View From the Legislature

The proposed 50,000 square foot Centre for Youth Excellence to be located in Winnipeg’s inner-city and to be run by Youth for Christ (YFC) should be the ultimate win-win situation.

Earlier this week the NDP government announced that it would be asking provincial civil servants to take a wage freeze for the next two years as a way to help reduce the NDP government’s record deficit of $600 million.

It seems the NDP just can’t keep their hands out of the pockets of any of the Manitoba’s Crown Corporations.

The economic crisis that began in 2008 has touched almost every country and has left economies fragile and workers worried about their jobs.

Officials from Manitoba Hydro were back before the Public Utilities Board last week asking for yet another rate increase.

This past week there was a great deal of discussion about the education policies that have either been put in place by the NDP government directly or that have been allowed to develop under their watch.

Manitoba football fans may have begrudgingly accepted the fact that our province’s Canadian Football League team plays in the East Division, but outside of football, most Manitobans clearly identify themselves as being western Canadians.

The role of the Chief Electoral Officer isn’t one that is often in the public eye.

Just before Christmas, new Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger left a proverbial lump of coal in the stocking of every Manitoban with the news that he has run Manitoba into the red by record levels this past year.

I always enjoy hearing about the traditions different families have around Christmas.