Just before Christmas while doing an interview on a Winnipeg radio station, NDP Premier Gary Doer made an interesting comment.
It’s traditional at this time to look back at the year just past. 2008 will be remembered internationally as a turbulent year economically and politically.
The week before Christmas is, traditionally, the busiest week for most retail stores.
One thing NDP Premier Gary Doer has never been shy about is commenting on federal politics.
Due to the recent Stock Market crash, pension funds are evaporating and savings are shrinking across Manitoba.
The Manitoba Legislature begins a new session November 20th with an opening that will be slightly different than is tradition.
It was just a few years ago that talk show hosts across the country were expressing concern that Remembrance Day observations would become smaller events as less and less World War I and World War II veterans remained to tell the story of those conflicts.
That was the sound NDP Finance Minister Greg Selinger was hearing after his meeting this week with his provincial and federal counterparts where he learned that the tap was being closed on ever increasing amounts of cash from Ottawa.
In the midst of the global financial crisis provincial governments across Canada are rushing to put in place plans to lessen the impact on their residents and the finances of their respective provinces.
One of the things that Manitoba has been known for in the past is that its economy wasn’t prone to significant swings either upward or downward.
