Something to look forward to… #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy in the House of Assembly on Thursday: It breaks that geographical stranglehold of Quebec. I do not have time today to address Ed Hollett’s theory…
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Why we are Muskrat Fallsing #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy explained it all in the House of Assembly on Wednesday: …let’s be clear on why we are developing Muskrat Falls, if we develop it. It…
Diversifying the economy and slowing things down #nlpoli
Paul Oram was a colourful politician. Well, colourful in the sense that he flamed out very quickly. Regular readers of these scribbles will remember him as the guy who had…
How to make bad decisions #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale sounded genuinely exasperated last week when she chatted at length with Open Line show host Randy Simms about Muskrat Falls. “Why,” she asked, “would a government want…
The Persistence of False Information #nlpoli
In an interview on The Current last week, Anthony Germain asked Premier Kathy Dunderdale why she wasn’t trying to sell Muskrat Falls to people in Newfoundland and Labrador as Danny…
The Muskrat Ah-Prentice #nlpoli
The local Tories were all twitterpated over the weekend with Jim Prentice’s comments about the Lower Churchill. One suspects, of course, that they were loving it all up for the…
So close to a deal they just can’t finish it #nlpoli
As CBC reported on Friday, a spokesperson for Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter says it is just an “update” meeting. "As you know this is a very important project for…
Muskrat Voodoo #nlpoli #cdnpoli
A Canadian Press story on Muskrat Falls this week starts with economist Brendan Sullivan’s recent critique of Muskrat Falls: He said in an interview that the province and its Crown…
Fun Facts: Hibernia gas and Holyrood #nlpoli
From Stephen Bruneau’s submission to the public utilities board hearing on the Muskrat Falls project: In 2010, the withdrawal and use of natural gas as a fuel for electrical generation…
Nalcor backs natural gas for electricity #nlpoli
Just for a bit of fun, go back to December 2010 and read about Ed Martin and his views on generating natural gas from electricity. Fascinating stuff, in light of…
And in other Muskrat Falls news… #nlpoli
The Telegram editorial: Oh, so now it’s electricity for mining ventures that need the power. So here’s a question for the good minister: Muskrat Falls is supposedly going to increase…
If you ain’t got yer pride, Muskrat Falls version #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy, speaking with David Cochrane on this weekend’s On Point with David Cochrane: “What we have to do is put aside ego and pride, put aside…
A fresh smear of lipstick #nlpoli
CBC’s online version got the story right from the most recent episode of On Point with David Cochrane: Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy says the Newfoundland and Labrador government is…
Remember these words #nlpoli
When asked in the House of Assembly about the company hired to look at some aspect of using offshore natural gas to generate electricity, Premier Dunderdale said this: Mr. Speaker,…
And if she was wrong about that, too… #nlpoli
There are two things in this world. There is what actually happened. And then there is what Premier Kathy Dunderdale says. The two have very little to do with one…
Credit rater gives Emera “negative” outlook #nlpoli
The Chronicle Herald reported Tuesday that credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s had changed its rating for Emera from “stable’ to “negative”. The problem is the capital requirement in order…
If she was wrong about this… #nlpoli
As we told you on Monday, the ever attentive labradore caught Kathy Dunderdale in a pretty outrageous comment last week on the impact the federal budget would have on the…
The PUB and the MFers #nlpoli
Right off the start, the title goes back to a humorous tweet a few months ago. It went something like this: If Muskrat Falls is MF, then does that make…
Electricity regulator balks at judgment on Muskrat project #nlpoli #nlpoli
From the report by the public utilities board on Muskrat Falls: The Board concludes that the information provided by Nalcor in the review is not detailed, complete or current enough…
Numbers and other information #nlpoli
People aren’t stupid. They just don’t know stuff. Politicians are no different. In Kathy Dunderdale’s case, labradore had an absolutely devastating post last week about the Premier’s reaction to the…