Tag: Premier Dwight Ball

NL POLITICS: THE STATE OF PLAY

The latest poll from CRA does little more than reaffirm prior perceptions held by the public about the Premier and the Ball Administration. The polling group found...

SIOBHAN COADY: WAITING FOR GODOT?

Waiting For Godot is a celebrated play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Valdimir and Estragon, are waiting for a person — Godot — who...

FLAWED HUSKY DEAL GOES LARGELY UNREPORTED

If any member of the public as much as frowned last Monday when the Ball Government and Husky Energy announced agreement on the White Rose Extension...

WHO IS DWIGHT BALL AFRAID OF?

When malfeasance on a grand scale is alleged against senior government officials by credible people, what are we to make of it? According to Stan Marshall, the decisions...

WHY THE BERN COFFEY AFFAIR IS BEWILDERING

The Bern Coffey debacle is mind-boggling. But it leaves two important facts exposed. First, Ball approved the untenable arrangement with Coffey permitting him to continue his law practice. It...

LIBERALS WANT TO REPLACE ‘NEVER-READY’ PREMIER

When the incumbent Liberal government is less popular than the Tories – booted out of office just sixteen months ago - rumours that some key members...

ED MARTIN, THE A-G, THE PREMIER, AND THE PETER PRINCIPLE

Nothing more will happen with respect to the severance of former Nalcor CEO Ed Martin.  Most people will just feel dismay over the role of the Premier...

MUSKRAT: ALLEGATIONS OF PHONY COST ESTIMATES

This is one engineer's story of how Nalcor "low-balled" the cost estimates for the Muskrat Falls project, paving the way for huge cost overruns....