GOVERNMENT REFUSES INVESTIGATION; SUPPORT NALCOR'S $ BILLION CONTRACT AWARD

Uncle Gnarley Blog received the Government's reply to my letter requesting that the Premier call an investigation into Nalcor’s award of the contract for the construction of the Labrador Island Link (LIL) transmission line.

While the letter was sent to Premier Paul Davis, it was his Natural Resources Minister, Derick Dalley, who replied.

Readers will recall that this Blogger was contacted by an anonymous person calling himself “Tender Man”. The concerned citizen had conducted extensive research into Nalcor’s handling of the contract award, having documented the process of Nalcor’s decision to first meld one tender into another, and then award the contract without competition. The documentation was gathered from Reports posted on Nalcor’s web site over several months.

DERRICK DALLEY UNMASKS A SPENT GOVERNMENT

Since the 1970s when issues of oil and hydro power emerged at the top of the Government’s policy agenda, the public could always be assured that the leading natural resource Minister is a heavyweight; one of the Government’s best.

Exactly when that tradition ended is moot.  For certain the current Minister, Derrick Dalley, leaves no doubt he is not one of them.   

As the Province increasingly finds itself beyond the tipping point of the $7.7 billion Muskrat Falls project, it should not have to worry that the talent of the Government is so depleted that it was forced to promote one as light as he.  That is not to suggest either Marshall or Kennedy ever were in the ranks of the heavy hitters. But Dalley is not even in their league.

Telegram Reporter James McLeod's news articles confirm  ‘there is no one home’ in the Department of Natural Resources.