More mumbo on the mumbo-jumbo #nlpoli
Keith Russell apologized on Tuesday for comments he made a week ago about the religious beliefs of some aboriginal people in Labrador: I don’t buy into the mumbo jumbo about…
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Come again, b’ys #nlpoli
Two things about the provincial government’s new website devoted to climate change and energy conservation: First, they could have used an editor. This big chart has a rather glaring error…
Dunderdale Translator: expert edition #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale speaks her own language. She uses words in a different way from the rest of the population. Take the word “expert”, for example. Dunderdale claims that she would…
Dunderdale confirms knowledge of Osborne’s views on her leadership #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale confirmed on the weekend that she was aware Tom Osborne didn’t support her as leader of the Conservative Party in 2010. Dunderdale told CBC’s On Point with…
Your Future. Their Hands. More Russell #nlpoli
In 2011, Keith Russell was dumped from his position as a cabinet minister in the Nunatsiavut government. Nunatsiavut president Jim Lyall issued a statement afterward that included this section: Quite…
Your Future. Their Hands. Weakest Link edition #nlpoli
Fact: Sandy Collins is the member of the House of Assembly for Terra Nova. Fact: Collins is a provincial Conservative. Fact: Sandy Collins supports Muskrat Falls. Fact: Collins was executive…
Cabinet Audition #nlpoli
According to former Tory caucus member Tom Osborne, caucus knew a month ago that Kathy Dunderdale would be shuffling her cabinet in October. That’s bizarre in itself. But now we…
Osborne quits Tory caucus #nlpoli
Tom Osborne is part of the old townie Tory establishment in Newfoundland and Labrador. He quit Kathy Dunderdale’s party on Thursday to sit as an independent member of the House…
Osborne versus Kent #nlpoli
The only thing more entertaining than watching the “member that works” leave the provincial Conservative caucus was watching the provincial Conservatives send out the always-credible Steve Kent to talk about…
Your future. Their hands: profound ignorance edition #nlpoli
Conservative member of the House of Assembly Keith Russell. He’s at it again, this time on CBC Radio’s Labrador Morning: I don’t buy into the mumbo jumbo about the trail…
Brian Peckford’s memoir now on sale #nlpoli
The room at the Battery Hotel and Suites was packed with former politicians and public servants who were involved in some of the most important events in the province’s history…
What’s the hang-up this time? #nlpoli
Via VOCM: Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he is looking forward to working out details for the Muskrat Falls loan guarantee with Premier Kathy Dunderdale. … Flaherty says…
Bleeding and Motivation #nlpoli
The provincial Conservatives who hang tight around natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy like to say that you have to look at the motivations of people commenting on Muskrat Falls. According…
Your future is in their hands #nlpoli
Forget the engineers, economists, lawyers and all the people who have examined the Muskrat Falls project in great detail. They do not matter. The people who will approve Muskrat Falls…
Separated at Birth: Kent and Cleary edition #nlpoli
For the longest time after Kathy Dunderdale became Premier, Mount Pearl North Conservative Steve Kent proudly proclaimed on his website that he was party of the Danny Williams team. Dunderdale…
The sum of all fears #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale says that it is gratifying to have the support of the majority of the people of the province, as recent polls show, according to the Premier. In another…
Polls, Politicians and Messages #nlpoli
Cabinet is where the real political power sits in a parliamentary democracy. Ministers have enormous power both individually and collectively. Only the first minister – the prime minister or premier…
That and a buck fifty… #nlpoli
Former natural resources minister Shawn Skinner thinks that the Progressive Conservatives can turn around their current abysmal polling numbers if once they get beyond Muskrat Falls and turn their attention…
The Swirl Continues #nlpoli
As it appears, all the talk last week in the Telegram editorial about the unusually large churn in the senior ranks of the provincial public service caused a bit of…
Who wants to play Brutus? #nlpoli
Just as they ate up the Corporate Research Associates’ quarterly poll when the numbers favoured the local Conservatives, the local media have reported the latest CRA numbers with equal enthusiasm…