Regional Parties from another Region #nlpoli
The 2019 federal election in Newfoundland and Labrador is the tale of one of the most uncompetitive elections in recent memory. The advance poll numbers make the point. Newfoundland and…
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No change in the weather? No change in we. #nlpoli
The problem we have is not a lack of options and opportunities to sort out the government finances ourselves. The problem facing Newfoundland and Labrador is that the leading people…
Disconnects and Infection #nlpoli
The handful of people who pay close attention to politics in Newfoundland and Labrador are probably scratching the barely-healed-over scabs on their head in the latest round of bewilderment. Tory…
Perceptions of Racism in Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli
VOCM’s Question of the Day is not a reliable gauge of public opinion. But the three times that VOCM asked about race in the province over the past five years,…
Dippers go home #nlpoli
The latest quarterly poll from Narrative Research shows that a gaggle of folks who were likely New Democratic Party supporters returned to the fold in the past quarter and are…
More to the Trimper Affair #nlpoli
The most important implications of the Trimper Affair escaped notice. _____________________________________ In the midst of all the public commentary about the Trimper affair last week – strikingly racist as it…
Finding a family doctor #nlpoli
Holyrood is the latest place in Newfoundland and Labrador to go through what is, in many parts of the province, a regular event. One of two family doctors in the…
The Political Doldrums #nlpoli
Last week, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians got a few reminders of the magnitude of the political problem they face in addition to the financial and economic problems already lurking. The most…
Balancing the Economy #nlpoli
Both Delia Warren and Dwight Ball believe that we need to diversify the provincial economy and reduce our dependence on oil. They both believe that our future should lie with…
Captain Dildo, Dwight Ball, and the New Approach to Old Stereotypes #nlpoli
Last week, the Premier’s Office sent out a picture of the Premier standing next to the mascot of a town in Newfoundland and Labrador. Nothing odd about it until you…
How to make The Telegram better #nlpoli
Tony Collins Bill Rowe Lana Payne Bob Wakeham Follow the pattern. -srbp-
Restoring Power: destroying the monster #nlpoli
The threat from Muskrat Falls can only be removed by concerted action that addresses the project’s financial burden, restores integrity to the system of electricity regulation, and that breaks, once…
Cannabis and culture #nlpoli
Politics and policy are much more complicated things than they appear to many people. Change is possible, but effective change can only come if we see the world as it…
Osborne whistling past financial graveyard #nlpoli
Moody’s delivered a clear and serious message to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador on Wednesday night by lowering the government’s credit rating. The credit rating action came after a…
Luncheon Speech: From Muskrat Falls to the Future #nlpoli
Your humble e-scribbler will be speaking to the St. John’s Rotary Club about getting beyond Muskrat Falls on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland. Luncheon starts at…
Restoring Power: The Section 92A Option #nlpoli
One of the potentially most valuable revenue sources would be a new tax on electricity production that could yield upwards of $450 million a year. The bulk of the tax…
The Slaughterhouse Five #nlpoli
Coupled with comparable high rates of staff changes in the senior ranks of the public service, unprecedented staff turn-over in a critical part of Premier Dwight Ball’s office raise questions…
The Kick in the Guts #nlpoli
Those following the Muskrat Falls inquiry last week will likely have noticed that one of the big issues not discussed during Dwight Ball’s testimony was the circumstances surrounding Ed Martin’s…
Women in politics: women political staffers in Australia and Canada #nlpoli
Feodor Nagovsky and Matthew Kerby, “Political Staff and the Gendered Division of Political Labour in Canada,” Parliamentary Affairs, 24 August 2018. Summary: While there is considerable research on elected legislators…
Quebec appeals court decision on Churchill Falls contract no win for Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli
Media reports, political comments, and pundit opinions are wrong about the decision last week by the Quebec Court of Appeal in a case about the renewal clause of the 1969…