The Hard Road Ahead #nlpoli
If the provincial government can actually get control on its spending and head down the road to management reform along the lines that Eastern Health’s Vicki Kaminski talked about on…
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What they said…Part Deux #nlpoli
Basic public relations problem. Say one thing. Say another thing. A few weeks later, do something else, twice over. For starters, here’s the what Premier Kathy Dunderdale said in the…
What they said… #nlpoli
Here’s what Premier Kathy Dunderdale said on March 6 about possible job cuts in the provincial public sector (emphasis added in all): Mr. Speaker, we have not talked about cuts….Front-line…
Health Care Employment in NL #nlpoli
For those getting ready for this afternoon’s announcement by Eastern Health, here are some figures from Statistics Canada on employment in the health care sector in the province from October…
The Premier and Open Line #nlpoli
Once upon a time, premiers would spend time on radio talk shows every now and then taking calls from the punters. Not so since 2003 and the New Approach. Well,…
Monday Potpourri #nlpoli
A new poll by CROP (via Paul Wells) shows that Quebeckers support having students at Quebec’s post-secondary colleges and universities pay more for their education. What’s more, they think that…
The Other Damn-Fool Fisheries Policy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
About 30 years ago, Kathy Dunderdale started out her political career fighting against fisheries reform. Last December, she scolded fish plant workers in Marystown for turning out 18 weeks work…
All’s Not Fairity in Love and War #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale should appoint municipal affairs minister Kevin “Fairity” O’Brien to handle intergovernmental affairs. While Dunderdale is busily lobbing hand grenades at the federal government, Fairity is taking a…
The Dunderdale-O’Brien Confusion #nlpoli
In a scrum on Wednesday, May 23, Premier Kathy Dunderdale said: “What we are talking about, in fact, is a two hour window here.” In the House of Assembly on…
The Perfect Storm #nlpoli
“In the fishery of the very near future,” SRBP wrote in February, “fishing subsidies like federal employment insurance wage subsidies, state-sponsored marketing schemes and the stalinist political control of the…
Dare to be Stupid
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And she believes this crap is brilliant #nlpoli
Arguments are so much more convincing when claims match with the evidence. Otherwise you wind up with a credibility gap. It’s bad enough for ordinary people, but when you are…
Feds calls Dunderdale’s bluff #nlpoli
In an interview with CBC’s David Cochrane, federal intergovernmental affairs minister Peter Penashue called Premier Kathy Dunderdale’s bluff about a public inquiry into the death of Burton Winters. Penashue said:…
The Fairity of Regurgitation #nlpoli
Municipal affairs minister Kevin “Fairity” O’Brien stood in the House of Assembly on Wednesday “to highlight the continued progress in implementing the Provincial Waste Management Strategy in our province.” Wonderful…
Dumbed down or just clearer language? #nlpoli
Via Monkey Cage comes a link to a study that shows that the average speech comprehension level in the United States Congress has dropped a full grade level in the…
Grandmother, what big teeth you have #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Political leaders have a moral duty to the people they serve. There are times for politicians to fight for their constituents. And there are times when responsible political leaders must…
Public debt and financial mismanagement #nlpoli
A few days ago, Stephen Taylor posted a table from a 2010 study that showed how big Quebec’s public debt is compared to that of countries around the world. The…
Fiscal conservative, you say? #nlpoli
One of the more curious comments from provincial Conservative supporters lately has been the claim that they support the current Connie administration provincially because they – the supporters – are…
Making bad decisions: the Twitter edition #nlpoli
The Premier’s communications – Glenda Power – sent a couple of twitter messages to CBC’s Curtis Rumboldt on Friday. She was apparently correcting him on the impact closing Corner Brook…
It worked so well for Roger #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale is apparently off to Ottawa. According to voice of the cabinet minister: There’s no word on when the Premier will be flying to Ottawa, but according to the…