Muskrat Falls and debt: some quick points #nlpoli #cdnpoli
There are some big misconceptions out there as a result of the way people in government talk about debt. That has implications for any discussion of Muskrat Falls. Here are…
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Wading through Locke on Muskrat (Part 1) #nlpoli #cdnpoli
An hour-long presentation, 48 slides and an interview with David Cochrane. For all that, some apparent confusion lingers about what Memorial University economist Wade Locke included in his presentation and…
Muskrat Falls: The Kennedy Tweets #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Here’s a string of tweets from natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy on Friday night: Jerome Kennedy @jerome_kennedy Let me try and simplify Muskrat Falls. First question, do we(NL) need the…
Old Harry review delayed at proponent request #nlpoli #cdnpoli
From the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board : The C-NLOPB has received a request from Corridor Resources Inc. to issue a prohibition order under the Atlantic Accord legislation, which…
Paying Attention 2: Muskrat Edition #nlpoli #cdnpoli
You learn a lot when you pay attention to what people say. Like natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy when he says that “it seems that they perhaps want to assume…
Paying attention #nlpoli
In order to understand what is going on in the world around you, then you just need to pay attention. Paul Wells makes plain the value of careful reading –…
Muskrat Falls: Cum on feel the Noize #nlpoli #cdnpoli
According to natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy, criticism of the government’s refusal to give the public utilities board the time it asked for to complete a review of Muskrat Falls…
Kennedy slices into NDP’s Muskrat falls hypocrisy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy belled the NDP cat on Wednesday for the provincial party’s flip-flop on Muskrat Falls. As the Telegram reported in its Thursday edition, … Kennedy was…
Locke admits assessment was “probably not” fair #nlpoli #cdnpoli
In an interview with the Telegram that appeared in Thursday’s edition, Memorial University economist Wade Locke admitted that his assessment of Muskrat Falls probably offered an unfair comparison with alternatives.…
Rumpole and the New Math
The voice rasped down the phone line even before the receiver hit my ear. “On the Upper Path these days,” the familiar voice solemnly declared, “four plus four is five…
If this is bad… #nlpoli
Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary thinks that Marine Atlantic’s 4.5% fare increase will put the province at a disadvantage when it comes to tourism and economic development. Cleary…
Sucking eggs, debating Muskrat Falls and other wastes of time #nlpoli
Former natural resources minister Shawn Skinner thinks there House of Assembly should debate the Muskrat Falls deal. Ditto his replacement, Jerome! Kennedy who likes to quote a supposed 1980 endorsement…
Epic Fail Snail Mail
If you wanted to promote something that was better than ever, especially high definition television, you certainly wouldn’t like to use a piece of snail mail that wound up in…
Rebirth for one, and for the other? #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The federal Liberal convention this weekend shows just exactly how out to lunch the overwrought media commentary about the devastated Liberal party has been. Around 3,000 delegates. Some said there…
Dan-O-Matic Translator still works #nlpoli
If David Vardy was wrong about Muskrat Falls or about the concern some people have about publicly criticising Tory pet projects, Danny Williams wouldn’t be attacking Vardy personally. – srbp…
Muskrat Falls, the kamikaze venture #nlpoli
Not surprisingly Nalcor’s Ed Martin latched onto a pretty superficial argument to dismiss economist Jim Feehan’s critique of Muskrat Falls. "I go over to see my Dad, an 80-year-old gentleman…
Beleaguered utility blows raspberry at regulator #nlpoli
Nalcor should be able to supply information to any regulatory or review process for the Muskrat Falls project because the company should have already reviewed exactly the sorts of information…
Cheaper Muskrat Alternative: Part Whatever Gigantic Number we are at now #nlpoli
Hydro-Quebec just signed a deal to purchase 150 megawatts of electricity produced by biomass. “The price for the power, in 2012 dollars, will be 10.6 cents per kilowatt hour, the…
The limits of myth busting #nlpoli
Coming to The Rooms in February: Wednesday, February 22, 7 pm The Limits of Myth Busting: Popular and Professional Histories of Newfoundland and Labrador What is the relationship between myth…
Muskrat Falls: from worse to worser for Dunderdale and Company #nlpoli
Add Ron Penney to the list of former senior provincial public servants questioning Muskrat Falls and/or the way the provincial government is handling the project. In a letter to the…