Anyone surprised by the news isn;t paying any attention to local politics at all. Ross Wiseman has his pension. It cannot get any fatter. He likely won’t get re-elected in the November general election and even if he does, Wiseman has no interest in sitting on the opposition benches now
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Better more, and better #nlpoli
The provincial government has a very serious financial problem. The forecast deficit for the current year is the second highest on record at $916 million. No one knows how big the deficit will be next year, but with oil prices forecast to stay in their current range for the next
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Judge Headroom #nlpoli
The Crown Prosecution Service lost an application last week to overturn a decision by a Provincial Court judge. That’s not the newsworthy thing. The Crown wins applications and loses them all the time. What’s important about this is the back-story. The Telegram covered the decision itself, although you can read
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: “We are an island economy” and other nonsense #nlpoli
CBC’s On Point this weekend delivered up some all-too-familiar conversation on the budget and a political panel talking about Judy Manning but sometimes you have to look closely at things to appreciate the value in public comments by politicians and reporters. In an interview with David Cochrane, finance minister Ross
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Wiseman violated privileges and rights of all members #nlpoli
Ross Wiseman violated Gerry Roger’s rights as a member of the House of Assembly. He did so, by his own initial ruling, with no evidence whatsoever that the member had committed any contempt of the House. He thinks an apology is good enough. Ross Wiseman is wrong again. Here’s why.
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