Manitoba Progressive Conservative Deputy Leader, Kelvin Goertzen, said this past weekend’s Annual General Meeting of the Party in Brandon was focused on getting individual candidates and their campaigns ready for next year’s provincial election.
Steinbach MLA and Conservative Justice Critic, Kelvin Goertzen, participated in the launch of the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Red Ribbon Campaign to discourage people from drinking and driving during the holiday season and all year round.
Steinbach MLA and P.C. Justice Critic, Kelvin Goertzen, spent last Friday evening with Steinbach RCMP officer Colin Choquetre patrolling Steinbach and municipal areas to get a first hand understanding of the challenges local law enforcement face.
Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, says he is concerned by a growing feeling among local residents and others in the province that the decision by the NDP government to build a new hydro transmission line down the west side of the province instead of the shorter route on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, is a done-deal that can’t be changed.
Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, spent an evening last week with Barry and Laurie McLean, members of the city’s Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP), patrolling the community and getting a first hand look at the valuable contribution the program and its volunteers make to the safety of Steinbach.
With the resumption of classes this past week Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, says the addition this year of an Addictions Foundation worker on a three-quarters time basis to be working in local High Schools is an important step and he wishes the provincial government would offer financial support to increase the service.
Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, met with members of the Canada-U.S. Relations Committee Sunday and Monday of this week in Toronto in meetings primarily focused on trade in agriculture, regulatory cooperation and border security and delays.
Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, says recent cutbacks to the provincial highway maintenance budget have resulted in some dangerous intersections in the southeast and throughout the province.
Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, says a number of Hanover residents have received letters from Manitoba Hydro indicating that the proposed Bi-Pole III hydro transmission line may be running through the municipality.
Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, is one of 17 Progressive Conservatives from across the province who has filed nomination papers with Elections Manitoba in order to run under the Party’s banner in the provincial election in October 2011.