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Moody’s Blues, or: Commission of Government 2.0
Yesterday’s news is not the end of the world. But it’s a small part of a larger process: our control over Newfoundland & Labrador’s future is slipping away.
July 26, 2019

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No, Margaret Wente, all is not forgiven
To Each Their Own
No, Margaret Wente, all is not forgiven
Margaret Wente says a recent trip to Fogo Island changed her view of Newfoundland. No, it hasn't.
September 25, 2016
Uncategorized
Plan B: Borrow to build, borrow to survive
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador should immediately tap the international bond markets and borrow $3 billion.
June 21, 2016
News
Liberals face mounting scorn as anti-austerity movement matures
As residents and groups ramp up direct action efforts while resistance to austerity grows, some observers are calling for movement to embrace mutual aid.
Justin Brake
June 8, 2016
To Each Their Own
Something very different is happening in Newfoundland and Labrador
For all the negative things it will do to our province, the Liberals' austerity budget is bringing people together in a very meaningful way.
June 7, 2016
To Each Their Own
We have the answers
It was published almost 40 years ago, but the People's Commission on Unemployment report reads as if it were written today.
June 5, 2016
News
Austerity “an ideological choice, not an economic choice”: economist
The Liberals’ turn to austerity in Budget 2016 to address the province’s deficit will do more harm than good and could “kill” the economy, says…
Justin Brake
May 14, 2016
Letters
We need to stop letting history repeat itself
"Let's stop letting greed and ego cloud the vision of our future."
May 14, 2016
Uncategorized
A walk on Signal Hill
The more we discuss alternatives, the more we seem to return to the same old game that’s played with worn-out party logos behind which elites…
May 9, 2016
Uncategorized
If you love this province
Newfoundland and Labrador needs its young people now more than ever.
April 30, 2016
Letters
History repeats itself…
"How in the name of God did it all go so unbelievably wrong? Were we all asleep at the switch?"
April 24, 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…
March 15, 2016
Letters
The signs of change
"The renewable energy revolution is occurring faster than anyone predicted."
March 8, 2016