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When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial next week.
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial next week.
GSU consulted with public health officials who warned them the Feild Hall residence could not be kept safe.
If you’re disappointed with the results of the recent U-Pass student vote at Memorial, don’t be disappointed with the students.
“Power goes to two poles – to those who’ve got the money and those who’ve got the people.” — Saul
A recent panel on Newfoundland nationalism at MUN reveals the stale nature of the debate.
Is corporate concentration a central part of the province’s long-term strategy for the fishery? How does that benefit Newfoundlanders and
There was something weird spotted in the sky above Main Brook on Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula in January 2020.
“We just started last week. I feel like this is the beginning of something.”
“Our best hope for a better deal is to argue, in the court of Canadian public opinion if not in the court of law, that the contract is undemocratic.”
In Labrador, the election fiasco adds another layer to the inequities imposed by a government founded on the denial of
Nature abhors a vacuum and when the attention economy is starved of real information it will begin to produce and
Last Wednesday, after a meeting with heads of government, health officials, police, and even the local fire department, Joe Dicker
Ryan Cleary’s problem isn’t that he has no political principles. It’s that he’s principled to the point of pathology.
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial
Is there a progressive answer to how Newfoundland & Labrador's debt could be managed while avoiding crippling austerity?
The 2019 NL provincial election is just eight days away, and yesterday marks three years since the #NLRising rally on
Amid urgent calls for new mental health facilities and implementation of the ‘recovery model’ of mental healthcare in N.L., people and groups continue to explain the problems and solutions to policy-makers, who have been saying for decades the hospital is coming “soon”.
Nature abhors a vacuum and when the attention economy is starved of real information it will begin to produce and
Mutual aid work filled me with a hope I didn’t know I needed. I needed a way back to a
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial
As mediation talks continue in a class action lawsuit against the Government of Canada for its failure to recognize and take responsibility for N.L. residential school survivors, observers say the recently released Truth and Reconciliation report offers people in this province and across Canada an opportunity to pursue a meaningful course of action to repair the relationship between settlers and Indigenous Peoples.
In Labrador, the election fiasco adds another layer to the inequities imposed by a government founded on the denial of
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Voters do not have the ability to give properly informed consent so far in the 2021 election. That's a major
Against nationwide opposition, the Conservative Government’s impending “anti-terror” legislation passed its third reading in Parliament last week with the support of most Newfoundland and Labrador MPs.
Even before the pandemic, we were living in a revolutionary age. Now, long-standing injustices and inequalities are amplified by COVID-19.
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial
It’s unusual for this publication to let an election or even byelection go by with nary a comment. Yet despite
What happens at the Duke stays at the Duke… until now
In 2010, when Colliers International was listing the Battery Hotel and Suites for $15 million, they dared buyers to imagine
With the premier out of the picture, it is harder to hide the hungry abyss at the heart of Newfoundland
“As long as one Newfoundlander wants to harvest one seal, to make a flipper pie, or to use the pelt to make one of those splendid sealskin hats – on with the Hunt! Doing otherwise would be a surrender of our character as Newfoundlanders, and an apology for the rigorous and demanding way of life we have known, and which has earned us tenure here for half a millennium.” Read Rex Murphy’s full article in the National Post via the link below. Source: National Post
The provincial snow crab fishery suffered a big hit in the marketplace this year thanks largely to Covid, and cod
It's hard to tell what Newfoundland and Labrador's leaders are thinking these days. So here's some speculative satire.
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial
Many would rather forget about the fishery. The responsible among us know we dare not.
