Dundernomics 101: The Cleary Factor #nlpoli
The gang at CBC shouldn’t feel sheepish. They might have been the ones who pushed it most aggressively but they weren’t the only news outlet that started talking up budget…
Edward Hollett
He said. She said. “Expenditure review” edition #nlpoli
Starve reporters for real news and you can apparently make them believe anything. That seems to be the case with the idea that Kathy Dunderdale’s Tories plan to actually cut…
New partners and new supplicants #nlpoli
After the throne speech, the leaders of the opposition parties get to have their say in the legislature. Just as the throne speech sets the government’s agenda, so too can…
New Energy? Same Old Stuff #nlpoli
After more than a year in office and the better part of six months after the last election, the Dunderdale Tories delivered their second throne speech opening a new session…
…fairness and balance for all the people of our province… #nlpoli
Excerpts from remarks by Clyde Wells, Leader of the Opposition, in the House of Assembly, in reply to the Speech from the Throne, March 10, 1988: …We will vigorously oppose…
Sound Advice #nlpoli
Some people don’t like John Furlong’s ideas. Here’s his latest one – on the fishery, again – but it is equally applicable to just about everything in the province these…
Can we believe anything he says? #nlpoli
Climb-down Cleary is at it again. Not surprisingly, Noob Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary is furiously sucking back his latest effort to tell it like it is. First,…
Our plastic history, utter contempt version #nlpoli
On Friday, the Telegram’s Brian Jones takes issue with fisheries minister Darin King: Fisheries Minister Darin King’s tantrum this week against the Fish, Food and Allied Workers’ (FFAW) union is…
$#*! politicians say, pensions edition #nlpoli #cdnpoli
If you could get Noob Bloc-NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary for what he is worth and sell him for what he thinks he’s worth, you could wipe out the…
Electricity prices round-up #nlpoli
In Quebec, Arcelor Mittal mines is looking to hang onto its industrial discount electricity rate of 4.5 cents per kilowatt hour even though the company didn’t delivered on its commitment…
Countering Nalcor Negativity #nlpoli
In a speech to the St. John’s board of trade this week, Nalcor chief executive Ed Martin dissed natural gas as a possible alternative to his expensive Muskrat Falls scheme.…
The Old Boys (and Girls) Club #nlpoli
The always provocative and informative labradore posted a chart on Wednesday showing the number of days the House of Assembly sat in each session since Confederation. The information to make…
Hebron review complete #nlpoli
The review panel appointed by the offshore regulatory authority to review the Hebron development issued its report on Tuesday with a set of 64 recommendations attached. Among them (bolding added):…
Great Gambols with Public Money: Muskrat Falls version #nlpoli #cdnpoli
While she is telling others to stand by for tough budgets and tight times, Premier Kathy Dunderdale is planning to spend more than $3.0 billion in accumulated oil surpluses to…
And this surprises you because…? #nlpoli
Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador is about what the social scientists – like political scientists, for example - would call clientelism. You may have heard it called patronage. Regardless of…
Cost per Vote: the Rural/Urban Divide #nlpoli
In looking at by-elections in Newfoundland and Labrador, the second and third phases offer a neat cluster of by-elections in urban (metro St. John’s) and rural (everywhere else) districts. Break…
Danny and Jerome! on Muskrat Falls financials #nlpoli
Former member of the House of Assembly and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro director Danny Dumaresque made the news over the weekend with a claim that he had a document showing…
Cost over-runs and delays in Placentia #nlpoli
On Monday, the provincial public works department put a limit on the size of trucks that can go over the left bridge at Placentia. This came after someone inspected the…
Campaign Spending and Efficiency #nlpoli
Two of the three political parties in this province are spending more, on average, and getting less, on average in by-elections. That’s one of the things you can see in…
An energy strategy or tunnel vision #nlpoli
For those who may have seen natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy’s handful of tweets selectively paraphrasing bits of the American president’s speech, here’s the whole thing, via whitehouse.gov. Take a…