On Tuesday of this week Manitoba’s NDP placed a large flag on the front of the Manitoba Legislature to use as a backdrop for a news conference for the Premier who was responding to the imposition of tariffs from the United States on all Canadian goods entering their country.
Economic challenges are not new in Canada. Whether the high inflation rates of recent months or the financial crisis of 2008 (as only two examples), economic challenges occur not infrequently.
Members of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party will be selecting their new leader on April 26th.
Likely many Manitobans were not aware that Saturday, February 1st in our province was Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Day.
Maybe it has happened before, but it is not something I remember seeing. Watching on television Saturday night as Canadian hockey fans booed the playing of the United States national anthem was both surreal and sad.
In the Manitoba Legislative Assembly, the Speaker of the House often refers to elected MLA’s as “Honourable Members”.
Years ago, before I was elected to the Manitoba Legislature, I recall speaking with a then Progressive Conservative MLA.
Even a casual observer of politics will have seen and heard it. After the election of a new government, a great deal of the new administration’s time is spent blaming the previous government.
Politics has always been tribal. Political parties are driven to win elections and because of that there isn’t much grace given to other political parties.
As people begin to return to a more regular routine following Christmas, thoughts often turn to the new year ahead.
