From today's Sun after they interviewed Selinger.
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To hear Greg Selinger tell it, things have seldom been better in Manitoba.
During the course of the election campaign, our premier has suggested the province’s economy is humming, progress has been made on the crime file, and our health-care system is well-run. And if you haven’t already heard 10,000 times since May, big-league hockey has returned.
So really, how bad could things possibly be?
Unfortunately for Selinger and his re-election hopes, despite the perma-glow amongst hockey fans about the return of the Jets, the facts show things in Manitoba aren’t quite as rosy as the premier lets on.
Statistics Canada data shows Manitoba is currently the most dangerous province to live in.
Balanced budget legislation has been gutted beyond recognition so the NDP government can run huge deficits and incur record levels of debt without cabinet ministers having to suffer a pay cut for it (really). And, on average, income taxes are far higher here than any province west of Quebec.
It was no shock Selinger didn’t want to talk very much about any of those things when he met with the Winnipeg Sun’s editorial board. Who would?
It’s a pretty pitiful record, after all.
But what did surprise was Selinger’s attempts to dispute indisputable facts.
The premier told the Sun the NDP is making progress on crime, suggested it’s actually prudent to be spending beyond the province’s means, disputed the notion Manitoba isn’t competitive on income taxes, and flat-out lied when he said his government was skeptical of photo radar from the start.
Heck, he wasn’t even willing to concede Manitoba loses more people to inter-provincial migration to Alberta and Saskatchewan than it takes in — even though his government’s own numbers confirm it. For the tens of thousands of Manitobans still trying to figure out which party deserves their vote next Tuesday, the premier’s attempts at denying reality at every turn should set off alarm bells in their heads.
If this guy won’t even admit there’s problems in these areas, what hope is there of his government solving them in the next four years?
Answer: Little to none.
This is a tired government with no ideas and precious little clue.
It’s time for them to go.
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To hear Greg Selinger tell it, things have seldom been better in Manitoba.
During the course of the election campaign, our premier has suggested the province’s economy is humming, progress has been made on the crime file, and our health-care system is well-run. And if you haven’t already heard 10,000 times since May, big-league hockey has returned.
So really, how bad could things possibly be?
Unfortunately for Selinger and his re-election hopes, despite the perma-glow amongst hockey fans about the return of the Jets, the facts show things in Manitoba aren’t quite as rosy as the premier lets on.
Statistics Canada data shows Manitoba is currently the most dangerous province to live in.
Balanced budget legislation has been gutted beyond recognition so the NDP government can run huge deficits and incur record levels of debt without cabinet ministers having to suffer a pay cut for it (really). And, on average, income taxes are far higher here than any province west of Quebec.
It was no shock Selinger didn’t want to talk very much about any of those things when he met with the Winnipeg Sun’s editorial board. Who would?
It’s a pretty pitiful record, after all.
But what did surprise was Selinger’s attempts to dispute indisputable facts.
The premier told the Sun the NDP is making progress on crime, suggested it’s actually prudent to be spending beyond the province’s means, disputed the notion Manitoba isn’t competitive on income taxes, and flat-out lied when he said his government was skeptical of photo radar from the start.
Heck, he wasn’t even willing to concede Manitoba loses more people to inter-provincial migration to Alberta and Saskatchewan than it takes in — even though his government’s own numbers confirm it. For the tens of thousands of Manitobans still trying to figure out which party deserves their vote next Tuesday, the premier’s attempts at denying reality at every turn should set off alarm bells in their heads.
If this guy won’t even admit there’s problems in these areas, what hope is there of his government solving them in the next four years?
Answer: Little to none.
This is a tired government with no ideas and precious little clue.
It’s time for them to go.
