Des Sullivan

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Uncle Gnarley is hosted by Des Sullivan, of St. John's. He is a businessman engaged over three decades in real estate management and development and retail companies. He is currently a Director of Dorset Investments Limited. During his early career he served as Executive Assistant to Premier's Frank D. Moores (1975-1979) and Brian Peckford (1979-1985). He also served as a Part-Time Board Member on the Canada-Newfoundland Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB). Uncle Gnarley appears on the masthead representing serious and unambiguous positions on NL politics and public policy. Uncle Gnarley is a fiscal conservative possessing distinctly liberal values and a non-partisan persusasion. Those values and opinions underlie this writer's views on NL's politics, economy and society. Uncle Gnarley publishes Monday mornings and more often when events warrant.
NL politics

LITTLE KNOWN CHURCHILL FALLS DEAL GIVES QUEBEC HUGE POWERS AFTER 2041

Des Sullivan -
Premier Furey’s recent formation of an “Expert Panel" on Churchill Falls 2041 leads people to think that there are no impediments after the Contract expires. He didn't tell you what happened in 1999 to alter the future.
NL offshore oil

HOW FEDS PLAN TO KILL NL OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY

Des Sullivan -
NL can now see for themselves the strategy that the Feds plan to employ to kill the offshore oil industry in the province.
NL Hydro

POWER PLANT A CENTERPIECE OF CORRUPT GOVERNANCE

Des Sullivan -
“The Provincial Government, through NLH (Hydro), has investigated the long-term options to address Holyrood emissions and decided to replace Holyrood generation with electricity from the Lower Churchill through a transmission link to the Island”.
Fiscal Issues

BUDGET 2022-23: HOW DID MOYA GREENE GET IT SO WRONG?

Des Sullivan -
Finance Minister Siobhan Coady delivered the 2022-23 Provincial Budget last week, enshrouded in the kind of rhetoric that suggests the Government is prudently managing our finances. Let’s take a look at the 2022-23 Budget Estimates to see if what she is selling is in line with the reality that the PERT Report described only one year ago.
NL politics

FEDS APPROVE BAY DU NORD BUT BEWARE ANOTHER SHOE TO DROP

Des Sullivan -
NL may have dodged one offshore bullet, but well-informed sources in the Nation’s capital advise that the public were given only one part of the story. The...
NL politics

BAY DU NORD: AN OPPORTUNISTIC PRIME MINISTER WITH A VICIOUS AGENDA

Des Sullivan -
No matter which side of the issue you find yourself, one thing is clear: there has never been an occasion when the Government of Canada has...
NL politics

BAY DU NORD: SHEEP GET SHEARED

Des Sullivan -
There are only 21 days left. The Prime Minister will decide the future of the NL oil industry, our economic future. The noise gets louder. Is it...
NL politics

BAY DU NORD: OUR POLITICIANS GENUFLECT TO CENTRAL CANADA

Des Sullivan -
 Last week’s post by Ron Penney, a member of the negotiating team that hammered out the terms of the “Atlantic Accord” for the joint Federal/Provincial management...
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