Provincial Politics

Lending Must Be Transparent

  [Originally published in The Guardian (Charlottetown) · 21 May 2015] An open letter to Premier Wade MacLauchlan: Dear Premier:…

8 years ago

Murphy’s Law For PEI Taxpayers

Now that Teresa Wright is finished at the Guardian, there's a good chance lots of interesting news will never hit…

8 years ago

Politics and Media Bias in PEI

Bias is a strange thing.  It can be overt and obvious;  but usually it's extremely subtle and barely detectable. At…

8 years ago

Three Premiers and a Business Tycoon

   Premier MacLauchlan recently announced two major projects: A fibre-optic backbone; and an expansion of home-care health services. I wonder…

8 years ago

Blowing the Whistle on the Whistle-Blowers Act

To be effective, whistle-blower legislation requires an arms-length process that protects workers from reprisals for reporting government wrong-doing. Everyone understands…

8 years ago

RELYING ON THE “GDP” IS UNETHICAL

Premier MacLauchlan continually equates good economic news with an expanding Gross Domestic Product (GDP). But since the GDP only values…

8 years ago

OPPOSITION LEADERS WANT WADE TO GO TO “PNP REHAB”

STEP 1: "Admitted we were powerless over failed PNP deposits, and that our deficit and debt had become unmanageable." "James…

8 years ago

PREMIER MACLAUCHLAN EXERCISES POOR JUDGEMENT

For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance.   [Matthew 25:29] A shorter, more polished version…

9 years ago

INSIDER CONNECTIONS – PART I: (Wade, Duncan and the O’Neills)

At the Liberal government's Economic Forum held on March 16, 2016, Premier MacLachlan introduced the members of his Economic Advisory…

9 years ago