The Last Refuge #nlpoli
Call them the Dam One Percent. Call them Dan-Dam Style. Call them Millionaires for Muskrat. Call them MFers, with tongue firmly in cheek. The business people who back Muskrat Falls…
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Masters of our debt-ridden domain #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale confirmed on Wednesday that companies looking to develop Labrador mines have been getting good results from their inquiries about buying electricity from Hydro-Quebec. According to Dunderdale, the…
Kathy Dunderdale’s World #nlpoli
Remember the World the Old Man Lived In? Apparently, Kathy Dunderdale lives in the same place. -srbp-
The First Casualty in Dunderdale’s War #nlpoli
As she launched the first salvo in the final battle of the War for Muskrat Falls, Premier Kathy Dunderdale decided to prove the old maxim correct: she put Truth up…
Random observations #nlpoli
What Kathy Dunderdale said in 2012 about wanting to be Premier: “If you live your life more in the moment, the rest of it will work its way out.” Sounds…
GovSpeak Translator #nlpoli
A “forgivable loan” is another way of saying that a private-sector company is getting a free gift of public-sector money. -srbp-
The Enduring Principle of Newfoundland Mining Development Policy #nlpoli
If you want to understand the provincial government’s mining policy, look no further than Joe Smallwood and a speech he gave to the local chapter of what was then the…
Labrador Mining and Power Rates #nlpoli
In her scrum with reporters last week, Premier Kathy Dunderdale answered questions about possible rates offered to new mining companies in Labrador if the Muskrat Falls project goes ahead. She…
Muskrat Timelines slide back #nlpoli
Here’s what VOCM reported after Nalcor chief executive Ed Martin delivered a speech to St. John’s Rotary earlier this year: Ed Martin won’t get into precise dates but says a…
Kremlinology 42: Dependency and the Loan Guarantee #nlpoli
The cost of the Muskrat Falls project has escalated to the point where the provincial government can’t do it without a federal loan guarantee. Premier Kathy Dunderdale said as much…
Labrador Mining and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale is bothered enough by his detailed critical analysis of Muskrat Falls that she has been known to single him out in fundraising speeches in the province and…
The Boyo called Brazil #nlpoli
Obviously, Premier Kathy Dunderdale got squat from her meeting with the Prime Minister on Monday. You can tell because all she had to say on the day of the meeting…
English v. Pike: Game on! #nlpoli
Supreme Court Trial Division, Court Room 7, Duckworth Street. 10:00 AM. Be there or be squarer than you’d normally be as a lawyer or person interested in lawyer stuff. William…
Tone, Standards and Political Suicide #nlpoli
The song from MASH was wrong. Suicide is not painless. And political suicide is more painful to watch than any other kind. Paul Lane is a Conservative member of the…
38! #nlpoli
This will be a record year fort changes in the senior ranks of the provincial public service. On Friday, Premier Kathy Dunderdale announced change number 38 for 2012. That puts…
Title Shuffling #nlpoli
The news via Twitter looked a lot bigger than it actually is. David Cochrane tweeted on Saturday: Sources: Premier Dunderdale shaking up staff on 8th floor (Premier’s office). New deputy…
Sex and the cabinet #nlpoli
If all the speculation about a cabinet shuffle in the near future turns out to be true, it will be interesting to see if Premier Kathy Dunderdale breaks the fundamentally…
The Budget and Oil Prices #nlpoli
Just when everyone thought it was safe, a gigantic Twitter exchange erupted on Wednesday evening between Telegram report James McLeod and Deanny MacDonald, the guy everyone thinks is already the…
Now that is what you call interesting #nlpoli
Labradore infuriates Connies both provincially and federally because the guy just knows his stuff and needles the little darlings at every chance. On Tuesday, he posted a chart showing the…