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Lori Lee Oates is a lecturer in the Master of Philosophy (Humanities) program at Memorial University of Newfoundland and has worked in the senior levels of the provincial and federal governments.
Newfoundland and Labrador is holding its second election in less than two years – another campaign for the leadership of a troubled province where the same old story is playing out yet again.
February 2, 2021 – A return to a balanced budget for Newfoundland and Labrador by 2025/26 is “hard, but doable,” say leading economists Don Drummond and Louis Lévesque in a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Rock in a Hard Place: The Difficult Fiscal Challenges Facing Newfoundland and Labrador,” the authors turn a spotlight on the root causes of the province’s current fiscal predicament – and prescribe solutions to help safeguard the province’s financial future. The authors track the province’s current fiscal problems back to 2012/13 when the budget balance swung back into deficit and the net debt burden rose. Large budgetary deficits had already opened before the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded the situation.
NDP leader Alison Coffin was canvassing knocking on doors in St. John’s on Tuesday before she takes her campaign to Labrador. She also took aim at the Premier’s Economic Recovery Team, accusing Andrew Furey of backpedalling on the controversy. NTV’s Kelly-Anne Roberts reports.
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A decade ago, Newfoundland and Labrador set an example with the lowest food insecurity rates in the country. In the COVID-19 pandemic, the province finds itself at the back of the pack. (wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock)
A decade ago, Newfoundland and Labrador was setting an example by having the lowest food insecurity rates in the country.
But that was then.
Coming into the pandemic, we found ourselves at the back of the pack with some of the highest rates in the country.
For much of the past year, CBC Newfoundland and Labrador has been reporting on food insecurity through our series FedUp.
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