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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
There are strange things done ‘neath the midnight sun but nothing quite as curious as the goings on the campaign trail in Terra Nova district last week. Liberal leader Yvonne Jones apparently found that Tory leader Danny Williams was showing up at places where she had booked meetings or scheduled visits but always about an hour in advance. Maybe he was there to dispense a little wisdom. Maybe...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams took his pitch for the Lower Churchill hydroelectric development in Labrador to New York City, speaking at an event to promote the project to potential investors and customers.
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Thanks in part to Peter MacKay's efforts in Newfoundland, Danny Williams feels a new spirit of co-operation with federal Tories
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Danny Williams in 2009 , on the sale of NB Power which will reduce the provincial debt by 40%: "They've agreed to sell away their future." Danny Williams, in 2008 , on his own plans for the energy corporation owned by the provincial government in Newfoundland and Labrador: This particular government wants to strengthen Hydro , wants to make it a very valuable corporation: a corporation that...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
• Ruiz took stand-aside money from Valuev's camp • Klitschko brothers would have to wait for Ruiz to fight winner If David Haye beats Nikolai Valuev on Saturday night he will be locked into potentially boring first defence of the world heavyweight title with the former champion John Ruiz, it was revealed last night. The confirmation of the first-defence clause in the contract of both fighters...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrived Monday in the eastern Canadian city of St. John's for an 11-day royal tour of Canada. The couple were greeted at a ceremony by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Gov. General Michaelle Jean, Newfoundland's Premier Danny Williams and provincial Lt.-Gov. John Crosbie. The visit includes stops in four provinces, namely Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario,...
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Following are links to some stories on the memorandum of understanding to sell of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec: 1. There’s strong positive reaction side Quebec to news of the MOU. La Presse Canadienne from metromontreal . 2. A 30% drop in electricity rates could save the Edmundston pulp and paper mill. Bet people in Corner Brook would be looking hard at that right now if they were in the same spot,...
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
While other power utilities in Atlantic Canada are up for grabs, there’s no word on the status of compensation talks between the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and Fortis, Inc. resulting from the provincial government’s surprise seizure last winter of hydro-electricity assets in central Newfoundland. Fortis-owned Newfoundland Properties was one of three companies – including...
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Energy analyst Tom Adams had this to say about the Lower Churchill project in a recent commentary on the NB Power sale: Premier Williams has attacked Quebec’s interest in NB Power as a threat to Newfoundland’s prospects for developing the Lower Churchill’s hydro‐electric potential. Charged with emotion arising from historic Churchill Falls grievances – a contract that...
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
In 2006, the Globe’s Konrad Yakabuski warned Danny Williams that he might be beaten to market by the people at Hydro-Quebec. Turns out Konrad was right, after all: Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams decided earlier this year to go it alone on a proposed $6-billion to $9-billion (according to already stale estimates) hydroelectric development on the lower Churchill River in Labrador, rejecting...
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
When the political going gets tough, what better way to handle it than to launch a phoney jihad against a completely imaginary enemy over a completely imaginary dispute: The Premier is gearing up for another fight on the national stage. Danny Williams says Hydro Quebec continues to try and block this province from developing the Lower Churchill, now refusing to sign onto a water management agreement...
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
New Brunswick and Quebec have some interesting common energy interests, not the least of which is New Brunswick’s electricity interconnection with the United States. No surprise therefore that the two provinces are talking about co-operation , possibly including the sale of some of NB Power’s assets to Hydro-Quebec. What parts of the New Brunswick company might be of interest to Quebec...
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Someone writes a letter to the Western Star commenting on Danny Williams’ use of language. Some members of The Fan Club take issue in predictable ways. More comments follow, pro and con. Fascinating. -srbp-
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
From the Chronicle-Herald : Premier Darrell Dexter had a private meeting Monday with the president of Newfoundland’s energy corporation in an attempt to have electricity from the Lower Churchill Falls hydro project go through Nova Scotia. Dexter apparently thinks the project is going somewhere and that there is any intention to run a power line through Nova Scotia. Danny Williams hasn’t...
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Dawg's Blawg (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
My wife is from a small fishing community in Newfoundland. We were visiting there a couple of years ago and I was having a chat with one of the "old-timers" who (talking about something that Danny Williams did) said, "Well - the arse is out of 'er now". I am reminded of that expression by the crowd who don't "believe" in the theory of anthropogenic global warming. A couple...
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