From battalions to no cuts: how Connie promises have changed
Once upon a time, the federal Conservatives promised the good people of Happy Valley-Goose bay that their airport would once again be the scene of major military activity. Battalions of…
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Will bad Tory polls change candidate slates?
Public opinion polls showing dramatic declines in provincial Conservative support might bring some changes in the slate of candidates. The provincial Conservatives, for example, included a pledge to run again…
The looming debt problem
The government’s favourite economist is sounding alarm bells about the provincial government’s financial health. The finance minister, on a local talk radio program, sounding stressed as more and more people…
Locke warns of financial problems
Wade Locke’s been making the rounds of local media in advance of his talk tonight at the Harris Centre of Memorial University. Your humble e-scribbler posted the details of it…
The perils of polling stories
Not surprisingly, local media reports of Corporate Research Associates’ most recent quarterly poll got the news spectacularly wrong. For example, the Telegram reported that “upport for the provincial Conservatives has…
Dunderdale disapproval doubles; Tory vote drops to 44%
What a difference a federal election can make to provincial poll results. According to the latest Angus-Reid poll, 43% of respondents are satisfied with Kathy Dunderdale’s performance as premier down…
Quentin Jurgens he ain’t
Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary had the chance to make his first remarks to the House of Commons on Monday. He didn’t speak about anything of concern to…
Building permits down in April
The value of building permits issued in the province in April fell by 16% compared to the same month in 2010 according to information released on Monday by Statistics Canada.…
Nightmare on Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
The intrepid labradore takes yet another slice at the official government rationale for Muskrat Falls by showing the electricity rates Nalcor has been charging for the period 2005 to 2009.…
Williams ex-chief of staff lands at Muskrat project
Not surprisingly, Brian Crawley - Danny Williams’ former chief of staff - is now a manager with the Muskrat Falls project. Williams announced the project last November as a prelude…
Mythbusting: Not Kari, but still worth a look
labradore charts the total electricity output from Nalcor, less Churchill Falls, Menihek and a few other bits and pieces. Note that thermal generation – mostly Holyrood has been less than…
Harris Centre: A prosperity plan for Newfoundland and Labrador
Mark this one on your calendar: “Over the past ten years, Newfoundland and Labrador has gone from poverty to prosperity, all due to revenues from non-renewable natural resources, especially petroleum.…
Unite the Left
Some members of the Bloc NDP think the party needs to take a turn to the left in order to capitalise on the gains from May’s general election. As the…
Manitoba-mooseless Traffic
All the stuff people were reading at Bond Papers rather than getting excited about a hockey team. Or maybe it was in addition to. In any event, here’s the list…
Dundernomics 101: the promise of problems ahead
Take a look at this picture. It comes from Wade Locke’s presentation at a conference of the province’s credit unions in Gander in the latter part of May. The blue…
Can Len Simms be far behind?
Ross Reid quit his job as deputy minister of the Penny Rowe department and a short time later picked up a new gig as the provincial Conservatives’ campaign manager for…
Dundernomics 101: All your toasters are belong to us
labradore does yet another fine job exposing the completely ludicrous claims of those backing Kathy Dunderdale’s Empire of Debt, doing business as the Muskrat Falls project. Specifically, labradore tackles the…
Give Danny the money
Your humble e-scribbler is no fan of handing public cash to private sector companies for any reason. And make no mistake: when Danny Williams claims the provincial government would make…
Dundernomics 101: the cost of doing business
Premier Kathy Dunderdale, displaying her keen awareness of mathematics – among other things - in the House of Assembly on Monday, May 9: Mr. Speaker, Hebron costs are driven by…