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NDP easily keeps Manitoba seats in by-elections

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The Canadian Press

March 25, 2009

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's NDP government easily retained its seats in two by-elections last night, including a race involving long-time member of Parliament Bill Blaikie.

In the Winnipeg riding of Elmwood, Mr. Blaikie solidly trounced his rivals, Conservative candidate Adrian Schulz, a young entrepreneur, and Liberal Regan Wolfrom, a small business owner. With more than two-thirds of polls reporting, Mr. Blaikie received 1,416 votes, compared with 620 for Mr. Schulz and 563 for Mr. Wolfrom. James Beddome of the Greens received 128 votes

It was a similar situation in The Pas, where the NDP's Frank Whitehead, former chief of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation, handily defeated Tory Edna Nabess and Liberal Maurice Berens.

Both seats were cakewalks for the NDP in the 2007 general election.

grumpy old man

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Manitoban's don't seem to get it. Shame.

Add in the double-dipping Blaikie and more's the tragedy. This knob and his counterpart "swap" seats and will enjoy his federal pension, his MPP salary, and eventually his provincial pension.

I ordinarily would not worry one wit about a pensioner working while collecting a pension. More power to him/her.

But here it looks like Malloway and Blaikie took advantage of Manitoban's rabid-like penchant for electing NDP to double-dip on the government pension teats.

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Yes this is as shamfull as the mess the NDP have made of this here province . Sad the poor keep electing them as they are the party of the poor .

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They are the party of the stupid.

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So now Blakie is a Double-Dipper-Nipper eh. Shame. The guy's way, way too greedy to be a Preacher imo.

For all the many years he's been sucking at the public teat, there is nothing that he actually accomplished. What a fcuken joke!!!

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JTF wrote:So now Blakie is a Double-Dipper-Nipper eh. Shame. The guy's way, way too greedy to be a Preacher imo.

For all the many years he's been sucking at the public teat, there is nothing that he actually accomplished. What a fcuken joke!!!

Comrade Blaikie....commie bastard!

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Good Post! lol!

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A Double Dipping Nipper Commie Bastard.

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A smart commie bastard we would all do it if we could come on .

Freeman

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No, I would not do it. Its just wrong, anyone with a grain of integrity can see that its wrong.

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Tsk tsk tsk....speak for yourself Pav. It's very wrong.

grumpy old man

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Ethics are not the strong suit of too many politicians.

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Yes morally but not legally and you have no one to blame but yourselves as this has been open to all in politics since day one . If you don't like it change it other wise you condone it. I agree it is wrong but it is not , if you follow .

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Plenty of my retired military friends double-dip as civillians. No rules against it. Good for them, I say.

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Military people would need to as thier pension is not nearly as generous as an MPs pension.

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I take absolutely NO blame for this horsesh1te Pav. I have volunteered for municipal, provincial and federal elections./ I've written to my mayor, my MPP and my MLA. I written to other MPs, MLAs and councilors that I feel have done or said stupid things.

No. I have only them to blame.

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Triniman wrote:Plenty of my retired military friends double-dip as civillians. No rules against it. Good for them, I say.
As I said ordinarily I've absolutely no problem with most retirees taking on additional employment after they retire and while collecting their pension.

But if an army captain QUIT the army to join the airforce to qualify for a second pension I might have an issue with it.

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Yes but the sytem has not changed and we as voters have not pushed it so it is there , hell no different for patronage appointments of ex ministers to comfy jobs . Yes grumpy you and I have alloweed this crap so stand up and face it we are to blame .

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Nope. Won't accept it. You can but don't put that on me.

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Bill Blakie is only doing and getting what he is able to do because we the voter have not taken the time to say he could not . The code of ethics committee has no public person sitting on it , it is run by politicians that we have elected .

Gee we sure b1tch about the police policing them selves , why not the biggest cost to us the goverment . Yes it can change but the sytem has to first and we, you and I have to demand it .

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"Gee we sure b1tch about the police policing them selves , why not the biggest cost to us the goverment . Yes it can change but the sytem has to first and we, you and I have to demand it"

kind of one of the reasons we are thinking of the Manitoba Party

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My God, what a "throw up your hands and stick your head up your ass" attitude. Most military personnel retire at a relatively early age, and have years of productive work life ahead of them. Its just not the same.
Your attitude Pav is just because they do it, makes it OK. What crap!

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What breaks me up is the NDP's image of being made up of the regular joe, common man sort of deal, whereas the reality is that Blakie is will be in the upper 5% income bracket I reckon...sucking about $200K I guess, out of our economy.

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WAY more than that JTF. His pension and MLA salary combined I recon will far exceed that.

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Your attitude Pav is just because they do it, makes it OK. What crap!

And where did I say it was Okay ! Suggest you quuite putting your words in my mouth as I ve grown very tired of it.

Yes it can change but the sytem has to first and we, you have to demand it .

Is that me saying it is okay read before you post anything about what I say. Freeman

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