Gerrard: NDP established monetary value for compensation without establishing the criteria WINNIPEG – Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard says the NDP must provide immediate clarity about lake level standards for Lake Manitoba property owners affected by the 2011 flood, pointing out that three different levels have been provided by the provincial government to some homeowners as the level to which homes must be raised. In question period today, Dr. Gerrard tabled a letter from Steve Topping, … Continue reading
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NDP fail to maintain Manitoba’s important research capacity
Gerrard: Selinger must stop federal decisions to hemorrhage research jobs from Manitoba During question period today, Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard asked the premier why he has failed to stand up for Manitoba and speak out strongly against the federal government reductions in research in Manitoba, referencing the elimination of the National Research Council’s Institute for Biodiagnostics and the Cereal Research Centre. The National Research Council’s Institute for Biodiagnostics has had extraordinary success in producing research … Continue reading
Liberals support provincial delivery of settlement services regardless which party is in power
WINNIPEG – Liberal leader Jon Gerrard is standing up for Manitobans today by supporting the NDP resolution which calls on the federal government to reverse its decision to pull out of a 14-year agreement which allowed the provincial government to maintain the primary role of managing settlement services for new immigrants. “Notwithstanding significant deficiencies of the current provincial program, Manitoba Liberals support the delivery of settlement services at the provincial rather than at the … Continue reading
NDP’s ongoing social deficit a given with their heartless 2012 budget
Gerrard: Will Selinger ever increase housing allowance for low-income Manitobans? WINNIPEG – Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard says the NDP must immediately increase the housing allowance for low-income Manitobans to address Manitoba’s growing social deficit under the NDP – even though, yet again, the NDP did not commit to increasing it with their 2012 budget. “The NDP’s funding for housing through social assistance is so inadequate that people frequently have to dip into their food allowance … Continue reading
Manitobans losing trust in NDP after crippling deficit and failure to fulfill election promises Gerrard: Health care needs patient-focused budgets not NDP’s wasteful global budgets
WINNIPEG – Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard says the NDP’s have so badly mismanaged Manitoba’s finances that there is no way they can balance the budget by 2014 while providing essential services – despite cost-saving optics such as merging regional health authorities. The NDP should have introduced a shift from bureaucratic global budgets to patient-focused budgets, as has been adopted in BC and Ontario. The NDP’s plan to eliminate 6 of Manitoba’s 11 regional health authorities … Continue reading