Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society George Story Lecture and Annual General Meeting Marine Institute – Hampton Hall The Return of History? Newfoundland and Labrador after the Oil Boom and the Hydro Bust Dr. Jerry Bannister April 30, 2020 Building on the themes established in A river runs through it (2012), Dr. Bannister
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: On the need for politics #nlpoli
Politics [is] the art of pursuing common interests through …active listening, advocacy, public persuasion, compromise and negotiation. Bob Rae William Ford Coaker,the father of the Commission The people from Newfoundland and Labrador quoted in the Globe and Mail on Friday described the problem facing the province today. We are not
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: First Wells ministry, 05 May 1989 #nlpoli
May 5, 1989 was a Friday. It only took the couple of weeks between the election on April 20 that year and May 5 for the government to change hands between political parties for only the second time since Confederation. The House met before the end of the month was
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dependence and Independence #nlpoli
For those who might be interested, Tuesday’s post on Churchill Falls and Wednesday’s post on the road to Muskrat Falls are a summary of a draft on hydro-electricity development that’s been in the works for a couple of years now. It was supposed t…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Gandhi, Mandela, and a guy in a chicken suit #nlpoli
If the provincial New Democrats had sent a garden gnome around the province, odds are that the photos he’d have brought back would be more interesting than the stuff Earle McCurdy is posting from his wanderings around the province this summer.This is a…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The possible shift #nlpoli
If the polls are right, we could be looking at an unprecedented shift in politics in Newfoundland and Labrador. We could be looking at lots of things but it’s a useful exercise to put a bunch of ideas on the table. That’s about the only way you can tease out
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Great War and Newfoundland Political Memory #nlpoli
“It is sobering to think,” historian Sean Cadigan wrote in the Telegram on Tuesday, “that the memory of the casualties of war has been used partially for later political purposes for almost a century.” Cadigan was recounting the history of the ceremony on July 1 that started in 1917 to
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Identity Crisis #nlpoli
Newfoundland is changing, Michael Crummey writes in the Newfoundland nationalists’ newspaper, the Globe and Mail. House prices are climbing in St. John’s. There are plenty of expensive restaurants around and people to eat the food and drink the wine sold there. “But,” says Crummey, “while oil execs tuck into their
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Remembering… or not #nlpoli
The news release that announced a provincial commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the First World War includes right at the start a picture of two couples, one older, and a small child. The photograph is curious. Look closely at it. (Read more…)
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Alison Redford’s approval ratings have fallen to “Stelmachian” levels Angus Reid has released their quarterly Premier approval ratings. As per usual, Brad Wall is more popular than God, and everyone else is a little more human: Wall (SK): 64% approve, 28% disapprove Alward (NB): 41% approve, 50% disapprove Selinger (MB):
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Some Thoughts on Politics, Myth, and Identity #nlpoli
Your humble e-scribbler saw a couple of comments last week that said the NDP town hall on Muskrat Falls was a good argument against having a referendum on the megaproject. Some people were quite badly misinformed, so the commentary went, not just…
Continue readingPressing Politics: A Mythbuster’s Rebuttal: Transmission Lines, Holyrood Oil and Renewable Resources
I have to give Ed Hollett credit… he is a sharp minded fellow. After my blog on Tuesday where I purport to debunk three myths on Muskrat Falls, Hollett responded with three captivating posts in response here, here and here. … Continue readi…
Continue readingPressing Politics: The NL Big Picture: NDP Tops Tories in New Poll, Liberals Showing Signs of Return
It has certainly been an interesting couple of days. On Wednesday I published a blog which argued that for the first time in post-confederation NL history, the upcoming provincial election in 2015 would be wide open race between three parties. … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Beaumont Hamel and the Newfoundland nation #nlpoli
Mark Humphries is an historian at Memorial University. He spoke with CBC’s Chris O’Neill-Yates on July 1 about the impact of Beaumont Hamel on Newfoundland and Labrador. Humphries does an interesting job of putting the 700 dead and wounded on that day into a larger context. He likened it to
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Charest stands a better chance running against this guy, than against Pauline Marois and Francois Legault Your Friday morning coast-to-coast link roundup: Atlantic Canada: CRA’s quarterly poll numbers have been released, showing the PCs up by 12 in New Brunswick and the NDP up by just 2 in Nova Scotia. The
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: A river runs through it #nlpoli
Jerry Bannister’s paper “A river runs through it: Churchill Falls and the end of Newfoundland history” is now available in the latest issue of Acadiensis. This paper was the basis for his talks last winter on myths in local politics and history and oil and “have” status. They were well
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