’s Complaints to the Regie #nlpoli
Last week, the Quebec Superior Court dismissed a motion to hear an appeal from Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro over decisions taken by the Quebec’s energy regulator in 2010. As NTV…
Access denied: CFLCo and Hydro-Quebec version #nlpoli
Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation tried but failed in 2012 in an effort to see hundreds of thousands of pages of confidential Hydro-Quebec documents on the 1969 Power Contract between CFLCo…
Churn, churn, churn #nlpoli
For your consideration: a conspicuously large number of changes in the senior levels of the provincial public service over the past four years or so. The most recent person to…
The Poster Child for the Churn #nlpoli
On Tuesday, Premier Kathy Dunderdale appointed Julia Mullaley to the top job in the provincial public service – Clerk of the Executive Council – to replace Robert Thompson, who is…
Newfoundland and the start of the Great War #nlpoli
Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One. There’s no sign of any commemorations or other events to mark the occasion, but undoubtedly there will…
Darkness on the Edge of Town #nlpoli
Here’s what St. John’s mayor Dennis O’Keefe told city council on Monday, according to the Telegram on Wednesday: O’Keefe proceeded to talk about the fact the city lost the opportunity…
The Smartest Move She Ever Made #nlpoli
Appointing Ross Reid as her chief of staff is probably the smartest thing Premier Kathy Dunderdale has ever done and will ever do. Reid is an experienced political operator with…
The Q2 2013 Churn Appointments #nlpoli
Cabinet made 12 appointments at the deputy minister and assistant deputy minister rank in the second quarter of the 2013 calendar year (01 April to 30 June). The information comes…
On bigotry and prejudice #nlpoli
The Telegram editorial last Friday offered a few comments on some recent examples of nasty words tossed at people not from one place or another. One was a letter that…
Don’t tell the Newfoundlanders – Uncle Gnarley version #nlpoli
If you want some really sharp insight into the latest developments in the Muskrat Falls saga, check out the Thursday post at Uncle Gnarley titled “Don’t tell the Newfoundlanders”. Don’t…
Whatever happened to Ryan Cleary? #nlpoli
The story is the kind of thing that used to set the arch-nationalist Ryan Cleary screaming about the ignorance of mainlanders and tearing at his clothes over the latest proof…
Media Facilitation 101 #nlpoli
The Thursday morning post of Liberal leadership campaign videos included a technical note that explained why the videos in it didn’t fit with the formatting here at SRBP. The reason…