Police Chief is retiring
Charges stayed request of Att. General Felix Collins?
Charges reinstated - request of Att. GeneralTom Marshall?
Guilty plea on new and reduced charge - Att. General Felix Collins?
Absolute discharge - comment from lawyer - we all get impatient?
Character witnesses - not named in media story?
Tory fundraiser, Board Member CNLOPB?
Justice Walsh says he does not think Ed Drover will do it again?
Clearly it's time to look at where we live and who controls what.
Clearly it's time to understand how Justice works in our province.
In either case I've got a load of questions - do you?
Is this a place you really want to live in anymore?
What I watched on the news last week - turned my stomach and confirmed the state of our affairs. It's nothing I recognize anymore.
What kind of power/control is happening in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Open your eyes wide and take it all in.
How did the Mount Cashel thing happen here? No problem - from what I see.
Have we learned? In my opinion - not a chance.
Are the journalists going to dig into this?
Can they give us a complete review of what happened regarding the Ed Drover, initial charges, stay of charges, reinstatement of charges, reduced charges, guilty plea, the actual event in an agreed to statement of facts, the character witnesses, Drover's political connections, any past events regarding not being "patient"?
Let the people decide if the justice achieved was satisfactory.
Did this case set a precedent that could cause extreme consequences?
What are the qualifications to sit on a Crown Agency or Corporation Board?
Showing posts with label cnlopb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cnlopb. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Personal reality Cheque for Bowers - Where's Penney?
Personal cheques are documents used to access funds from an individual's checking account.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The message is key in Communications - this Ms. Matthews knows!
The debacle - which is the CNLOPB provincial nomination process came to a conclusion this week as Ms. Elizabeth Matthews withdrew her name for consideration of the position - Vice Chair.
Ms. Matthews arguably does possess significant experience in the profession of communications. It could also be said that her track record with Premier Williams was successful. In fact I would say she did a fine job in controlling messaging and a finer job controlling media. This is evident by the lack of probing which should have been done respecting many of the projects the Williams administration embarked upon.
Part of her success was in large part due to the nature of her boss and the fact he had no problem being the intimidatory presence to critics of the government or to journalists wanting accountability and accessibility to information. So when she responded to a reporter - in any sort of negative way - denying access to information or interviews - she had a boss who had her back. His popularity - unfortunately crossed over into partisan zealotry causing opposition voices to be silenced - who,what,when,where,why voices to find new material for | news | - and Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who were not satisfied with the decisions of his government to be tried and convicted as traitors.
Unfortunately for Ms. Matthews - the nodding heads that clung so fervently to the coattails of Williams as if guided by his every breath - were now left without him. That is to say he was not the public voice of government anymore.
Ms. Matthews would have predicted as a professional in her field - that this nomination would have been met with questions of patronage simply by the position she held within the Premier's office. Naturally that would have lead to questions of qualifications because of the role of the CNLOPB. It also came at a time of sorrowful memory regarding the loss of life of the Cougar flight 91 and the release of the report of findings on the tragedy.
Problem is, Steve Marshall, Shawn Skinner, and Jerome Kennedy are likely not who Matthews herself would have chosen to deliver a message as to why she was the best candidate for the job.
Marshall's law firm just received the potentially very lucrative Tobacco Suit contract - under questionable process. Shawn Skinner - the Minister responsible for Natural Resources should have remained neutral to protect the department's mandate and Jerome Kennedy the partisan of partisans saying the complaints of Matthews nomination were partisan driven.
I am not partisan - and I did not agree with the process used by government for this nomination, the fibre-optic debacle, the Emera mess, or the choosing of a law firm to sue tobacco companies. Further it would behoove Minister Kennedy, the current Premier Dunderdale, or the past Premier Williams to admit that they used great partisanship for government appointments and to negate competencies of other professionals who they did not consider faithful to the party.
The most punishing administration next to Joey Smallwood's fist of control on power has been the Williams administration and to act haughty and surprised by partisan behavior of others is laughable. To suggest that others not they have a hold on partisanship is like Muammar saying all my people love me - there is no protest.
Unfortunately - in order for Matthews appointment to stick - she herself would have had to deliver the key messages. One question though for Skinner and Kennedy - if Matthews was that important to the operations of government - particularly key areas of negotiations - why is she not working for the government? Did she say no? Was she offered anything? In that message the communication might be worse again.
Ms. Matthews arguably does possess significant experience in the profession of communications. It could also be said that her track record with Premier Williams was successful. In fact I would say she did a fine job in controlling messaging and a finer job controlling media. This is evident by the lack of probing which should have been done respecting many of the projects the Williams administration embarked upon.
