Muskrat Falls

DAMN-NATION: ROLLING THE DICE IN NL, TOO

Graham Lane is not a known name in Newfoundland and Labrador.  Perhaps, he could be.  He is well known in Manitoba.  Like David Vardy, he has served...

NALCOR’S AGM: ONE QUESTION FOR ED MARTIN ON “THE NORTH SPUR INSTABILITY PROBLEM”

Since Nalcor’s last Annual General Meeting, the $7.7 billion Muskrat Falls Project was sanctioned and the construction site is busy with contractors.  There are no surprises...

WOULD YOU BUILD YOUR HOUSE ON A RIVER OF MUD?

Cabot Martin, the well-known lawyer who served as a Senior Advisor to Premiers Moores, Peckford and Wells, recently released, a 91 page Power Point Presentation...

Faster than a Hammer Squad

Against a backdrop of massive risks and severe criticism of the $7.8 billion Muskrat Falls Project, the NL Government has ignored it all and is pushing...

NAPE and CUPE: Kill Muskrat or Run Radio Ads?

Public sector unions need to shut down Muskrat Falls; they ought to have opposed the Project from the very beginning. Unions now constitute the only organized group...

LABOUR SHOULD HAVE NEGOTIATED THE FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEE

Undoubtedly, the public sector unions are worried as they prepare for labour negotiations with the Provincial Government.  Its not as if they are going to the bargaining table with the NHL...

DUNDERDALE’S BIG SANCTION CHARADE

Given all the pomp and ceremony yesterday evening, you might have been left with the impression that Muskrat Falls was sanctioned. I have bad news.  Premier...

A Cautionary Note to EMERA On Muskrat Falls

If Emera sanctions the Muskrat Falls (MF) Project, its ‘sweet heart’ $600 million deal on the Labrador Island Link (LIL) will not just be plain sailing...