This past Thursday the K.R. Barkman park in Steinbach was the overnight home to about 50 people who participated in the CEO sleepout to raise awareness about homelessness and those in need of support in our community and region.
It may have come as a surprise only to the NDP government that retail sales in Manitoba were down 4.1 percent in July from the previous month.
This past weekend I was in Kansas City, Missouri as part of the Council of State Governments national conference.
This past Friday the Manitoba Legislature recessed as it usually does for the summer. Only there was one difference this year, the summer was already over.
Public hearings on the NDP government’s controversial Bill 18 have been occurring at the Manitoba Legislature over the past week.
It has been several months since NDP Premier Greg Selinger announced that he would be increasing the provincial sales tax from 7% to 8%.
Manitoba school children and youth are heading back to school as another summer recess comes to an end.
In Manitoba we are fortunate to have caring and professional medical staff in our hospitals, clinics and other healthcare centres.
The past week at the Manitoba Legislature focused largely on the search for accountability. It wasn’t an easy search.
One of the things that Manitoba’s NDP government has been trying to do since increasing the PST from 7% to 8% is convince Manitobans that it’s really a small increase in taxes that will not impact Manitoba.
