Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition August 9, 2014 It would appear maintaining the post as the Progressive Conservative youth leader is a tough gig. Mere months after former board member and youth rep Braydon Mazurkiewich was tossed from the table for his inflammatory comments on social media toward First Nations people, Tory youth leader Candace Maxymowich has firmly placed a boot in her mouth for stances on sex ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition June 21, 2014 Even the most casual political observer knows Brian Pallister wants to be premier. This is, in all reality, the goal of any opposition provincial party leader. In recent days Pallister and his merry band of Tories have ramped up the rhetoric in the hope of whittling away at the base the NDP has considered its own in some cases for ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition May 16, 2014 As Tory politicians champ at the bit for an election, the decision by the Selinger cabinet to contravene public policy and keep former Manitoba Public Insurance CEO Marilyn McLaren “on the books” has left a sour taste in the mouth of PC party members and taxpayers alike in this province. And rightfully so. This move is in direct opposition to ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition March 15, 2014 Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister has officially gone on the record to promise that the PC party would not cut a single front-line service job if elected in 2016. Rather, the focus would be on what he and his party call a “chill” in hiring, cuts to government advertising budgets and some reclassifications through attrition and retirements — a form ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition January 25, 2014 Next week’s byelections in Arthur-Virden and Morris couldn’t have come at a worse time for Premier Greg Selinger and his NDP government, given how desperately they need to connect with voters before the next provincial election. As candidates in both constituencies campaign to fill the spots left by two former Progressive Conservative MLAs, it appears the call the Selinger government ...
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