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Please don’t take us for fools

By Shannon Reardon ● Politically Speaking ● August 27, 2015 July 15, 2022

With election campaigns officially and unofficially in full swing, voters are bearing witness to a multitude of promises from politicians. We’re also seeing a rising number of disingenuous statements, some bordering on the laughable.

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When the party’s over

By Shannon Reardon ● Politically Speaking ● August 13, 2015 July 15, 2022

In an era of never before seen wealth, they mismanaged our coffers and squandered our nest egg of oil revenues. Now the PC Government is deferring needed social infrastructure because, they say, we have no money.

Hoping they mean it

By Shannon Reardon ● Politically Speaking ● July 31, 2015 July 15, 2022

Given the federal and provincial elections upon us, politicians’ appearances at community events like the St. John’s Pride Parade are inevitable. But is it sincere, and not just for good public relations and votes?

When politicians cross the social media line

By Shannon Reardon ● Politically Speaking ● July 17, 2015 July 15, 2022

Our elected politicians’ behaviour online demands scrutiny.

The orange wave swells again

By Shannon Reardon ● Politically Speaking ● July 3, 2015 July 15, 2022

With mere months to go until the federal and provincial elections, the New Democratic Party is enjoying a resurgence at both levels. Can they maintain, and even strengthen, their momentum in the weeks and months until voters go to the polls?

A plague on both sides of the House

By Shannon Reardon ● Politically Speaking ● June 19, 2015 July 15, 2022

A preoccupation with political point-scoring seems to rule our politicians’ better judgment when it comes to governing and to offering an effective opposition in this province, and it has impacted both our social needs and our very democracy.

Selling the budget or themselves?

By Shannon Reardon ● Politically Speaking ● June 5, 2015 July 15, 2022

In claiming it is educating the public and reporting the “good news” provincial media are not, the Davis Government is looking mighty Harperesque in promoting its budget with public tax dollars in the lead-up to a provincial election.

The Liberals have failed us on Bill C-51

By Shannon Reardon ● Politically Speaking ● May 23, 2015 July 15, 2022

Many Canadians, including Liberal Party supporters, are disgruntled over the Liberal Party of Canada’s support for the Harper Government’s controversial anti-terrorism legislation, which has them questioning whether the once presumptive future government is really any different from the Conservatives.

Our squandered pride and prosperity

By Shannon Reardon ● Politically Speaking ● May 7, 2015 July 15, 2022

After reaping upward of $20 billion in offshore oil revenues in a decade, we have little to show for government’s reckless spending. After years of great promises wrapped in fierce pride, the PCs have placed us in worse fiscal straits than before they took office.

#DonDunphy: Cooler heads prevail

By Shannon Reardon ● Politically Speaking ● April 24, 2015 July 15, 2022

Rationally approaching delicate matters in the public interest, especially those as sensitive as the Don Dunphy shooting, is the most effective way to gain the answers and the information we seek.