And there goes another one
Jim Baker, incumbent Conservative in Labrador west announced today he won’t be seeking re-election in the fall. Baker claims he made the decision in 2007. Odds are you’d have a…
Edward Hollett
And this just in from K-L-A-N News…
The headline: “Financing Announcement for Foreigners to NL This Afternoon” The little script story had less objectionable language in it that was much closer to what the official media advisory…
Republic of Moose
In an announcement that had absolutely no ties whatsoever to the current election campaign, the provincial government today tossed $5.0 million into a variety of efforts that are supposed to…
Loan guarantee for Muskrat Falls “electioneering” says NDP MP from Quebec
Noob Bloc NDP member of parliament Raymond Cote made it clear on Tuesday he disagrees with his party on a loan guarantee for the Muskrat Falls project.According to Canada.com: "It's…
Skinner makes false statement in letter to Telegram editor
Natural resources minister Shawn Skinner is writing more letters to the editor of the Telegram these days that the former Open Line hydro queen sends tweets. The government must have…
Definitely cabinet material
A man arrested for allegedly assaulting police officers with an electric drill says he plans to seek the Provincial Conservative nomination in Port de Grave district during this fall’s provincial…
You say potato, I say road apple
Kathy Dunderdale thinks it’s all much ado about nothing. Dunderdale commented in response to a Telegram editorial that noted a set of reports prepared for Nalcor on the Muskrat Falls…
Trade talks with Europeans = “doing a back-room deal with a group of serial rapists”
What your humble e-scribbler said: this guy could be an accident waiting to happen. Wait no longer. After musing about breaking his major campaign promise to the people of his…
AG finishes term with more fumbles
Outgoing auditor general John Noseworthy held to his pattern of making less-than-accurate claims or claims without evidence, this time with respect to the offshore regulatory board. Noseworthy’s claims and the…
That Was The Canada Week That Was
Political mythology was the top of the reading list here at Bond Papers in the days leading up to Canada Day. The top post noted that a national Conservative insider…
Innu vote overwhelmingly for something
The Innu of Labrador voted overwhelmingly in favour of something on Thursday. News media are calling it the “New Dawn” agreement and say that the vote approves the Lower Churchill…
The Tops for June
Muskrat Falls. Provincial Tory political fortunes. Those are the two main themes running through the most popular posts for June. Nalcor negotiating Muskrat transmission with Hydro-Quebec Dunderdale disapproval doubles Well,…
A tisket, a tasket
You gotta love subtle minds, especially subtle political ones able to see nuances of meaning or the possibility you could rub your tummy and pat your head simultaneously. That would…
Fortis, Gaz Metro in war for Vermont utility
Newfoundland and Labrador-based Fortis (CA: FTS) isn’t alone in its bid to buy Central Vermont Public Service. The CVPS board announced on June 27 that the company has authorized talks…
The price of a loan guarantee
Ontario is planning to build two new nuclear reactors to meet the province’s energy needs in the near future and finance minister Dwight Duncan signalled on Tuesday that the Ontario…
Wealth transfer
As nottawa noted on Tuesday, the net effect of a provincial tax cut on electricity and a rate hike for the province’s Crown energy company isn’t what might appear at…
Taken up by the ferries
With a tender call to build six more ferries,the provincial government is still not finished sorting out problems with its last ferry contract. Earlier this year, Kiewit Marystown delivered two…
Gouging consumers on gas
So the gas pumps in the province are prone to error in favour of retailers, as CBC reports. Well, sort of. We don’t know how many gas pumps there are…
Dundernomics 101: Dazed and confused
There’s a Tellytorial - editorial at the Telly – that is worth reading if you missed it already. It’s the one from last Saturday that began by noting that the…
The federal government is out to kill you
If you want an example of the sorts of irresponsible, partisan rhetoric that usually gets wound up in some types of issues in this province check out a post at…