The hard truth of reconciliation #nlpoli
Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock ImagesReconciliation is a very popular word these days. It comes out of the commission appointed to investigate what happened to Indigenous people in…
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The hard truth of reconciliation #nlpoli
Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock ImagesReconciliation is a very popular word these days. It comes out of the commission appointed to investigate what happened to Indigenous people in…
The hard truth of reconciliation #nlpoli
Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images Reconciliation is a very popular word these days. It comes out of the commission appointed to investigate what happened to Indigenous people…
The importance of what we talk about #nlpoli
Nalcor will have to replace about 350 fibreglass beams used in the Labrador-Island Link because of a fault in their manufacture. Nalcor discovered the fault during two incidents at Soldier’s…
The importance of what we talk about #nlpoli
Nalcor will have to replace about 350 fibreglass beams used in the Labrador-Island Link because of a fault in their manufacture. Nalcor discovered the fault during two incidents at Soldier’s…
The importance of what we talk about #nlpoli
Nalcor will have to replace about 350 fibreglass beams used in the Labrador-Island Link because of a fault in their manufacture. Nalcor discovered the fault during two incidents at Soldier’s…
Mimicry and Pantomime #nlpoli
A couple of thousand people turned out in St. John’s on Saturday for a rally organized by a new group calling itself Black Lives Matter NL. They listened to speeches,…
The Authoritarian Impulse #nlpoli
Special Measures Enforcement Jim Dinn used to be a teacher. As head of the provincial teachers’ union, he spearheaded a drive against the public’s right to know how politicians spent…
Sliding by #nlpoli
Sliding b’ys. During the recent emergency in eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, both the provincial government and the City of St. John’s denied the public access to basic information about the…
When a change is not a change: the NDP and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli #cdnpoli
One newsroom. Two different interpretations of federal NDP leader Jagmeet Sing’s position on Muskrat Falls. In Sarah Smellie’s online story, Singh had a few concerns and is “not comfortable” with…
Behaviour Patterns #nlpoli
January 2016. Dwight Ball tells reporters in year-end interviews that “everything is on the table” to deal with the government’s financial problem. Then, Ball took everything off the table. As…
The Trump Election #nlpoli
All you will ever need in order to understand the recent American presidential election is contained in this little chart. It appeared within about 24 hours of the polls closing…
Townies and Baymen #nlpoli
Last week’s post on the political narrative war currently under way was a combination of two separate, but related ideas. The incoming Liberal administration – like all political parties –…
More like a snapshot than a panorama #nlpoli
Last week, a group called Samara released the results of its research on Canadians and politics. Democracy 360 they called it. The media locally covered it, if for no other…
Not fit for it #nlpoli
It’s not surprising that the provincial Conservatives and their supporters want to reduce the representations the people of the province have in the House of Assembly. After all, the plan…
American and Canadian Politics – A brief comparison and lay of the land
Here is a rough translation of Canadian political culture for Americans and others who may be unfamiliar with the political landscape of the second largest country on earth, the holder…
The New Sexism #nlpoli #cdnpoli
As the story goes, the crowd currently running this place were all set to issue a news release that the first woman premier in the province’s history was announcing the…
Representative Independence versus Caucus Control
Behind all the Sturm und Drang engendered by Dr. Raj Sherman's letter, comments and subsequent removal from the PC caucus there are several stories. The specifics of what happened and…
Representative Independence versus Caucus Control
Behind all the Sturm und Drang engendered by Dr. Raj Sherman's letter, comments and subsequent removal from the PC caucus there are several stories. The specifics of what happened and…
Representative Independence versus Caucus Control
Behind all the Sturm und Drang engendered by Dr. Raj Sherman’s letter, comments and subsequent removal from the PC caucus there are several stories. The specifics of what happened and…