Hebron work leaving the province? #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Via CBC: Minister Jerome Kennedy said Kiewit won’t do some key Hebron work, worth $75 to 100 million, at Marystown and it may have to be done elsewhere. Apparently Kennedy…
Muskrat Falls
Former Tory fin min asks more Muskrat questions #nlpoli
Peckford-era finance minister Dr. John Collins has another letter to the editor in the Telegram questioning Muskrat Falls. The continued problem with Nalcor’s (and government’s) decision to date respecting the…
Wading through Locke on Muskrat (Part 3) #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Debt One of the issues Wade Locke set out to address was the impact Muskrat Falls would have on public debt. For some other information on Muskrat Falls and public…
Kremlinology 37: United in Differences
As the Newfoundland and Labrador news release noted, the energy ministers from the four Atlantic provinces got together on Monday for a gab session. Those who stood waiting for Jerome!’s…
Wading through Locke on Muskrat (Part 2) #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Oil Prices In Slide 20, Locke turns a comparison of the cost elements of Muskrat Falls and Nalcor’s isolated island scenario into a chart. Locke notes in red at the…
Muskrat Falls and debt: some quick points #nlpoli #cdnpoli
There are some big misconceptions out there as a result of the way people in government talk about debt. That has implications for any discussion of Muskrat Falls. Here are…
Wading through Locke on Muskrat (Part 1) #nlpoli #cdnpoli
An hour-long presentation, 48 slides and an interview with David Cochrane. For all that, some apparent confusion lingers about what Memorial University economist Wade Locke included in his presentation and…
Muskrat Falls: The Kennedy Tweets #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Here’s a string of tweets from natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy on Friday night: Jerome Kennedy @jerome_kennedy Let me try and simplify Muskrat Falls. First question, do we(NL) need the…
Paying Attention 2: Muskrat Edition #nlpoli #cdnpoli
You learn a lot when you pay attention to what people say. Like natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy when he says that “it seems that they perhaps want to assume…
Muskrat Falls: Cum on feel the Noize #nlpoli #cdnpoli
According to natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy, criticism of the government’s refusal to give the public utilities board the time it asked for to complete a review of Muskrat Falls…
Kennedy slices into NDP’s Muskrat falls hypocrisy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy belled the NDP cat on Wednesday for the provincial party’s flip-flop on Muskrat Falls. As the Telegram reported in its Thursday edition, … Kennedy was…
Locke admits assessment was “probably not” fair #nlpoli #cdnpoli
In an interview with the Telegram that appeared in Thursday’s edition, Memorial University economist Wade Locke admitted that his assessment of Muskrat Falls probably offered an unfair comparison with alternatives.…
If this is bad… #nlpoli
Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary thinks that Marine Atlantic’s 4.5% fare increase will put the province at a disadvantage when it comes to tourism and economic development. Cleary…
Sucking eggs, debating Muskrat Falls and other wastes of time #nlpoli
Former natural resources minister Shawn Skinner thinks there House of Assembly should debate the Muskrat Falls deal. Ditto his replacement, Jerome! Kennedy who likes to quote a supposed 1980 endorsement…
Dan-O-Matic Translator still works #nlpoli
If David Vardy was wrong about Muskrat Falls or about the concern some people have about publicly criticising Tory pet projects, Danny Williams wouldn’t be attacking Vardy personally. – srbp…
Muskrat Falls, the kamikaze venture #nlpoli
Not surprisingly Nalcor’s Ed Martin latched onto a pretty superficial argument to dismiss economist Jim Feehan’s critique of Muskrat Falls. "I go over to see my Dad, an 80-year-old gentleman…
Beleaguered utility blows raspberry at regulator #nlpoli
Nalcor should be able to supply information to any regulatory or review process for the Muskrat Falls project because the company should have already reviewed exactly the sorts of information…
Cheaper Muskrat Alternative: Part Whatever Gigantic Number we are at now #nlpoli
Hydro-Quebec just signed a deal to purchase 150 megawatts of electricity produced by biomass. “The price for the power, in 2012 dollars, will be 10.6 cents per kilowatt hour, the…
Muskrat Falls: from worse to worser for Dunderdale and Company #nlpoli
Add Ron Penney to the list of former senior provincial public servants questioning Muskrat Falls and/or the way the provincial government is handling the project. In a letter to the…
‘eavy ‘angs the ‘ead #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome! Kennedy is wading deeper and deeper into the political morass called the Muskrat Falls project these days and finding that it is a sticky, stinky, mess.…