Danger: Lawyer at work #nlpoli
The public utilities board review of the Muskrat Falls project may be a set-up but the lawyer for the board is certainly making Nalcor pay for every single inch of…
Edward Hollett
Rumour management and Twitter #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Via crisisblogger.com comes a link to a Guardian feature on the role Twitter played in rumours about riots in London. The site gives seven specific rumours and tracks the life-cycle…
Rendition flights and Gander #nlpoli #cdnpoli
A story moving on Tuesday about aircraft logs, Gander and rendition flights reminded your humble e-scribbler of a post around these parts from 2005 titled “Even spies contract out”: A…
The Crowd in the Dark #nlpoli
Dwight Ball will become the new leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador this week. Expect an announcement on Thursday. There’ll be no “interim” about it. Ball is…
Accessing more government information #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The Telegram editorial last Thursday (December 8), complained about the practice some government departments use of releasing access to information requests from one media outlet to all outlets. The trigger…
Christmas Science-Geek Gift Alert
About three weeks ago, your humble e-scribbler wandered into The Tickle Trunk on Water Street and discovered some neat new toys. Pathfinders Designs, a company from British Columbia makes kits…
Change in the fishery #nlpoli
Ocean Choice International’s Martin Sullivan was the guest this week on CBC’s On Point. That’s a link to a CBC story that includes the whole program. The most obvious point…
Thunderbirds still go!
Those who remember the 1960s television series might be surprised to know that an original Lady Penelope marionette from the series sold this past summer at auction in the united…
Porking it up, old style #nlpoli
Turns out that a seat on the offshore regulatory board is not Reg Bowers first Conservative pork appointment. In 2009, the provincial Conservatives re-appointed Bowers to a term on the…
There’s no changing the channel traffic #nlpoli
The top stories as chosen by SRBP readers: The problem with the Liberals (post by Craig Westcott) Muskrat Falls Friday Trash Dump The truth hurts Emera buys NL line service…
Connies pork-up offshore board #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The federal Conservatives took a leaf from the provincial Conservatives’ book on Thursday and added a political pork appointee to the board that regulates the oil and gas industry in…
“…particularly hypocritical…” #nlpoli
Tories bums in the province must be a wee bit tighter than usual this week. The province’s Dippers – new Democrats to the uninitiated – filed a lawsuit this week…
The truth hurts #nlpoli
Brace yourself. Peter Jackson’s column in the Wednesday Telegram is spot on. Yes. You read that correctly. Peter Jackson’s column is spot on the money and the mark and the…
The price of hydro exports #nlpoli
Via National Public Radio (New York) comes a series on the cost to Americans of importing electricity from Canada. The second instalment – aired December 6 – focused on Labrador…
Irresponsibly managed electricity #nlpoli
Energy expert Tom Adams takes about five and a half minutes to explain why “buying at high prices from local generators and selling vast amounts of power to neighbouring utilities…
The problem with the Liberal Party #nlpoli
Guest post by Craig Westcott, from his editorial in this week’s Business Post. If, as its president Judy Morrow has proposed, the Liberal Party puts off holding a leadership convention…
Margin of error defined #nlpoli
Corporate Research Associates November 2011 omnibus: If a provincial election were held today in Newfoundland and Labrador, for which party would you vote? Progressive Conservative Party 60% CRA August 2011…
Speech Writing #nlpoli
Write in a way that sounds like the person delivering the speech would have said it. You might not find that on any lists of great speech writing tips, but…
The Miracle of Persuasion #nlpoli
Miracle on 34th Street is your humble e-scribbler’s favourite Christmas movie, tied with the Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol. Over at copyblogger.com, Susan Daffron ties Miracle on 34th…