Denine to challenge Simms for mayor’s job #nlpoli
If the word from the west holds true, Randy Simms won’t have too much time to worry about caribou and on-air meltdowns. The talk show host is going to be…
Edward Hollett
Rinse. Repeat. #nlpoli
Not one, not two, but three provincial cabinet ministers announced a five year ban on hunting George River caribou on Monday. This is a very serious situation, they said. It…
The New Sexism #nlpoli #cdnpoli
As the story goes, the crowd currently running this place were all set to issue a news release that the first woman premier in the province’s history was announcing the…
Too amazing to believe #nlpoli
Every day in Newfoundland and Labrador, the news is like some kind of perpetual, live edition of Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Here’s a sample of what your humble e-scribbler…
Communications and Management Problems #nlpoli
The Auditor General’s annual report on departments, agencies and Crown corporations doesn’t have any one bit that would kill any provincial administration. What the report does contain is a collection…
One Newsroom. Two Stories. @nlpoli
For the English crowed in Newfoundland and Labrador, @cbcnl gave its audience one story from the Auditor General’s report. They focused on horrendous salary increases in one government agency. From…
The Annual Mixed-Message Season #nlpoli
Right after Ross Reid’s new job, Jerome Kennedy’s trip back to the finance ministry was the second most overblown story of the past week or so. Most seem to think…
Verbiage Growth Strategy #nlpoli
Right on cue in the controversy over the population growth “strategy”, a provincial cabinet minister issued a news release late on Monday and assured us that everything will be all…
Populations #nlpoli
Ross Reid has a new job. He used to be federal fisheries minister. Since 2003 or so, Ross has been a deputy minister in the provincial government. Lots of people…
General Ignorance #nlpoli
CBC’s Heather Barrett had a solid commentary this weekend on the recent revelations about how much young people in the province’s university don’t know about stuff. Lack of inquisitiveness. Well,…
Dunderdale hits churn record for 2012! #nlpoli
A retroactive appointment announcement issued Thursday secured Premier Kathy Dunderdale’s record for the most changes in the senior ranks of the public sector in recent history. On December 11, Dunderdale…
The vanished Labrador fibre optic plan? #nlpoli
A bit more digging has turned up a CBC story from December 2010 that first reported Nalcor’s plan to include fibre optic cabling with the Labrador-Island Link for Muskrat Falls.…
Nexans to build Muskrat Falls underwater cable #nlpoli
Nalcor has awarded a contract valued at more than $106 million to Nexans Norway AS to construct the underwater cable for the Muskrat Falls project, according to a news release…
We can get there from here #nlpoli
People across the province are astounded that some students at Memorial University cannot correctly identify countries, continents, and oceans on a map of the world. Geographic illiteracy shocks people. Well,…
Happy Talk #nlpoli
Cuts. Layoffs. A couple of tight years. Hard times. Premier Kathy Dunderdale, finance minister Tom Marshall, and natural resources minister Tom Marshall have been preaching that since before Christmas. Apparently,…
No obligation to take electricity: Emera CEO #nlpoli
From the Chronicle Herald: Emera CEO Chris Huskilson says there are several options available to Nova Scotians to meet future energy needs, but he insists the arrangement with Newfoundland and…
The cost of not doing the math #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy admitted over the weekend that he had not done the calculation to figure out if the equity stake in Hebron was worth the cost compared…
Putting selective “facts” on the splitting table #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale wants to have a “conversation” about the provincial government’s financial mess and the ways we might fix it. That’s what she told CBC’s David Cochrane in her…
Snow Day Entertainment
The world is full of some really dumb, really lucky people. -srbp-
High-Value Delivery #nlpoli
Two cabinet ministers trekked up the Southern Shore on Wednesday to hand over a cheque for some government cash to a local group of seniors. Of course, they dragged their…