Gerrard: More NDP mismanagement – paying extra for helicopter ambulance service – means more suffering for Manitoba’s most vulnerable WINNIPEG – Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard, in a pre-budget press conference, says his party will emphasize the NDP’s mismanagement of the province’s finances, their mismanagement of the flood recovery and the worsening plight of children in Manitoba in the upcoming spring session. The tens of millions of dollars the NDP recently wasted by giving an Alberta … Continue reading
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Liberals release updated report on 2011 flood
With breakup underway on Lake Manitoba and ice threatening homes and cottages, Gerrard calls upon NDP for immediate action on “top five” urgent issues WINNIPEG – Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard has released a “top five” urgent issues document as a follow-up to the Liberal interim flood report of December, 2011 as he continues to host a series of flood forums across the province. He is calling upon Premier Selinger to immediately implement the following short-term … Continue reading
NDP evade urgent issues – strategically – with late session date
April 17th too late to address flood mismanagement and other catastrophes WINNIPEG – Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard is questioning Premier Greg Selinger’s timing in waiting until April 17 to begin the next legislative session – almost half a year since the last time the NDP held a session at the Manitoba Legislature. “The NDP’s choice of April 17 to begin session is extraordinary late,” says Gerrard. “At a time where there are so many pressing … Continue reading
Liberals to NDP: “Congratulations, you finally called a flood review,” but Gerrard asks: “What about compensation?”
WINNIPEG – Just two weeks before Manitoba’s 2012 February flood outlook, the NDP have finally announced an independent review of the 2011 flood, with the issue of compensation glaringly absent. The NDP’s extensive delay in announcing the review also means the report will come too late to identify effective flood mitigation strategies and begin necessary construction for 2012. “The NDP’s flood review should include the compensation of people affected as part of the task force … Continue reading
NDP shuffle Family Service Minister away from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
Gord Mackintosh no longer answering for tragic suffering of children in care WINNIPEG – Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard says the NDP have shuffled Gord Mackintosh out of the Family Services ministry to protect him from having to answer for the growing number of children in the care of Child and Family Services – including those who have suffered and died. The NDP’s delayed release of Family Service’s last annual report – released less than two … Continue reading