Up her nose, sideways #nlpoli
For some reason, Kathy Dunderdale wants to know who is criticising her pet project. Now she doesn’t come flat out and say that, but you can tell someone got her…
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Public hearing into secrecy request #nlpoli
It’s not just that the Muskrat Falls project is a bad idea; the process by which the current provincial administration is forcing it through stinks as well. If you want…
James McLeod’s Three Questions #nlpoli
On his Telegram blog post on Monday, James McLeod posed three questions about the Muskrat Falls debate. Let’s answer them. Do you sincerely expect anything that gets said in the…
The Muskrat Falls Debate (on Twitter) #nlpoli
Over at the Telegram, you’ll find two blog posts that are well worth your time if you want to get more insights into the ongoing discussion about Muskrat Falls. Political…
Williams prepared to wrap arms around Quebec #nlpoli
There’s something just too funny for words about former Premier Danny Williams sometimes. It’s the kind of “too funny” where you don’t know whether he gets the joke and is…
Tense Problems #nlpoli
“As a lawyer,” natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy told reporters on Thursday,” you’d often hear the phrase that the best predictor of past behaviour is future behaviour.” This is not…
Dunderdale: Hydro-Quebec equity in Lower Churchill and no ‘69 redress part of ‘win-win’ for HQ #nlpoli
For five years, the provincial Conservatives secretly tried to interest Quebec in part ownership of the Lower Churchill, according to Premier Kathy Dunderdale. Dunderdale: September 2009 In September 2009, she…
Two views of Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
In Nova Scotia, energy minister Charlie Parker touted the benefits of the Muskrat falls deal for his province in a letter to the Chronicle Herald, published on Wednesday. Parker flipped…
Kremlinology 41: All politics is personal #nlpoli
On Friday, the Conservatives sent Mount Pearl North MHA Steve Kent out as the designated hitter in a deliberate, orchestrated personal attack on the five lawyers who oppose Muskrat Falls.…
Not exactly, there, Tom, b’y #nlpoli
As part of the orchestrated campaign to attack the people making the comments instead of the comments themselves , finance minister Tom Marshall trotted out in front of the news…
Fourth time a charm: Kennedy changes MF “key point” …again #nlpoli
How many times should anyone need to change the key point in any discussion? Well, this past weekend, natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy signalled what is the latest shift in…
Hydro-Quebec to get Muskrat Falls electricity #nlpoli
Under a complex arrangement, Nalcor will send electricity from Muskrat Falls to Quebec in place of electricity from Churchill Falls during some months of the year. Nalcor hasn’t disclosed any…
Radio Free Nalcor #nlpoli
Talk about putting on the full court press to try and squeeze out every favourable bit of commentary for a project that remains mired in controversy and doubt. Nalcor is…
Muskrat Falls: the revised cost for consumers #nlpoli
If, as Shawn Skinner suggests, the cost of Muskrat Falls is going to jump by a third or more by the time we find out what the Decision Gate 3…
Muskrat Falls Cost Estimates: the Skinner Numbers #nlpoli
Former natural resources minister Shawn Skinner said this past weekend that he expected the next cost estimate for Muskrat Falls will be around $8.0 to $8.5 billion. Assuming that is…
Thinking about Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
People in Nova Scotia are doing a lot of thinking about Muskrat Falls, so it seems. Here’s part of an opinion piece by Brendan Halley that appeared in the Thursday,…
That would be so cool… #nlpoli
All that stuff about peak oil, oil shortages and ever increasing oil prices? You know, the sort of stuff that some people claim justifies Muskrat Falls. Yeah, well maybe they…
August Muskrat Round-up #nlpoli
First up, there are lots of ways to make bad decisions. The Telegram’s Russell Wangersky did a fine job on Tuesday of pointing out that natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy…
Williams sides with Quebec on energy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Danny Williams always likes someone who stands up for his or her province. Well, likes them as long as the someone doing the standing up standing in the way of…
The Multiple Muskrat Falsehoods #nlpoli
Zack: Check it out, all about planets this month. Leonard: That’s an atom. Zack: Agree to disagree. That’s what I love about science, there’s no one right answer. Ya gotta…