Why False Beliefs Persist #nlpoli
If the Brothers Grimm were alive today in Newfoundland and Labrador, they’d be politicians. That’s because so much of politics these days is about fairy tales. To be fair this…
Muskrat Falls
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. …
The Prisoners of Their Own Delusions #nlpoli
Another part of the Premier’s Office assault on reality Monday was a puff piece by Paul McLeod in the Chronicle Herald on Kathy Dunderdale. In some respects, the timing is…
Jerome’s Grim Fairy Tale #nlpoli
Last week, some people wondered if Premier Kathy Dunderdale was out of the loop on negotiations over a federal loan guarantee when she seemed to say she did not know…
The Risks Just Got Even Bigger #nlpoli #nspoli
While lots of people were busily cheering Friday’s announcement of a federal loan guarantee for Muskrat Falls, they probably noticed a small but very significant detail. The loan guarantee doesn’t…
2041 Group calls for release of loan guarantee term sheet #nlpoli #cdnpoli #nspoli
From the Group’s new release issued December 2: Muskrat Falls Term Sheet Must Be Released For Public Scrutiny “The term sheet for the federal loan guarantee for Muskrat Falls must…
Adding the technical to the legal on the WMA #nlpoli
“We are potentially paying 6.4 Billion for 170 MW of firm power, which will just be enough to meet the Emera commitment,” notes JM in discussing one scenario in his…
10 Reasons to Oppose Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
For posterity, here are Simon Lono’s 10 reasons to oppose Muskrat Falls. He tweeted them on Wednesday, November 28. SRBP has taken out the hash tags and added and spelled-out…
Controlling Our Own Resources #nlpoli
A chance re-read of the Labrador Hydro Project Exemption Order last week led your humble e-scribbler to a surprising discovery. The powers granted under the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994…
Cabot Martin’s paper on Natural Gas #nlpoli
Few people have the depth of experience in the province’s energy policy and history than does Cabot Martin. From the mind-1970s until the early 1990s Martin was a senior advisor…
Gil Bennett won’t re-tweet this post #nlpoli
After a few weeks’ break, Telegram editor Peter Jackson had another go Thursday at the water management controversy involving Nalcor and the 2041 Group.Jackson wrote about it in his Hallowe’en…
Who Does Number Two Work For? #nlpoli
The House of Assembly on Thursday was sounding a wee bit like a cheesy remake of Austin Powers. Liberal leader Dwight Ball asked for an updated cost of Muskrat Falls…
It’s a Comprehension Thing #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale told the House of Assembly on Wednesday something rather curious about the public utilities board review of Muskrat falls last spring: Mr. Speaker, we did refer the question…
It’s a Confidence Thing #nlpoli
The public utilities board is good. The public utilities board is bad. She said.. He said. Confused aren’t you? Well, there’s no surprise when Premier Kathy Dunderdale and natural resources…
The Secret of Their Distress #nlpoli
Not content with just one round of fascinating public opinion information, NTV decided to unleash a second evening of news about how the public feels about Muskrat Falls. The responses…
Support but lacking sufficient information – the NTV/MQO Poll #nlpoli
The more questions you ask, the more information you get. The more information you have, the more accurate a picture you can draw of anything. In this case, it’s public…
Kennedy’s Krazy Kost Kalculations #nlpoli
One of the hardest things to do is keep track of the numbers the provincial government uses to justify their plan to double the province’s debt and force taxpayers to…
The 2011 Muskrat Falls Referendum #nlpoli
Some people want a referendum on Muskrat Falls. In an enthusiastic support of democracy, some other people don’t want to have a referendum on Muskrat Falls because the punters are…
The Original Nalcor Technical Briefing #nlpoli
After all this time, some of you will find it interesting to go back and look at some slides from the original Nalcor “technical briefing” on Muskrat Falls delivered in…
Politics and Misinformation #nlpoli
If you haven’t done so, take a few minutes and listen an interview CBC’s David Cochrane did with Mark Dobbin for this week’s edition of On Point with David Cochrane.As…