Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition October 8, 2016 One can only imagine what the personal ad would sound like. Wanted. One leader. Must enjoy long walks back to your balcony seat in the legislature. You must relish the thought of clamouring for someone, anyone to glance in your direction. Be prepared for plenty of long hours, for little pay and even less reward. And finally, you must embrace ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 16, 2016 For Tom Mulcair, the next 13 months of his political career may very well be the most trying time of his years in public office. Although garnering enough support from the NDP caucus to hold on to his waning leadership, party members maintain that their “top dog” will still be shown the door next October — a stance that leaves ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition June 10, 2016 Sometimes leaning on your majority is not the best way to do business. Never was that more evident than this past week when the Liberals backed off on the gung-ho nature of their promise of electoral reform. Less than a month before, the party announced it would soldier on with the election promise to reform the Canadian electoral system, and ...
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 ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition March 26, 2016 “There are no sacred cows,” Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister said as he hinted at things to come should his party win the provincial election on April 19. In taking on those untouchable portfolios, Mr. Pallister seems to have put every aspect of non-essential government services on notice that changes will take place under a Tory government. The main basis ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition March 5, 2016 A warm body and a name on a ballot does not always equate to success in the political realm. There are plenty of instances where candidates have “parachuted” into ridings or constituencies just to fill the slate for a political party. Often they are not successful in their bid for election as they are usually up against a particularly favourable ...
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