Adams is at it again #nlpoli
Energy analyst Tom Adams is at it again. He’s sent a bunch of technical questions to the consumer advocate to ship along to Nalcor about the Muskrat Falls proposal. Let’s…
Edward Hollett
Release the budget now! #nlpoli
Headline on a news release issued on Wednesday by the provincial government: Budget 2012 Investments Will … And in the first paragraph, you get this line: Budget 2012 will allocate…
Own goal: Muskrat Falls edition #nlpoli
Jack Swinimer is a resident of Holyrood. He’s a retired bank official. He’s also a big Tory supporter who calls open lines shows regularly to talk up his team or,…
$#*! politicians do: pancakes edition #nlpoli
A year ago, he was running down politicians who host town halls for their constituents. He called himself a s#*t-disturber for saying it. Now that he’s got the job, noob…
Cost per vote: by-elections #nlpoli
One measure of campaign efficiency and effectiveness is comparing the amount a campaign spends for the number of votes it receives. It’s called cost-per-vote. Here’s a comparison of the cost…
Dip-Flop Fly #nlpoli
Twitter flame wars between cabinet ministers and Dale Kirby over Muskrat Falls. Surely Darin, Jerome and Clyde have better things to do with their days. Then again, maybe not. But…
The Others, a.k.a the Ghost and Mrs. Dunderdale #nlpoli
Regardless of any change in the cost of other forms of energy,… we will have stability in this province that few parts of the world could depend on with the…
NDP MHA not helping consumers #nlpoli
George Murphy is the NDP member of the provincial legislature best known for pushing the government gas price gouging scheme that forces consumers to pay prices for gasoline that benefits…
Reminder: Jerry Bannister on political myths in NL #nlpoli
With the provincial government and its proponents deploying Churchill falls and bay d’Espoir as part of their arsenal of argument in favour of Muskrat Falls, there couldn’t be a better…
Partisan hypocrite? #nlpoli #cdnpoli
or just full of it? Leo Abbass on news that no one wants to use Goose Bay as a supersonic flight training venue: “From what we were told the base…
If she said that about the fishery… #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale, answering media questions about the future of the province’s last paper-making machine: “ going to run their operation in consultation with the union on how they can…
The future of Goose Bay, seven years later #nlpoli
Anyone following the ongoing saga of the Goose Bay air base could hardly be surprised to find out that no one is interested in supersonic flight training in the Big…
Protesting too much? #nlpoli
FFAW boss Earle McCurdy responded on Friday to comments by OCI’s Martin Sullivan that the FFAW, among other things, had threatened to shut OCI down and had proposed closing the…
The Backdrop Problem #nlpoli
A picture from a recent Eastern Health news conference shows why at least a portion of their news conference backdrop needs to be tossed in favour of a new design.…
Natural gas and electricity #nlpoli
Cabot Martin knows what he is talking about. His speech to the St. John’s Rotary Club on Thursday opened a great many eyes to the potential for natural gas as…
Fishery reform: the deeper story #nlpoli
NTV’s Thursday report on Loyola Sullivan focused on the union protests and accusations of a conflict of interest from Liberal Jim Bennett. But the more interesting news on Thursday came…
The Joy of Political Giving, By-Elections edition #nlpoli
Official election finance returns for two by-elections in 2010 and 2011 show an interesting pattern of political contributions. The most interesting tidbit is that the Tories had to pull out…
The fishery of the future, DFO version #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is holding a consultation on the future direction of the commercial fishery in Canada. it builds off the sustainable fisheries framework announced in 2009.…
In the democratic have-not province… #nlpoli #cdnpoli
For all those who have really been paying attention, here’s a simple question: How many independent reviews of the project people call Muskrat Falls will there have been have there…
The Fragile Economy: addictions management #nlpoli
The provincial government in Newfoundland and Labrador spends more per person on delivering services for most things than does any other provincial government in the country. Health care is the…