My work here is done #nlvotes #nlpoli
The Telegram quoted Kathy Dunderdale on Tuesday: "We have to find the cheapest way," she said today while campaigning on the west coast. "Muskrat Falls is that way unless somebody…
Election 2011
Do debates matter? #nlpoli #nlvotes
Debates matter but not in the way some people think. For starters they have nothing to do with knock-out blows. That’s a media invention they use along with horse-race reporting…
The Twitter Conundrum #nlpoli #nlvotes
Kathy Dunderdale sends messages using Twitter. Herself. Using her own two hands. Someone who has spent about 60 years in this province - give or take – and who has…
Taking your brain out of neutral #nlvotes #nlpoli
He said. She said. Claim. Counter-claim. Simple conflict. Simple news story. No problem? Problem. Well, maybe. You decide. Jay Rosen is a journalism professor at New York University. He doesn’t…
Potato, potato: legislative names version #nlvotes #nlpoli
The Telegram editorialist notes: You have to like the title given to the new Conservative omnibus crime legislation by its authors. They went with the lovely title “The Safe Streets…
Whodathunkit #nlvotes #nlpoli
Former Tory premier Tom Rideout, also former member of the House of Assembly for Baie Verte told a west coast Morning Show audience early in September that the public mood…
Dippers policy book implodes #nlpoli #nlvotes
Take this from CBC: NDP Leader Lorraine Michael says she is not afraid to rip up a contract with the Hebron partners to deliver a three per cent surtax promised…
Negotiating with Quebec #nlpoli #nlvotes
Kevin Aylward says that, as Premier, he’d have no problem negotiating with Quebec about developing the Lower Churchill. A New Liberal Government will direct Nalcor to recommence negotiations with Quebec,…
Campaign Week 1 Traffic #nlpoli #nlvotes
The Top 10 stories for last week, as selected by SRBP readers: Dippers on point for first CBC political election panel New Poll. New Result. Advertising group has Tory, Nalcor…
A come-to-Jesus moment #nlpoli #nlvotes
The always deadly labradore tackles comparative public spending increases in a post called simply “Three things”. Scroll down through the post and read it out loud. It’s worth the effort.…
Same old same old. #nlpoli
You will not be able to slide a sheet of paper, sez your humble e-scribbler, between the three parties in the general election. They will be pandering for votes and…
The Further Adventures of The ‘Stache #nlpoli
He shaved it before. SRBP lit up the missing caterpillar from his top lip. Jerome Kennedy grew it back. Earlier this year, he lopped it off again. Well, he didn’t…
The Hebron Give-Away #nlpoli #nlvotes
If the province’s New Democrats form the next provincial government, they’ll have to look somewhere else besides the Hebron oil project for their three percent surtax on crude oil. Under…
Liberal commitments for Labrador #nlpoli
From Yvonne Jones’ Facebook page, posted shortly after midnight: Full Liberal Platform being released tomorrow. Includes a full section on Labrador. Highlighting the committment to pave the Labrador Highway, designate…
The Public Sector Pensions thing explained #nlpoli #nlvotes
People can’t understand the racket over provincial pensions, what the Liberals proposed, what the CBC reported but hasn’t explained and what the provincial Conservatives are attacking the Liberals over. Here’s…
Advertising group has Tory, Nalcor ties #nlpoli
MQO, the market research company that released an opinion poll on the second day of the provincial general election, is part of a group of marketing and advertising companies with…
Undisclosed risk: NDP version #nlpoli #nlvotes
Sometimes you have to read something over and over just to make sure you didn’t misunderstand. Like say this line from CBC’s online story of the NDP election platform launch:…
The NDP and Regressive Social Policy: education #nlpoli
those who are interested in education policy and the current election campaign will be fascinated by a chunk of one conversation that broke out on Twitter Sunday. Two of the…
The One Thing You Need to Know About Hugh McFadyen
He will turn on a dime. That’s a good thing if you’re Jacques Villenuve or Vinn Diesel, but if you are in need of Health Care; are concerned about crime;…
Dippers on point for first CBC political election panel #nlpoli
Give the new Democrats’ Dale Kirby full marks for nailing natural resources minister Shawn Skinner hard over the blatant abuse of taxpayers inherent in having two partisans step down from…