Drew Brown

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Drew Brown has been Editor-in-Chief of The Independent since 2019. He holds a BA (Hons.) and MA in political science from Memorial University. He was a PhD candidate in political theory and Canadian politics at the University of Alberta, but left the program to pursue journalism full time in 2017. He was a national politics columnist for VICE Canada from 2015 to 2019, and his work has appeared in CBC, Newfoundland Quarterly, The Deep, The Scope, The Overcast, and The Guardian. He grew up in Grand Falls-Windsor and currently lives in St. John’s, NL.

NL Election 2021: Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

Voters do not have the ability to give properly informed consent so far in the 2021 election. That's a major problem.

February 1, 2021

NL Election 2021: Looking for the Silver Lining

Nature abhors a vacuum and when the attention economy is starved of real information it will begin to produce and consume bullshit.

January 25, 2021

Newfoundland and Labrador Election 2021: Let the Games Begin

With so much so much at stake, shrouded in so much secrecy, spread out across unruly social media platforms, chaos reigns over the coming campaign.

January 18, 2021

An Impertinent PERT; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Trust Technocrats

January 11, 2021

Budget 2020: Waiting for Moya Greene’s Renaissance

Newfoundland and Labrador has finally delivered its long-awaited 2020 budget. The key takeaway: watch this space for Budget 2021.

October 3, 2020

Hundreds Rally for Oil and Gas at Confederation Building

Hundreds of people urgently demanded "political support" for the offshore oil and gas industry. But Premier Andrew Furey did not offer anything specific.

September 17, 2020

NL Liberals to Purge “Potentially Fraudulent” Registrations

The Dr. Andrew Furey Campaign expressed “heightened concerns” around party voter list after having its complaints against John Abbott dismissed.

July 3, 2020

Letter to the CBC Ombudsman, 15 April 2020

April 15, 2020

Deflated but Unbroken, Dwight Ball Finally Bounces

With the premier out of the picture, it is harder to hide the hungry abyss at the heart of Newfoundland and Labrador politics.

February 21, 2020

The Dwight Ball Exit Interview

In his own words, Dwight Ball reflects on his resignation, achievements, and legacy as the 13th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.

February 21, 2020

Analysis Editorial Longread

Milestone or Millstone?: Unpacking the Premier’s “Plan”

Several days after the premier's "significant announcement," neither the plan—or Dwight Ball's political future—is clear.

February 13, 2020

Memorial University is Hosting a Maverick Political Panel

When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial next week.

January 31, 2020