The NDP are spending your money again. This time, they are throwing around your tax dollars in an apparent effort to buy the support of a few thousand NDP members who will be deciding who is going to be Premier after March 8th.
We often use the New Year to make a number of resolutions. These resolutions usually revolve around self improvement and how we would like to better ourselves in the coming year.
One of the definitions of the word “equal” that is provided by dictionaries is that of “being the same as something else”. For humans, the concept of things being the same in our lives is elusive.
After both expanding the number of things the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) is charged on and then increasing the rate from 7% to 8%, it’s hard to believe that the NDP could actually be coming back to Manitobans with another tax increase.
The NDP have been telling the public that their current state of turmoil, which involves part of their Caucus in open rebellion and an upcoming leadership convention, is purely an internal issue.
After a month of high political drama, it would be understandable if Manitobans were left wondering what all the fuss was about.
Last week the Manitoba NDP government brought forward its annual Throne Speech. It kicked off what will be one of the shortest fall sessions (although fall is mostly a memory at this point) that the Manitoba Legislature has seen in recent times.
The Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party held its annual general meeting this past weekend in Winnipeg. Several hundred Party members came to the convention and close to 1,000 were on hand for a gala fundraising dinner that capped off the event.
The last few weeks have been unprecedented in Manitoba politics. It began several weeks ago with the public musings that Premier Greg Selinger was under pressure from some in his political party to resign.
This week, NDP MLA’s and Cabinet Minister’s were busy blaming Greg Selinger for the increase in the PST from 7% to 8% while they did their best to get him to quit as Premier.