Part of her success was in large part due to the nature of her boss and the fact he had no problem being the intimidatory presence to critics of the government or to journalists wanting accountability and accessibility to information. So when she responded to a reporter - in any sort of negative way - denying access to information or interviews - she had a boss who had her back. His popularity - unfortunately crossed over into partisan zealotry causing opposition voices to be silenced - who,what,when,where,why voices to find new material for | news | - and Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who were not satisfied with the decisions of his government to be tried and convicted as traitors.
Unfortunately for Ms. Matthews - the nodding heads that clung so fervently to the coattails of Williams as if guided by his every breath - were now left without him. That is to say he was not the public voice of government anymore.
Ms. Matthews would have predicted as a professional in her field - that this nomination would have been met with questions of patronage simply by the position she held within the Premier's office. Naturally that would have lead to questions of qualifications because of the role of the CNLOPB. It also came at a time of sorrowful memory regarding the loss of life of the Cougar flight 91 and the release of the report of findings on the tragedy.
Problem is, Steve Marshall, Shawn Skinner, and Jerome Kennedy are likely not who Matthews herself would have chosen to deliver a message as to why she was the best candidate for the job.
Marshall's law firm just received the potentially very lucrative Tobacco Suit contract - under questionable process. Shawn Skinner - the Minister responsible for Natural Resources should have remained neutral to protect the department's mandate and Jerome Kennedy the partisan of partisans saying the complaints of Matthews nomination were partisan driven.
I am not partisan - and I did not agree with the process used by government for this nomination, the fibre-optic debacle, the Emera mess, or the choosing of a law firm to sue tobacco companies. Further it would behoove Minister Kennedy, the current Premier Dunderdale, or the past Premier Williams to admit that they used great partisanship for government appointments and to negate competencies of other professionals who they did not consider faithful to the party.
The most punishing administration next to Joey Smallwood's fist of control on power has been the Williams administration and to act haughty and surprised by partisan behavior of others is laughable. To suggest that others not they have a hold on partisanship is like Muammar saying all my people love me - there is no protest.
Unfortunately - in order for Matthews appointment to stick - she herself would have had to deliver the key messages. One question though for Skinner and Kennedy - if Matthews was that important to the operations of government - particularly key areas of negotiations - why is she not working for the government? Did she say no? Was she offered anything? In that message the communication might be worse again.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Questions that need answers re: CNLOPB
CNLOPB
1. Was there another choice for the Vice-Chair - prior to Danny's announced retirement?
2. Did that person have significantly more direct experience?
3. Was the choice vetoed by Danny after announced retirement?
4. With the above in mind - was Danny really planning to go prior to the Emera announcement?
5. What changed his mind if he was not planning to go as most thought - including his caucus?
6. What happens when you put these things together?
1. Was there another choice for the Vice-Chair - prior to Danny's announced retirement?
2. Did that person have significantly more direct experience?
3. Was the choice vetoed by Danny after announced retirement?
4. With the above in mind - was Danny really planning to go prior to the Emera announcement?
5. What changed his mind if he was not planning to go as most thought - including his caucus?
6. What happens when you put these things together?
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Willderdale Government and Sensational Distractions
Russell Wangersky continues his justified written assault on "tobacco gate" today in the Telegram. He stirs up more questions and comparisons that causes one - who wants to believe in the Willderdale government - to necessarily plug their nose and ears and place a blindfold over their eyes.
Several media outlets have continued to semi-probe the Matthews appointment to the CNLOPB - leaving PC supporters including Ministers like Shawn Skinner to come up with ridiculous excuses to justify the move. Pass out those plugs and blindfolds again.
Since Williams resigned unexpectedly and hurriedly almost immediately after a proposed deal was cut with a publicly traded company (Emera) to develop Muskrat Falls - bits and pieces of sensationalism have cropped up - almost on a weekly basis.
1. The Cabana Fiasco - kept the media hopping for weeks as if somebody really relevant had stepped forward. (That has nothing to do with Brad's CFA status - rather the fact that he is a rookie relative to Newfoundland and Labrador affairs). A guaranteed pass apparently into the "new" Liberals club.
2. The Dumeresque Enlightenment on the resale of Upper Churchill power - pointing an already complicit finger at the PC's - while he himself was involved with a) the attempted privatization b) responsible for a deal that made the already inept Churchill Falls deal with Hydro-Quebec even worse.
3. The almost "pee in one's pants" return of the great one as he inserted himself hypocritically into the Humber West by-election.
