The Wheel of Fish #nlpoli
Remember that thing about not being able to slide a sheet of paper between the three political parties on major issues? Well, it continues to play out on the fishery.…
Edward Hollett
Emera buys NL line service company #nlpoli
Via CNW: “HALIFAX, Dec. 5, 2011 /CNW/ – Emera Utility Services Inc. (EUS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA.TO -News), today announced the acquisition of the utility line…
Stop your “more for me please” rants, Dundernomics edition #nlpoli
Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador is nothing if it is not funny. Last week, Premier Kathy Dunderdale warned the crowd running the province’s fish processing industry – and everyone else…
Dazed and Confused, Muskrat proponents version #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale and Emera chief executive Chris Huskilson. Par for the course for the former to be dazed and confused. Somewhat surprising to find the latter a bit off.…
Muskrat Falls Friday Trash Dump #nlpoli
The provincial government waited until late Friday afternoon to issue a bulletin that Emera had registered the Nova Scotia interconnection with the environment department for review. That’s weird because Friday…
Traffic for the start of December #nlpoli
How do you know Peter MacKay lied about the helicopter flight? When PMSH stepped in to defend him he said nothing about the “training flight” story MacKay started with. Stupid…
And so it begins (fishery restructuring version) #nlpoli #cdnpoli
News today that OCI will permanently close two of its fish plants is merely the start of it. The hurricane of change that is sure to follow will make the…
The value of education, redux #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The most recent report from the Council of Ministers of Education of Canada shows that Grade 8 students in Newfoundland and Labrador score among the lowest in Canada for tests…
The politics of quackery #nlpoli
Comedian Dara O’Briain has a routine someone has posted to youtube in which he lambastes advocates of ideas that have no foundation in facts. He lampoons the irrational. On that…
Stupid politicians and their staffers #nlpoli #cdnpoli
National Defence has had its fair share of total boobs who wind up appointed as minister. Perhaps worst of all was the who mandated that all Canadian Forces kitchens should…
With friends like these, Muskrat Falls version #nlpoli
Federal natural resources minister Joe Oliver answering a question from Liberal Gerry Byrne during Question Period on Wednesday in the House of Commons. Byrne wanted to know why the federal…
The Muskrat Morass Deepens #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale, Ed Martin and their supporters have a basic problem. In 30 seconds, opponents of the multi-billion project can give a simple, coherent, and unassailable reason why they oppose…
All is well! #nlpoli
Nalcor and Emera announced on Tuesday that they’d agreed to put off the deadline on finishing a deal for the electricity line between Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia to…
The November Traffic
What were people reading at SRBP in November? The Zazzy Substitution, political version Nalcor’s own studies back NG as Muskrat alternative We all can’t be wrong Suck it up, buttercup…
More of the same #nlpoli
The whole thing is easy to figure out if you just look at it. October 13, 2011: Tuesday night proved to be a “holy f***, that was close” moment for…
Missing deadlines #nlpoli
Nalcor and Emera announced on Tuesday that they would miss the November 30 deadline to reach an agreement on building an electricity line between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. They will…
Adult conversation #nlpoli
An unaired promo for VOCM’s afternoon talk show, as imagined by Donny Dooley. Sorry for people on mobile devices who can’t get this. Apparently it might not work for you.…
In case you missed it, MF political panel version #nlpoli
All three political parties in Newfoundland and Labrador support Muskrat falls unequivocally. You can tell because all three party representatives on CBC’s On Point panel – Shawn Skinner, Siobhan Coady…
Rush job #nlpoli
There’s something about the memorandum of understanding released on Monday in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador that looks rushed. Maybe it’s the fact that the copy that the Nova…
Offshore board slags CBC #nlpoli
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board is taking CBC Newfoundland and Labrador to task for its coverage of an incident last week in which a supply ship struck a…