In the land of Joe Howe’s responsible government

… we have to subpoena financial bureaucrats to give tax-payers and legislators an update on our finances.
And even then we don’t get the financial update.
Deputy minister of finance Vicki Harnish is reporting before a legislative committee today only after she was subpoenaed.
When MLAs ask for information, a government lawyer whispers in her ear and she [...]

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Is the end near for Rodney?

According to a new poll by Corporate Search Associates, Rodney MacDonald’s government is sitting in third place right now.
And the NDP is in a position to win a spring election.
Satisfaction with the overall performance of the PC government decreased somewhat in the past three months, according to the most recent survey conducted by Corporate Research [...]

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RIP Michael Baker

A smart man. A fine man.
He will be missed in Nova Scotia politics.

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So much for Rodney’s Code Orange

NDP Darrell Dexter pulled the carpet out from Rodney MacDonald and left him flat on his butt yesterday when he announced business tax credits to a business audience in Halifax.
While Rodney is running a Stephen Harper-copy-cat campaign to scare people off the Dippers, the Dippers have ripped a page out of the Conservative book by [...]

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Metaphor-gate shines light on dysfunctional Canada

If any politician has hopped “into bed” with another, it’s Rodney MacDonald going to the bed chamber of Stephen Harper.
Mike Duffy’s ill-chosen getting-into-bed metaphor was used to shallac PEI and Newfoundland premiers who are standing up to Harper who used the budget to beat up on little provinces and play them off against one another.
This, [...]

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The lowest of the low

In trying to smear Nova Scotia MP Bill Casey, Stephen Harper has only smeared himself and the entire Conservative Party of Canada.
By calling in the RCMP to investigate a routine transfer of funds in Mr. Casey’s constituency, Mr. Harper has raised the spector of theft and embezzlement. Of course, Mr. Casey did nothing wrong. And [...]

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Rodney is Stephen Harper’s dupe

So Rodney’s showing off his letter from Harper’s finance minister Jim Flahtery.
It says Rodney will get his $75M from the federal budget after all.
YEah, Rodney, is that like: “The cheque is in mail?”
Rodney MacDonald should tone down his hubris. The fact he needs a letter to guarantee the content of the Atlantic Accord should be [...]

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Is Kevin Cameron Rodney MacDonald’s new deputy?

That would be Kevin, former general manager of the Moosehead’s hockey team?
Rumour has it that affable Kev is replacing Stephen “I didn’t compare the NDP to North Korea” Greene in the Dep Chief job. Greene, a former Reformer and insurance executive, is now a senator.
Kev seems a long way from that.
After a career in sports [...]

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Preem Casey?

Marilla Stephenson of the Chronicle Herald puts forth this interesting scenario.
She opined today that Bill Casey might be laying the groundwork for a provincial Tory leadership bid. This week he announced he wouldn’t re-offer in the next federal election.
He did after all say he had at least one more career left in him. He is  [...]

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Rodney’s doing the shuffle

UPDATE: Rodney’s moves his strongest suits in a pre-election shuffle of the deck.
Karen Casey to Health, Chris E’ntremont to Community Services and Judy Streatch to Education.
Blah blah blah.
This shuffle will no difference. Whatsoever.
As long as Rodney remains at the helm, this government is doomed. He is a weak and visionless leader. His government has been [...]

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