Premier has discriminated against his Filipino and East Indian MLAs

WINNIPEG – Inkster MLA Kevin Lamoureux today used his grievance to express his dissatisfaction with the Premier’s answers to the two questions he posed to the Premier earlier this week regarding the absence of Filipino and East Indian MLAs in the cabinet.

“Mr. Doer has been Premier for eight years and he has not recognized the credentials and abilities that his members from either the Filipino or East Indian community have to offer,” Lamoureux said.

Lamoureux is demanding to know why Premier Doer has not appointed MLAs from the Filipino and East Indian communities to his cabinet.  Lamoureux is calling for a cabinet shuffle and will not settle for the Premier simply increasing the size of the cabinet as reported in the Winnipeg Free Press on March 24, 1995. An article by Alice Krueger stated, ‘…but Doer also proposes … A further $2 million saving is calculated by reducing the number of cabinet ministers to 15 and cutting the number of government departments.’

“In 1995 Mr. Doer committed to having a government with 15 cabinet ministers and there are currently 18,” Lamoureux explained.  “It is time that the Premier overhauls his cabinet by replacing ministers and not increasing the size of cabinet.”

Every session MLAs are afforded the opportunity to make a 10 minute speech, a Grievance, which takes place shortly after question period.

Kevin Lamoureux can be reached at 204-218-8000 for comments and interviews.