4. The awarding of the tobacco lawsuit to Danny's former and maybe current business buddies and former partners in his old law firm - including the Phoenix rising from the ashes piece as the "Firm" moved into new offices - after an investigation found nothing on cause of the fire and rendered it "undetermined".
5. The release of the Fisheries Report - designed apparently to show us the way forward on that Ottawa battered and fried resource. The provincial Minister Clyde Jackman claimed the report was useless and not what they were looking for - particularly in an election year. Then we had everyone from Earl McCurdy to Lorraine Michael to Derek Butler weighing in on it.
6. The fibre optic deal - with another of Danny's former business buddies - Dean MacDonald got the go over by the Auditor General - and apparently has us left stranded and unlit.
7. Of course the Elizabeth Matthews nomination by the Willderdale government to be the Vice-Chair of the CNLOPB. That has the whole gang singing her praises - as beautifully and choreographed as if a maestro was hiding behind curtain number one.
All of these things have kept us a safe distance from the real issue before the people now and one which won't cost us $200,000 a year but may risk the future of several generations of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians - the proposed deal on the Lower Churchill. These billions and billions of dollars of potential - the hundreds of millions and thousands of hundreds of thousands ... you know what Joey meant - is sitting unprotected - unquestioned - not debated - in hopes of slipping this Legacy of Shame through.
If you really want history to repeat itself - continue your blind journey into this abyss - and while Emera shareholders and likely Hydro-Quebec delight in the folly - your children and grandchildren will have to make the U-Haul journey across the rails to roads ruts and take an inadequate ferry service to the great Canada beyond - and Labradorians will be left still unserviced providing economic nutrition needed to strengthen Atlantic Canada.
The Liberals, the NDP, and the media must stop this unimpeded Williams parade into this devastating energy giveaway - by truly engaging the people in debate and discourse designed to ensure we are not marching ourselves into decades of regret and moaning over what could have been. Those in power in the sixties could have stopped the Upper Churchill and those in power now must stop the Emera deal.
Several media outlets have continued to semi-probe the Matthews appointment to the CNLOPB - leaving PC supporters including Ministers like Shawn Skinner to come up with ridiculous excuses to justify the move. Pass out those plugs and blindfolds again.
Since Williams resigned unexpectedly and hurriedly almost immediately after a proposed deal was cut with a publicly traded company (Emera) to develop Muskrat Falls - bits and pieces of sensationalism have cropped up - almost on a weekly basis.
1. The Cabana Fiasco - kept the media hopping for weeks as if somebody really relevant had stepped forward. (That has nothing to do with Brad's CFA status - rather the fact that he is a rookie relative to Newfoundland and Labrador affairs). A guaranteed pass apparently into the "new" Liberals club.
2. The Dumeresque Enlightenment on the resale of Upper Churchill power - pointing an already complicit finger at the PC's - while he himself was involved with a) the attempted privatization b) responsible for a deal that made the already inept Churchill Falls deal with Hydro-Quebec even worse.
3. The almost "pee in one's pants" return of the great one as he inserted himself hypocritically into the Humber West by-election.
4. The awarding of the tobacco lawsuit to Danny's former and maybe current business buddies and former partners in his old law firm - including the Phoenix rising from the ashes piece as the "Firm" moved into new offices - after an investigation found nothing on cause of the fire and rendered it "undetermined".
5. The release of the Fisheries Report - designed apparently to show us the way forward on that Ottawa battered and fried resource. The provincial Minister Clyde Jackman claimed the report was useless and not what they were looking for - particularly in an election year. Then we had everyone from Earl McCurdy to Lorraine Michael to Derek Butler weighing in on it.
6. The fibre optic deal - with another of Danny's former business buddies - Dean MacDonald got the go over by the Auditor General - and apparently has us left stranded and unlit.
7. Of course the Elizabeth Matthews nomination by the Willderdale government to be the Vice-Chair of the CNLOPB. That has the whole gang singing her praises - as beautifully and choreographed as if a maestro was hiding behind curtain number one.
All of these things have kept us a safe distance from the real issue before the people now and one which won't cost us $200,000 a year but may risk the future of several generations of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians - the proposed deal on the Lower Churchill. These billions and billions of dollars of potential - the hundreds of millions and thousands of hundreds of thousands ... you know what Joey meant - is sitting unprotected - unquestioned - not debated - in hopes of slipping this Legacy of Shame through.
If you really want history to repeat itself - continue your blind journey into this abyss - and while Emera shareholders and likely Hydro-Quebec delight in the folly - your children and grandchildren will have to make the U-Haul journey across the rails to roads ruts and take an inadequate ferry service to the great Canada beyond - and Labradorians will be left still unserviced providing economic nutrition needed to strengthen Atlantic Canada.
