Either federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair truly believes that high taxes, high inflation and high debt are the way to run an economy or he hasn’t been paying much attention to Manitoba politics lately.
For more than 250 days there has been a vacancy in the Manitoba Legislature as the residents of the Morris constituency have waited for Premier Greg Selinger to call a by-election.
Statistics Canada reported this past week that Manitoba’s inflation rate continues to be the highest in the country. In fact, it is more than double the Canadian average.
It was quite the spectacle at the Manitoba Legislature last Friday as Premier Greg Selinger shuffled his cabinet in an effort to convince Manitobans that his government is now fresh and reinvigorated.
This weekend the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party will hold its annual convention in Brandon.
Throughout the region this past week a number of the local Fire Departments held their annual open houses to correspond with national Fire Prevention Week.
When it comes to the PST increase, Manitobans clearly are not buying what Premier Greg Selinger is trying to sell.
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.
