The Budget and the Economy #nlpoli
The Conference Board of Canada says the recent budget has tipped the provincial economy into a recession next year.Finance minister Cathy Bennett says that's bollocks.Let's see which is right.Before we…
economic forecasts
Sucks to be us #nlpoli
Not so very long ago, provincial Conservatives were crowing about how they would be running all sorts of mining projects in Labrador using electricity from Muskrat Falls. These days, the…
When the budget comes… #nlpoli
We’ve got a provincial government in Newfoundland and Labrador that has been budgeting for years to spend more than it brought in. Way back in the beginning, way before the…
Always read the large print #nlpoli
The Conference Board of Canada released a report last week that assessed economic performance in each of the provinces in Canada. “The resource-driven economies of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and…
Putting selective “facts” on the splitting table #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale wants to have a “conversation” about the provincial government’s financial mess and the ways we might fix it. That’s what she told CBC’s David Cochrane in her…
Paying Attention to Details #nlpoli
Gabriella Sabau is an economics professor at Memorial University’s Grenfell campus out in Corner Brook. Sabau thinks Muskrat Falls is wonderful idea for three reasons. For one thing, it’s green. …