Find out where candidates stand on issues including the province’s changing demographics, paths forward for its troubled economy, climate change,
“The one thing citizens deserve is a more honest assessment of what the future in the province holds, and what
With so much so much at stake, shrouded in so much secrecy, spread out across unruly social media platforms, chaos
On Friday the House of Commons in Ottawa debated a bill put forward by Newfoundland and Labrador NDP MP Ryan Cleary – a bill that would launch an inquiry into why cod stocks collapsed off Newfoundland and Labrador two decades ago, and how to go about rebuilding the industry. The idea of a fisheries inquiry is an idea that Cleary campaigned on during the 2011 federal election. Unfortunately, the Conservative government had already categorically dismissed the idea of an inquiry, and a debate in the Conservative-powered House of Commons didn’t change things. “While some may prefer to live in the past, our government has no intention of conducting a formal review into the collapse of the cod fishery,” said Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield. Source: CBC
The provincial snow crab fishery suffered a big hit in the marketplace this year thanks largely to Covid, and cod
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial
"It’s very difficult for some people to recognize that we all have a master, and we all have a slave.
New Democrat MP Ryan Cleary has continued his call for an inquiry into the province’s fishery, and has committed to using his available private member’s bill this Fall to ask the House of Commons to grant him one. “Our future is threatened,” Cleary told reporters. “It is threatened by a lack of vision. It is threatened by the absence of a rebuilding plan. It is threatened by apathy in all quarters.” Cleary says that the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ past mismanagement of the fishery leads him to believe that it cannot be trusted to properly manage it in the future under the status quo. He says the commission would investigate the effectiveness of the current management system and the state of fisheries science. It would also investigate fisheries enforcement and quotas. Meanwhile, Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield said in a statement Monday there will be no inquiry into the…
Government's only vision is to either increase corporate concentration (foreign ownership or otherwise) or see more plant closures, divestment, and
The provincial snow crab fishery suffered a big hit in the marketplace this year thanks largely to Covid, and cod
Is corporate concentration a central part of the province’s long-term strategy for the fishery? How does that benefit Newfoundlanders and
NDP Member of Parliament Ryan Cleary says that the Federal Minister for the Environment, Peter Kent, is playing Russian roulette. Cleary is calling on Minister Peter Kent to reconsider his rejection of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board’s request for a full environmental assessment before proceeding with drilling at the Old Harry site. Citing the fact that the area borders five provinces, encompasses 400 coastal communities, and is home to 114 conservation and protected areas, Cleary says the most basic of environmental assessments, a screening, is simply not good enough. Source: VOCM
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial
It is depressingly ironic that, while many other countries are steadily switching from fossil fuels to clean and renewable sources
I have a confession—I am moderately addicted to reading negative stories about President Trump. I think it’s because I loathe
“There’s give and take, there’s compromise, but I’ll only compromise so far. There are some things that I pointed out during the election I don’t think [can] be compromised on,” says Ryan Cleary, rookie Newfoundland MP for St. John’s South-Mount Pearl. Cleary will soon learn that compromise or not, he is on the wrong side of a majority government facing a party that has shown no willingness to play ball with the opposition. To his credit, Cleary did manage to get a step closer to one of his goals — a formal inquiry into the collapse of the cod fishery off Newfoundland — as that policy has been built into the NDP platform. Now all he has to do is convince the government to investigate its own ministry.
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial
An interview with the 2016 N.L. Human Rights Award recipient.
An independent appointments commission, as it's currently proposed, will do more to mask existing problems than actually solve them.
‘It’s a rare thing for me to believe a politician is actually on a mission, other than to feather his own nest’
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial
"My fear is that women and girls experiencing violence in their lives and relationships may feel let down, leading to
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It was my experience that most Members of Parliament are working extremely hard – but the disconnect between what the voter expects from their MP and what that MP is actually required to do when in office is so great that there is no wonder there is perpetual disappointment.
With the premier out of the picture, it is harder to hide the hungry abyss at the heart of Newfoundland
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial
Supporting a fiscally irresponsible P3 “solution” for wastewater defers true costs and make immediate budgets look more 'responsible.' Is that
Election candidates brave enough to face the crowd and talk solutions for the fishery
The provincial snow crab fishery suffered a big hit in the marketplace this year thanks largely to Covid, and cod
Blinded By The Numbers? Implementing the Modernized Fisheries Act Goes Beyond Acting On What Stock Science Tells Us.
"Then again, maybe this hon. Member is not always on the side of the law himself. I don't know. What