Beth and Expenses #nlpoli #cdnpoli
All this talk of Senator Beth Marshall and her hefty annual stipend for chairing a committee that has met once in two years brings to mind the good senator’s role…
Edward Hollett
There’s no crap like old crap #nlpoli
And John Crosbie’s recent column (May 18) in the Telegram about Churchill Falls contains some of the oldest – and completely unsubstantiated – crap on the go. (Read more…)
Political Grab-Bag #nlpoli
For the first day back after a long weekend, here are some short snappers on some issues swirling around these days at the national scene. (Read more…)
Stagnation and Decay #nlpoli
The House of Assembly finished its spring session on Thursday after what appears to be one of the shortest sessions in the past 30 years. The government presented only seven…
The NAPE Poll Income #nlpoli
As it turns out, Harris-Decima used household income not individual income for weighting the poll they did for NAPE. Keith Dunne, NAPE’s communications co-ordinator tweeted the correct information on Thursday…
Self Skew-ered #nlpoli
Two thirds of tax filers in Newfoundland and Labrador report incomes of less than $35,000 per year. The Harris-Decima poll released by the Newfoundland and labrador Association of Public Employees…
The Fruits of A Very Poisonous Tree #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale said on Tuesday that the province will have problems now that it doesn’t have a federal cabinet minister from this province. As CBC quoted her from a…
The Decline of the Forest Empire #nlpoli
While an official with Corner Brook’s municipal government understandably has to say wonderful things about the economy in the west coast city, a look at some numbers shows the city…
Steep Curves and Third Place #nlpoli
Liberal leader Dwight Ball told CBC’s David Cochrane this past weekend that his job as Opposition Leader came with a steep learning curve. Indeed it does and on Monday, Ball…
The $150K Communications Audit #nlpoli
Poor Jerome Kennedy. They sent him out today to explain to reporters what the government got for its $150,000 audit by Fleishman-Hillard in later 2011. Kennedy had a hard time…
Keep on churnin’ #nlpoli
You can add another five changes to the record of senior executive appointments cabinet has made since the beginning of the year, according to orders-in-council posted to the provincial government’s…
Where was Fairity’s contract chopper? #nlpoli
In the wake of the tragic death last week of Joseph Riche, it shouldn’t be surprising that some people, including some politicians, are blaming the tragedy on the Department of…
More on the 2009 Rift #nlpoli
The Kremlinology post on Trevor Taylor, Paul Oram and the apparent policy disagreement in cabinet in 2008/09 generated two contacts (a tweet and an e-mail) that are worth discussing. Let’s…
Kremlinology 44: the 2009 Rift in Cabinet #nlpoli
Trevor Taylor left politics in 2009 in an unseemly hurry. One minute he was there. Next minute? Gone from cabinet and the House of Assembly. Very odd. Then right on…
Tom Marshall’s Dead Muskrat Sketch #nlpoli
Tom Marshall used to be the finance minister. He’s the guy who consistently, year after year, spent more than the people of the province could afford. Tom didn’t do it…
And you want to be my latex salesman? #nlpoli
Last week SRBP noted that the provincial cabinet seems to be having some difficulty getting legislation into the House for debate. Normally, we’d see upwards of 30 bills handled in…
Ground Control to Major Tom #nlpoli
New Democratic Party leader Lorraine Michael asked natural resources minister Tom Marshall in the House of Assembly on Monday about Husky’s plans for natural gas development offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.…
Not the arse-end of the world … #nlpoli
Check out the 2012 Hydro-Quebec annual report and you will find a lovely chart showing trends in energy prices in northeastern North America. “After reaching a historic peak in 2008,…
Why separate? #nlpoli
Last week, the federal Auditor General pointed out many serious problems with the state of offshore search and rescue. Last week, the usual gang grabbed any microphone they could find…
Husky sizing up natural gas offshore Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli
Husky Energy is sizing up the potential of developing natural gas offshore Newfoundland and Labrador within the next decade, according to the leading petroleum industry news source upstreamonline.com. First exports…