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Greene Report Must be Resisted: Observers
Neoliberal policies are fundamentally flawed and will make things worse.
Justin Brake
May 11, 2021

# PERT

Opinion
PERT and the Ghost of NL Budget 2016
It is not difficult to hear echoes of 2016 in the recent recommendations from the Premier’s Economic Recovery Team (PERT).
May 10, 2021
NewsPolitics
PERT Pushes “Big Reset” for NL
Proposals include slashing state expenditures, across-the-board tax increases, privatizing public assets, and breaking public sector unions.
Drew Brown
May 6, 2021
AnalysisCommentary
Will the PERT Report Highlight Our Fishery?
The following is a slightly condensed version of a December 3, 2020 submission on the fishery to the Premier's Economic Recovery Task Force.
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April 30, 2021
Journalism
As the PERT is Delayed, a People’s Recovery Emerges
"There is a foundation here for something maybe even bigger, which is democratic and broad-ranging.”
Justin Brake
March 9, 2021
AnalysisCommentaryLongread
When “Bankruptcy” is on the Table, It’s Not a Normal Election
If the financial situation in Newfoundland and Labrador is dire—and governments don’t have actual solutions—what is likely to happen?
January 29, 2021
News
An Elephant in the Room: ‘the Economy’ in NL’s 2021 Election
“The one thing citizens deserve is a more honest assessment of what the future in the province holds, and what each of these parties would…
January 26, 2021
Editorial
NL Election 2021: Looking for the Silver Lining
Nature abhors a vacuum and when the attention economy is starved of real information it will begin to produce and consume bullshit.
Drew Brown
January 25, 2021
Editorial
An Impertinent PERT; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Trust Technocrats
Drew Brown
January 11, 2021