View From the Legislature

While it’s the latest in a series of victories, it sometimes doesn’t feel that way. And it won’t feel like a victory until the U.S. accepts the most recent World Trade Organization ruling issued this past week.

Something isn’t adding up. Every year the provincial NDP government makes announcements they say are going to strengthen our schools and improve education in the province. And every year things get worse and worse.

Would you hire someone for $50,000 with the expectation that they will do nothing in return for the money? The NDP would, and in fact they did.

During the last provincial election Greg Selinger and the NDP ran ads saying that Manitobans would not have to pay one penny for the cost of constructing the BiPole III hydro transmission line.

As I toured the newly expanded Steinbach Regional Secondary School (SRSS) with Campus Administrator Luis Reis it was hard not to think back to when I had graduated from that school and how much things have changed.

Last week Thursday was September 11th, a date that since 2001 will forever be remembered for the horrific terrorist attacks that happened in the United States.

It’s the industry that literally never stops. Every minute of everyday, the trucking industry keeps on going and a driver is bringing a trailer or flatbed full of cargo to its destination.

Across Manitoba young people are returning to school after their summer break. While this is an exciting time for many students, it is often a return to a more routine schedule and a reminder that we need to do our part to ensure our kids get to and from school safely.

The NDP want to increase the insurance premiums that you pay through Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) to register your vehicle.

For the past number of years Manitoba Progressive Conservatives have been warning Manitobans that the out of control spending of the NDP government ultimately comes with a price.