Beyond the “clutches of Quebec” #nlpoli
Another perspective on Muskrat Falls, via the Ottawa Citizen, and a previous attempt to run electrical power from Labrador through Nova Scotia: Pickersgill took the matter to the R.B. Bryce,…
Edward Hollett
A Manufactured. Right. Here Mess #nlpoli
The Premier, the finance minister, and their favourite economist are talking about tax increases, layoffs, and spending cuts. They are talking about cuts and layoffs at a time when the…
$#*! da Premier says: Freudian slip edition #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale, quoted in the Globe and Mail in a story on sanctioning of the Hebron project: Our goal has been to ensure that Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are the…
The Hebron Complications #nlpoli
The partners in the Hebron project sanctioned the development on New Year’s Eve and announced the decision on Friday. The new cost estimate to build the gravity base and bring…
Tom Johnson is Redundant #nlpoli
Pity Tom Johnson. The St. John’s lawyer landed a steady source of billable hours when the provincial Conservatives made him the consumer advocate at the public utilities board. Tom has…
Bond Year Eight #nlpoli
On SRBP’s eighth anniversary, a sampler of some January commentaries: A year of Bonding (January 2006) Whistleblower Protection Legislation (January 2009) Pater Knows Best (January 2011) Undisclosed Risk: financing the…
Bravery and Democracy #nlpoli
“It is easy to be an armchair critic, tweeted natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy before Christmas, “but It takes real courage to stand for election.” In another context, John Steele…
Some books for the New Year #nlpoli
Shannon Ryan’s A history of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic to 1818 is an engaging, accessible account of the English in Newfoundland from the earliest arrival through to the end…
The Perpetual Talking Point Disaster #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale’s year-end talking points for 2012 were pretty grim. As she told CBC’s David Cochrane, the provincial government is facing an enormous deficit. The deficit is the result…
Talking Point Politics #nlpoli
The Telegram’s Saturday front page story on Tory efforts to manipulate online polls and comments garnered two equal and opposite reactions over the weekend in that political echo chamber called…
Creating a Baby Boom. Not. #nlpoli
Flip over to the Occupy NL blog and you’ll see a critique of some recent SRBP posts on the provincial government’s bonus cash for live babies program. Let’s summarise the…
Middle Earth Safety Briefing
Air New Zealand capitalizes on Peter Jackson and his love of Tolkien: -srbp-
Attitudes to Guns #nlpoli
Her pistol is concealable with any outfit choice. -srbp-
Top 10 Posts for 2012 #2012
Here they are, folks, the 10 most-read posts of 2012 at SRBP. When will she quit? Now that Muskrat Falls is sanctioned, how long will it be before Kathy Dunderdale…
Mars Attacks!
Add this one to the New Year’s wish list: coming in 2013 from Moebius. -srbp-
Fertility Rates: a different perspective #nlpoli
Via Occupy Newfoundland and Labrador, a different take on the success of the bootie call from the one presented in this corner recently. -srbp-
If you’re serious about ideas… #nlpoli
then get serious about blogging. From the Harvard Business Review: Writing is still the clearest and most definitive medium for demonstrating expertise on the web. But as thought leaders like…
Not with a bang, but a whimper #nlpoli
The longest filibuster in Newfoundland and Labrador legislative history ended quietly Saturday morning. This was the second filibuster this year and the Telegram’s legislative reported posed a simple question via…
JM 6 – Two Variants of the Interconnected Option
Volume 6 – 2 Variants -srbp-
The Teens and 40s #nlpoli
As the last instalment in our survey of birth rates, let’s take a look at the group 15 to 19 and the other end of the scale for statistics, women…