View From the Legislature

This past week I was honoured to take part in announcements that invest in Manitoba’s future and its ability to be a leader in a number of important and diverse sectors.

As Minister for Training in Manitoba, I was pleased to recently announce the opening of 43 job centres across Manitoba (including in Steinbach) for young people.

Your credit score likely isn’t something you think about often. Maybe you have paid to see what your credit score is and to ensure that it properly reflects your financial history.

The annual Pick Up and Walk was held last weekend and once again Steinbach has received a spring cleaning. While it is an event that kicks off a summer of hundreds of community events, the Pick Up and Walk is really unique in so many ways.

Over the past few weeks, the NDP have been using procedural tactics to prevent a vote in the Manitoba Legislature on what is known as the Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment bill.

Late last year the Manitoba government announced a commission that would undertake a detailed review of the Kindergarten to Grade 12 education system in our province.

When Manitoba’s Provincial Nominee Program was signed in 1998 it was a unique and untested concept in Canada. At that time, for all provinces except Quebec, immigration was solely in the hands of the federal government.

Drivers in Manitoba will have noticed the price of gas jump on April 1 as the Trudeau carbon tax came into effect. It may have seemed like a bad April Fools joke but the impact on consumers is no laughing matter.

Three years ago, Manitoba had the highest ambulance fees of the prairie provinces. Today, it has the lowest.

I’m fortunate to have hundreds of students visit me at the Manitoba Legislature every year. With each visit I am always quick to note to students that our Legislature is, in my opinion, the most beautiful provincial capital building in all of Canada.