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Politics by Numbers
Estimating the damage
What is actually being cut in this budget?
Robert Sweeny
May 6, 2016
# deficit
News
Corner Brook residents march against austerity
First Nations leaders, community groups and residents march in Corner Brook, call on Liberals to rescind austerity budget.
Justin Brake
April 30, 2016
Uncategorized
Deficit crisis a chance for change
The province’s poor fiscal standing presents us with a real opportunity to discuss and debate some important policy issues, such as fair taxation, a new…
Bill Hynd
March 15, 2016
Letters
We may not like austerity, but it is necessary
Size of province's public sector must shrink "to cut the costs of an institution this province cannot afford to operate --- that is, until we…
TheIndependent.ca
March 15, 2016
A Measured Opinion
How to fix the deficit
The province needs to cut spending and raise taxes. But by how much?
Tom Baird
February 18, 2016
A Measured Opinion
What caused the deficit?
Two words: Danny Williams.
Tom Baird
February 16, 2016
Power and Dissent
N.L.’s fiscal crisis was not inevitable
Yet our politicians tell us we all must pay.
Jon Parsons
January 23, 2016
Uncategorized
Dwight Turn?: Neoliberalism, Newfoundland-style
Can the province's new Liberal government deliver a "stronger tomorrow", or will incoming Premier Dwight Ball build on the dangerous legacy left by Danny Williams…
Russell Williams
December 3, 2015
A Measured Opinion
Lower oil royalties expected to last a decade: Dept. of Finance
Official government projections for provincial oil royalties look bleak. We must adjust to life after the boom.
Tom Baird
July 22, 2015
Politically Speaking
Our squandered pride and prosperity
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…
Shannon Reardon
May 7, 2015
To Each Their Own
Less representation! Fewer local jobs! Sure, that’ll fix everything.
A looming deficit is no justification for making awful decisions.
Rhea Rollmann
January 20, 2015
View From The Mainland
Try as you might, you can’t budgit
One Labradorian pokes holes in the provincial government's Northern Strategic Plan as falling short of providing adequate investments to promote growth in Labrador. Not only…
Brandon Pardy
May 11, 2012
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NL Election 2011
House of Commons back in session
TheIndependent.ca
September 19, 2011
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