Tag: MF Rate Mitigation

WAITING, WISHING, AND HOPING

Sometimes an easy “fix” to a problem is wanted so badly that people will delude themselves with the sheer mention by partisans of the next best...

RATE MITIGATION: PUB OFFERS NO MAGIC SOLUTIONS

On Friday the PUB sent its final Report on the Rate Mitigation Reference to the Ball Administration which it promptly released to the public. It would...

RATE MITIGATION AND OUR FISCAL CLIFF

Guest Post by Ron Penney The Government put out its rate mitigation plan last April prior to the provincial election. It also asked the Public Utilities Board to examine...

FEDERAL ELECTION: BE READY TO CONFRONT THE ‘SILENT SEVEN’

If any of the 338 Federal MPs in the House of Commons entered a race to name the “most quiet” politicians, the Newfoundland and Labrador seven...

PREMIER’S STATEMENTS FALL SHORT SAYS COALITION

The Muskrat Falls Concerned Citizens’ Coalition, headed by David Vardy, Ron Penney and Des Sullivan (the latter also hosts this Blog) wrote the Premier...

BIG BALL PROMISES: LET’S GET THEM IN WRITING

“We just want to clarify, there is no way ratepayers in our province could pay or should pay for the burden of Muskrat Falls.”  The province...