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Interview
Shunned by Premier, Perry Trimper Strikes Out on His Own
Not only was Trimper not invited to join Premier Furey in his own district, but he wasn’t even informed that Furey would be visiting at all.
November 16, 2020

# Newfoundland and Labrador politics

InterviewNews
Budget 2020: Waiting for Moya Greene’s Renaissance
Newfoundland and Labrador has finally delivered its long-awaited 2020 budget. The key takeaway: watch this space for Budget 2021.
Drew Brown
October 3, 2020
Analysis
The “Pandemic Budget,” and Politics at the End of the Line
The truth is even simpler than it was last year. The province, despite seven years of austerity, is even closer to financial ruin that it…
October 1, 2020
AnalysisCommentaryLongread
There Will Be No Coalition Government
Opposition parties and independents can float forming a coalition government as much as they want. The precedent is clear that it would not happen.
February 26, 2020
Cartoons
Indy Inks (3 January 2020)
A picture is worth a thousand words!
January 3, 2020
wordplay
Spot the Difference: Baron Amulree or McKinsey & Co.?
Can YOU tell which 'diversification' ideas are from the 1933 Amulree Commission that doomed Newfoundland and which ones are from the 2019 McKinsey report?
Drew Brown
October 15, 2019
Commentary
Climate Strike Newfoundland & Labrador: What Next?
Government has been saying the same thing for decades: we accept climate change is happening, but we’re not going to do anything to stop oil…
October 7, 2019
AnalysisNews
Buy Local, Save Local: Making NL More Self-Sufficient
Every year, money flows out of NL that could instead sustain local jobs and investment. Why not make our economy more interdependent by reducing imports?
August 26, 2019
Commentary
Life After Muskrat: What Have We Learned?
Will the Inquiry really do anything? That remains to be seen. The people of the province still have to deal with the reality of the…
August 8, 2019
AnalysisCommentary
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…
July 26, 2019
LongreadSatire
The Patient’s Progress, Part 1
Case study: Patient has moved from a depression over the loss of rural life to an hallucinatory state in which rural Newfoundland and Labrador is…
May 12, 2019
Commentary
Your Vote Is Your Consent
May 3, 2019
AnalysisPolitics
Sleeping On the Ballot Box
May 2, 2019