The West Wing: the Stackhouse Filibuster #nlpoli
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The 30-Somethings #nlpoli
The number of babies born to mothers in their 30s in Newfoundland and Labrador has declined over the past couple of decades. But the drop isn’t as dramatic as the…
The 20-Something Birth Rates #nlpoli
As we told you a couple of weeks ago, it doesn’t look like the provincial government’s policy of paying cash for live births produced any improvement in the birthrate in…
Your future is in their hands: Filibuster edition #nlpoli #scoutsdishonour
Government House Leader @King_Darin doesn’t think the standard of debate during the current filibuster over the Muskrat Falls bills comes up to his high standards. Maybe he’s right. Here’s King’s…
JM 7 – Bill 61: a relapse of the free market society #nlpoli
Bill 61 Relapse
Perspective #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale likes to pretend that the critics haven’t been able to find a problem with Muskrat Falls. Well, that’s simply not true. They’ve found tons of problems with…
A closed market #nlpoli
The provincial Conservatives will guarantee that taxpayers in Newfoundland and Labrador will be forced to pay for Muskrat Falls no matter what happens to oil prices or with new technology. …
Anticlimax #nlpoli
So it turns out the provincial government is going to build the Muskrat Falls project. There’s a total shock. The one thing that came screaming out of Monday night’s extravaganza…
Ignorance of history #nlpoli
VOCM carried a news story on the weekend about the passing of Hazel McIsaac. Here’s what the story said: Former MHA and the woman Premier Kathy Dunderdale described as a…
Dundercast tonight #nlpoli
The Premier will announce something this evening at 6 PM. If she announces that cabinet has already sanctioned the project, no one will be surprised. If she announces that the…
Where the Money Comes From #nlpoli
Just to put the provincial government budget in perspective, here are the top five sources of cash that come into the treasury from what are considered the province’s own sources.…
$#*! Jerome says, in living colour version #nlpoli
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A Crisis. Or Not. #nlpoli
“Muskrat Falls is a project that will not impact net debt by a single dollar,” finance minister Tom Marshall said in a provincial government news release. Unfortunately for taxpayers, they…
Revenue Streams and Not-so-Captive Markets #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy was in an exceptionally candid mood in the House of Assembly on Tuesday. He explained that under legislation that will pass before Christmas, Nalcor would…
Revenue Streams: Sure Thing edition #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale on where the money will come from to pay for Muskrat Falls, from the House Assembly on Monday: So, unless there is some catastrophe in Newfoundland and…
$#*! the Premier says: PUB review edition #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale on the PUB and its review of Muskrat Falls (November 21, 2012): Mr. Speaker, when the PUB produced its report it concurred with Nalcor – and it…
$#*! Jerome Says: federal loan guarantee not firmly in place yet #nlpoli
In the House of Assembly on Tuesday, natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy was pretty clear about the sanction process: “What we have done … we have slowed down the process…
Still Ready for a Better Tomorrow #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy on the financial typhoon of glorious benefits he and his colleagues are about to unleash via called Muskrat Falls: The Province will make a lot…
Government Delaying Muskrat Falls Sanction: Kennedy #nlpoli
“What we have done,” natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy told the House of Assembly on Tuesday, “ we have slowed down the process in terms of the sanction.” Kennedy offered…