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Letters
Open letter to Paul Lane
“Your decisions Wednesday have stoked the flames and given the movement courage and hope.”
TheIndependent.ca
May 19, 2016
# liberal party
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Time to close the wage gap
Women in Newfoundland and Labrador are more likely to be university educated and substantially more employed than men in the province, yet face higher rates…
Benjamin Sturge
May 16, 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
News
Latest anti-austerity protests “only the beginning”
Saturday’s "NL Rising" protest in St. John’s was more than just a warning from the unions. It was a show of solidarity with an explicit…
Justin Brake
May 10, 2016
To Each Their Own
The cruelest cut of all
In a budget that already makes little sense, eviscerating public libraries is about the least intelligent thing the Liberals have done yet
Rhea Rollmann
May 4, 2016
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Austerity and the politics of fear
There’s a deeper psychological play at work in the current response to our economic situation, one which threatens countless families and individuals across the province…
Conor Curtis
April 28, 2016
Letters
Dear Minister Kirby, where is my stronger tomorrow?
"We devoted 40 or more years contributing to the well-being of our province and our country.... In our wildest dreams we never envisioned that our…
TheIndependent.ca
April 23, 2016
Letters
Budget 2016 “has no vision or road map for progress”
"I expect that, as a citizen who chose to make N.L. my home, this government will revisit their budget and roll back the suffocating taxes."
TheIndependent.ca
April 21, 2016
Letters
“What I do know for certain is that my future is uncertain.”
"Will I still have a job within the next year or two? If I don't, will employment insurance still be available? Could I afford to…
TheIndependent.ca
April 21, 2016
Letters
Open letter to Premier, Cabinet Ministers & all MHAs
"We, the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, will not let that happen!"
TheIndependent.ca
April 20, 2016
To Each Their Own
Once upon a time, there was a fiscal crisis…
We elect government to work hard and make smart decisions. So far, we have yet to see evidence of either. Mandating across-the-board cuts is foolish,…
Rhea Rollmann
April 6, 2016
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What public consultation on the TPP?
We went to a federal government-organized ‘public consultation’ on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement that the general public didn’t seem to know about. Here’s…
Marilyn Reid
March 21, 2016
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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
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