Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition May 14, 2016 For the Manitoba Liberals, 2016 will clearly go down as a case of “what could have been.” The final nail in the post-election coffin struck this past week with a rather low-key announcement that leader Rana Bokhari would be calling it quits after a little more than two years and one election at the helm of the beleaguered party. Bokhari’s ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition December 18, 2015 If the Tories truly have the inside track right now en route to the legislature, they sure aren’t doing themselves any favours in finding that lane. While the NDP promise machine ramped up to epic proportions prior to Christmas, the Progressive Conservatives are doing the exact opposite in staying mum on any sort of commitments ahead of the final quarter ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition November 7, 2015 If Vanessa Hamilton has gleaned anything since her 2010 run for the Brandon School Division board of trustees, it’s that campaigning appears to be in her DNA. This past week’s announcement that she would seek to unseat longtime Brandon East NDP MLA Drew Caldwell puts the soon to be former city councillor in the crosshairs of a campaign once again. ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition May 3, 2014 While riding high on a surge of support, it appears the Manitoba Liberal Party is bent on kneecapping itself ahead of seeing the fruits of their building success. To be perfectly clear — and in the interest of disclosure — I have been a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party in the past, and even ran as a candidate for ...
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