View From the Legislature

It’s time that the provincial government gave farmers their due and not simply the blame.

It’s just gone from bad, to much worse! There were plenty of reasons before for Manitobans to have objections about the NDP government’s plan to run a new Bi-Pole hydro transmission line down the west side of the province even though a route on the east side of Lake Winnipeg is much shorter.

On Tuesday January 18th I spent the day in Fargo, North Dakota at the Red River Basin Commission annual meeting where flood forecasters from the U.S. Weather Service were giving their update on potential spring flooding in North Dakota.

Sometimes when people think about the problem of crime they think about it as an urban concern.

Many rural Manitobans know all too well how hard it is to find a family doctor. In many rural communities, including those in the southeast, there simply are not enough doctors to ensure everyone has their own family physician.

In the December 16, 2010 edition of The Carillon I wrote in this space about the prospect of the NDP government raising taxes on Manitobans if they were to win re-election later this year.

How does the celebration of Christmas change as we get older? As I reflect on that this Christmas, it seems that while some of the changes are a natural part of adulthood and responsibilities, perhaps the scales have tipped too far in one direction.

During the recent municipal election, the Manitoba NDP supported Judy Wasylycia-Leis in her run for Mayor of Winnipeg against Sam Katz.

This week Statistics Canada released its report on how well our kids are doing in critical areas such as literacy, math and science.

Last week the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) held their annual general meeting in Winnipeg and among the business they conducted was a debate on where the controversial Bi-Pole III hydro transmission line should be located.