The Liberals, the NDP, and the media must stop this unimpeded Williams parade into this devastating energy giveaway - by truly engaging the people in debate and discourse designed to ensure we are not marching ourselves into decades of regret and moaning over what could have been. Those in power in the sixties could have stopped the Upper Churchill and those in power now must stop the Emera deal.
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Snap Crackle Pop - the public is awakening - it is our Newfoundland and Labrador
Shawn Skinner has answer for Elizabeth Matthews - CNLOPB needs communications help. NTV
Ed Martin has answer for Emera Deal - Canada is going to be 14,000 MW's short of power by 2030. NTV
Shawn Skinner and Trevor Taylor have answers for untendered, unaccountable, taxpayer burdened deals - redundancy. Telegram, NTV, CBC
If CNLOPB requires communications help - hire a communications director.
Sean Kelly, APR, FCPRS Manager, Public Relations CNLOPB - what does he do?
Ed Martin - if Canada is going to be so destitute of power by 2030 - the best thing for Newfoundland and Labrador to do - is keep our energy in Labrador and pick up all those energy craved industries needing a place to plug into.
Shawn and Trevor - I can make a real good redundancy argument here and it has to do with an extra 40 MHA's who do not have a voice of their own and only act as redundant repeaters of briefing notes which are not read. Newfoundland and Labrador on the strength of obvious redundancies in caucus should only be paying for a couple of Cabinet Ministers, the Premier, and the ex-Premier (for communications help).
Don't forget to visit the CBC website and see the comments made on the Elizabeth Matthews story.
While I am at it - make sure you follow Mike Connors on twitter for the best on the spot Twittering around.
Don't miss Tobacco lawsuit Russell Wangersky's articles in the Telegram
The government continues arrogant behavior and continues to ignore the voice of the people.
Puck passers for Danny have not figured it out yet. Do they realize yet - a day is a long time in politics - just give us a few months. Can't control all the media all of the time - social media is proving its value.
Emera deal must be and will be stopped.
Ed Martin has answer for Emera Deal - Canada is going to be 14,000 MW's short of power by 2030. NTV
Shawn Skinner and Trevor Taylor have answers for untendered, unaccountable, taxpayer burdened deals - redundancy. Telegram, NTV, CBC
If CNLOPB requires communications help - hire a communications director.
Sean Kelly, APR, FCPRS Manager, Public Relations CNLOPB - what does he do?
Ed Martin - if Canada is going to be so destitute of power by 2030 - the best thing for Newfoundland and Labrador to do - is keep our energy in Labrador and pick up all those energy craved industries needing a place to plug into.
Shawn and Trevor - I can make a real good redundancy argument here and it has to do with an extra 40 MHA's who do not have a voice of their own and only act as redundant repeaters of briefing notes which are not read. Newfoundland and Labrador on the strength of obvious redundancies in caucus should only be paying for a couple of Cabinet Ministers, the Premier, and the ex-Premier (for communications help).
Don't forget to visit the CBC website and see the comments made on the Elizabeth Matthews story.
While I am at it - make sure you follow Mike Connors on twitter for the best on the spot Twittering around.
Don't miss Tobacco lawsuit Russell Wangersky's articles in the Telegram
The government continues arrogant behavior and continues to ignore the voice of the people.
Puck passers for Danny have not figured it out yet. Do they realize yet - a day is a long time in politics - just give us a few months. Can't control all the media all of the time - social media is proving its value.
Emera deal must be and will be stopped.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
How will early shutdown of Hibernia affect budget plans???
Hibernia will shut down in February for about 4 weeks. This is 7 months before schedule.
What will this mean to our upcoming budget? Can Minister Marshall provide a mini-statement.
This from Bloomberg online
What will this mean to our upcoming budget? Can Minister Marshall provide a mini-statement.
This from Bloomberg online
The work was moved up from September, Hibernia Management & Development Co. spokeswoman Margot Bruce-O'Connell said today in a telephone interview. The so-called turnaround includes regulatory inspection and recertification of equipment that can't be conducted while the field is pumping oil, she said.
The field's output has been hampered since Jan. 2, when a fuel valve failed in a generator and reduced power needed for production. Daily oil output in January averaged about 120,000 barrels, down from about 180,000 previously, she said.
Shuttering the field offshore Newfoundland in mid-February will help ``mitigate the impact of reduced production that we have right now as a result of the problem with one of Hibernia's generators,'' Bruce-0'Connell said. She declined to comment on the cost of the maintenance work.
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