UNCLE GNARLEY

Opinions On Newfoundland Politics That Bite

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Muskrat Falls and Voodoo Economics

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The method that Nalcor is using to price the electricity from Muskrat Falls should be a major concern to the residents of the province. The ...
Monday, 26 November 2012

More Bafflegab on the Upper Churchill

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In another recent ‘information dump’ the Minister of Natural Resources released a Paper entitled: “Upper Churchill: Can we wait until 2041?”...
Friday, 23 November 2012

YVONNE JONES WAS PLAIN WRONG!

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Yvonne Jones was wrong, this week, to imply that she would vote in favour of the Muskrat Falls project if she could get some benefits for he...
Thursday, 22 November 2012

The Pursuit of Apathy

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I was lying in my comfy chair listening to evening news.     The forecaster called it the ‘weather bomb’.   This was a term that my old frie...
Monday, 19 November 2012

DOING THE MATH ON A MINING SUBSIDY

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An article in the Kamloops Daily News, written by Columnist, Jim Wentworth, in June 2012, notes that an electrical subsidy to a proposed mi...
Thursday, 15 November 2012

The Power is in Whose Hands?

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By now you have received your Muskrat Falls Brochure.   It was aptly titled “the power is in our hands”.   I have to assume that the “our” r...
Monday, 12 November 2012

WHAT HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO FORT McMURRAY?

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Small island economies are naturally vulnerable.    Natural barriers, including remoteness and marine geography, implicitly, exacerbate the ...
Thursday, 8 November 2012

WHO PAYS THE COST OF MINING SUBSIDIES? YOU DO.

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This piece contains many questions.   I suggest members of the public should start asking some of them.   Let’s start here: should this Pr...
Monday, 5 November 2012

PECKFORD'S BOOK TOUR SPEAKS VOLUMES

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Former Premier Brian Peckford, my boss for six years, (1979-1985) was on my mind this week.   I had read that he was spending several days c...
Thursday, 1 November 2012

MUSKRAT FALLS: THE ‘SKINNY’ ON COST OVERRUNS

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My Blog Posts and letters to The Telegram have mostly dealt with the arbitrary approach of the Dunderdale Administration and the consequence...
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Uncle Gnarley is written by Des Sullivan, of St. John's. He is a businessman engaged in real estate, retail and development companies. A Director of Sullivan Capital Corporation, he is a former Executive Assistant to Premier's Frank D. Moores (1975-1979)and Brian Peckford (1979-1985). He also served as a Part-Time Board Member on the Canada-Newfoundland Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB). Uncle Gnarley permitted the use of his highly regarded name provided he could have full access to state his own rather unequivocable opinions. (A more detailed Profile of Uncle Gnarley is described in the very first Post entitled "Uncle Gnarley is alive and well" found on this site. Sullivan is a firm advocate of sound fiscal management by the provincial government and intends to use this Site as a forum for commentary on the major issues of the day. Says Sullivan, "Newfoundland and Labrador inspires debate on a variety of issues, a veritable Muskrat Falls of opinion". Readers are invited to leave their opinions, too. Uncle Gnarley will post every Monday, and more often as events warrant.
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