News - Kelvin Goertzen

Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen says discussions last week in Cleveland, Ohio with U.S. legislators helped develop support for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline as well as the reduction of further trade regulations that hurt businesses on both sides of the border.

Steinbach MLA Kelvin Goertzen says he is getting a number of calls and emails from local residents concerned with a resolution that was recently passed by the Manitoba Teachers Society (MTS) that urges the provincial government to prevent parents from opting their children out of any part of the Manitoba Curriculum, including human sexuality classes.

MLA’s from the southeast put aside Party lines and united behind the “Out of The Blue” campaign at the Legislature on Wednesday afternoon.

Steinbach MLA said the awarding of the construction contract for the new Bethesda Hospital Emergency Room is a huge step forward after delays on the project that have stretched over several years.

Steinbach MLA heads back for the first day of a new sitting of the Manitoba Legislature armed with a stack of petitions calling on the NDP government to make it a priority to get more personal care home spaces and long-term care beds open in the City of Steinbach.

Manitoba Hydro’s most recent financial report is very troubling and should concern Manitoba ratepayers says Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen.

Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, has been reappointed to a regional committee of legislators that will examine key trade and border security issues while pursuing opportunities for interstate and binational cooperation, policy-making and information sharing.

Progressive Conservative Party Deputy Leader, Kelvin Goertzen, welcomed Belgium Ambassador Bruno van der Pluijim to the Manitoba Legislature on Monday and presented the Ambassador with a gift package of New Bothwell Cheese.

Steinbach MLA Kelvin Goertzen and R.M. of Hanover Reeve Stan Toews are pleased that a road in the R.M. that had been closed for more than a year after a bridge was burned has now finally reopened this week after the province installed new culverts and repaired the road.

Manitoba Progressive Conservative Justice Critic, Kelvin Goertzen and Wayne Ewasko, the new MLA for the constituency of Lac du Bonnet, spent Monday afternoon visiting with staff and touring the expanding Milner Ridge Correctional Centre.