Make Muskrat Inquiry right, say critics
An inquiry must include a forensic audit of Nalcor Energy, many argue.
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Muskrat Falls Inquiry doomed before it starts?
An Inquiry is too important to be dragged into partisan bickering.
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Truth first, then reconciliation
Some say the premier must do more to understand the lived experiences of Indigenous people and communities in this province if he is sincere about reconciliation.
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Anatomy of a Throne Speech
Liberals’ Speech from the Throne indicates Budget 2017 will deliver more of the same.
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Revue 2016: The good, the bad and the ugly
Rising Tide Theatre strikes again in hilariously highlighting the absurdity of N.L. politics. But is it a foregone conclusion that there’s nothing we can do about the pitiful status quo?
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The cocktail circuit and democracy in N.L.
Independent MHA Paul Lane speaks out on the ways consensus is formed and decisions are made in N.L. politics, disrupting the illusion of representative democracy in the province.
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Muskrat resistance and the failure of formal politics
Elected officials need to step up.
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Muskrat Falls threatens locals’ food, way of life
Anxiety rises in Labrador as the province and Nalcor ignore recommendations from scientists and Indigenous leaders to clear dam’s reservoir and minimize the threat of methylmercury poisoning in communities downstream.
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The Government Game going strong in 2016
St. John’s songwriter rewrites classic Newfoundland song “The Government Game” in response to the Liberal government’s austerity budget.
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The merchant days are over
“We need to stand together and show that we are more than the quaint people hanging clothes in tourist commercials.”
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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.
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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.
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If you can’t lead, then get out
The Nalcor scandal is just the tip of the iceberg.
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MHAs, what do we tell our children after Budget 2016?
Many are hoping Liberal MHAs, with a long weekend to ponder their role in shaping the province’s future, will return to work on Tuesday with their minds made up to put their constituents before their party and land on the right side of history.
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The revolution will not be broadcast
The courage of one MHA has brought the Liberals to a tipping point at precisely the moment the people of Newfoundland and Labrador have united and found their collective voice. So where’s the coverage?
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A movement is born
The provincial government’s 2016 austerity budget has sparked province-wide outrage and politicized a “whole new generation of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians [who are] not going away.”
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Corner Brook residents march against austerity
First Nations leaders, community groups and residents march in Corner Brook, call on Liberals to rescind austerity budget.
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Liberal Math
“You can borrow my calculator if need be
It certainly won’t show you 2 + 2 equals 3.”
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Breaking the cycle of exploitation
Even when times are bad, capitalist states pursue policies that benefit capitalist profit.
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Austerity an easy out for elites
Sneering elites believe the public is ignorant and in search of easy answers, but we see the broad strokes of immorality and unfairness.
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