For the first time in 30 years, an international credit rating agency has downgraded the province’s credit rating.
Manitoba NDP MLA’s were doing the best they could at the conclusion of the spring session of the Manitoba Legislature last week to talk about party unity.
There are a number of checks and balances within our system of government. The ability to question government on its decisions and to seek information are two of these.
Last Friday at the Manitoba Legislature was the official swearing-in ceremony for the province’s new lieutenant governor Janice Filmon.
It seems that the provincial NDP government literally has a million ways to waste your tax dollars.
Following years of NDP mismanagement of Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba’s most important crown corporation is reporting that it is expecting to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in the years ahead.
Following the horrific case in April of a 15 year-old child under the care of Child and Family Services being brutally assaulted while staying at a downtown Winnipeg hotel, Manitoba’s NDP family services minister promised to end the regular practice of placing children under CFS care in hotels.
I had the pleasure of meeting last week with representatives of the Manitoba Paramedic Association at my office in the Manitoba Legislature to hear of the changing nature of their profession and its importance to Manitobans.
As a lifelong Winnipeg Blue Bomber fan, the prospect of a new stadium, which began in earnest in 2008, brought with it both hope and excitement.
The NDP leadership race was supposed to be a family feud. NDP leader Greg Selinger managed, barely, to fend off two challengers and keep his job as leader of the NDP and Premier of Manitoba.
