You got cash? They’ve got a party. #nlpoli
The party that brought the province its first and only election finance law in 1991 is currently in the midst of a campaign to select its own leader, but the…
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Nut up or shut up #nlpoli
The Liberal leadership is not even a couple of weeks old and already reporters are getting inundated with the suggestions from anonymous turd-mongers wondering why they are not covering this…
On change #nlpoli
One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen might change the world, as Malala Yousefzai says. The pen and book are of no use, though, if the student and…
Learn Now. Pay Later. #nlpoli
A college or university education has an undeniable value both to the student and to the society as a whole. But should either party bear a disproportionate share of the…
Antle changes dynamics of Liberal leadership race #nlpoli
Last November, it was easy to dismiss Paul Antle as another potential Liberal leadership candidate who lots of people talked about but who sounded more like he had better things…
Telly exclusive on SNC Lavalin???? #nlpoli
Screaming headline across the top of the front page of the Saturday Telly: SNC-Lavalin shut out of Hydro-Quebec projects And right underneath, the claim that it is a Telegram exclusive.…
Yvonne – math #nlpoli
Liberal member of parliament Yvonne Jones is pissed off. She told VOCM that “there are 1,016 people that are payrolled under the Muskrat Falls project. 201 of those are Labradorians.…
Jerome Kennedy: ace hole digger #nlpoli
Score another one for the Telegram’s James McLeod. He interviewed finance minister Jerome Kennedy and wrote a story that centred on Kennedy’s contention that his party’s 2011 election promises weren’t…
Highly Diffused Government #nlpoli
By now, plenty of people in Newfoundland and Labrador have likely heard finance minister Jerome Kennedy’s comments about his party’s last election platform. “You used the word promise,” Kennedy said…
Autonomy for Memorial University #nlpoli
One of the things about writing SRBP is that posts sometimes show changes in thinking as your humble e-scribbler gains more information. Over the last few posts and on Twitter,…
Paul Antle’s Opening Shot #nlpoli
Here’s the e-mail that’s making the rounds: I am running for Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. I have no confidence in the current government. We’ve come…
“China is already so yesterday” #nlpoli
Memorial University’s dean of graduate studies wasn’t so keen on China as a source of students in February 2011. In a post on her blog Postcards from the edge, Noreen…
Some inconvenient truths: goring some educational sacred cows #nlpoli
Friday turned out to be Post-Secondary Education Day with a post here on the impact of the freeze on tuition fees and a fascinating Telegram article on the Conservatives’ 2011…
VOCM more like Fox and Sun #nlpoli
VOCM’s newsroom is taking a massive step downward with a headline on the Liberal leadership. On Friday, Dwight Ball stepped down as interim leader. The caucus will decide his replace…
Great Political Quotes: Tax Shelter edition #nlpoli
“We lost, but that passion for fighting the injustice of a retroactive law change — that passion I will bring to the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, and to…
The price of subsidy – MUN Tuition
In early June, a CBC investigation revealed that Memorial University is charging special fees for some international graduates students. That was just one of a series of problems with the…
A long way from best in class #nlpoli
Cathy Bennett’s leadership launch event was organized as one would expect. Her speech was scripted and, hand gestures and all, well rehearsed. From the start there was the flush of…
The Campaign Starts… #nlpoli
Okay anyone who believed Cathy Bennett was “thinking about it” over the weekend know that she was already getting her Liberal leadership campaign in gear. She’ll be launching later on…
The Politics of Fashion #nlpoli
As it turns out, Corporate Research Associates president Don Mills had lots to say to the St. John’s Board of Trade besides a few guesses. Newfoundland and Labrador can’t create…
The Great War and Newfoundland Nationalism #nlpoli
This is a revised version of post that originally appeared on July 4, 2012. ___________________________________ Mark Humphries is an historian at Memorial University. He spoke with CBC’s Chris O’Neill-Yates on…