Autonomy and Legitimate Aspirations #nlpoli
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter is ringing the bells, trying to alarm Canadians to the fact the federal government is trying to withdraw funding from areas that are generally provincial…
Danny Williams
Looking beyond the Hebron sandbox #nlpoli
ExxonMobil drew a line in the sand this morning, and the minister and I are here to draw another line in the sand, as far as this project is concerned.…
Provincial Matters
Charest stands a better chance running against this guy, than against Pauline Marois and Francois Legault Your Friday morning coast-to-coast link roundup: Atlantic Canada: CRA’s quarterly poll numbers have been…
Williams’ old political promises: Labrador #nlpoli
Now that Danny Williams is a special advisor to a company with a nice little iron ore project in western labrador, maybe we should look at Danny Williams’ political promises…
What? No equity stake? Alderon takes Danny Williams on board as “special advisor” #nlpoli
From the corporate news release issued on January 5: Alderon is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Danny Williams, QC, former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, as Special Advisor…
Familiar Furrows #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale spent most of her time in year-end interviews lamenting her critics. No accomplishments. No vision thing. Just a lot of carping. Lots of grousing about her critics and…
I told you so
For years, this corner has described the growth of spending (a.k.a. Williams popularity subsidization) over the past eight years by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador as quite simply unsustainable.…
Free advice #nlpoli
Free advice, they say, is worth exactly what you paid for it. And when it comes to free advice on the provincial Liberal Party leadership, Dean MacDonald is more full…
How interesting… #nlpoli
The only people who seem excited at the prospect of Dean MacDonald leading the provincial Liberal Party are people who – like Dean – worked to undermine it or actively…
Event Horizon
From December 2: Well, in all likelihood, he and his accomplishments will go the way of other politicians’, including those long-ago strongmen in whose ranks he clearly belongs. There is…
Affectionate dispatches from the recently retired
Dear Newfoundlanders and Labradorians:I know that there is an election going on over the course of the past week and the next couple of weeks. (I know this because it…
The first big political story of the campaign… #nlpoli
And it’s got legs. The story appeared first right here on Monday morning. CBC Monday night with a blockbuster interview with Williams. (Would he have done an interview with…
An ex-Premier scorned #nlpoli
Not content merely to discuss his nomination of Elizabeth Matthews for a seat on the offshore regulatory board, Danny Williams took some pretty heavy shots at his former cabinet members…
Williams set to offer comms director plum patronage job before he quit #nlpoli
In his final days as Premier, Danny Williams was poised to offer Elizabeth Matthews - his communications director – a plum patronage appointment at the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum…
Danny, Gary and Steve: old inconsistencies die hard
Apparently your humble e-scribbler isn’t the only one who found it amusing that an anti-Harper former premier is campaigning in pro-Harper country for a Conservative who doesn’t share the Old…
what effect can danny williams have on alberta’s pc leadership contest?
Former Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams traveled to Fort McMurray this week to support Alberta PC leadership candidate Gary Mar and to give the candidate a boost in support…
An Unsurprising Correlation
Check this out:Newfoundland & Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale, in a speech to the St. John's Board of Trade, Febraury 23, 2011 (emphasis added):"Our province has never been in a stronger…
Chumba-dumba
Leave to the ever charming labradore to remind everyone that the financial mess Danny Williams left behind is actually something he made clear he would do in 2008. The quote…
Weekend update(s)
Some different stuff, starting this weekend.(a) I just gave blog contributor status to my better half, Ruth. This could end very badly. The road to hell is paved with good…
On being duly diligent
Danny Williams a couple of days ago: I demand due diligence!Danny Williams now: I demand it in a "very, very short timeframe"