Manitoba budget taxes stir cookie tasting in Brandon
Ken Wapper reports in Brandon on a public tasting with Finance Minister Greg Sellinger for the newest Manitoba budget. The plan boosts the provincial PST by 47 million and raises vehicle registrations by 23, costing a small firm about 250. Attendees were scarce, with 15 to 20 showing up mostly media. The minister defended health care spending while critics argue for private options and faster service, urging reform over ideology.
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NDP
Brandon
Greg Sellinger
Manitoba
Doer
Sellinger
Alberta
United States
Question Periods and Peter's Test of Love
Analysis contrasts political questioning in Ottawa and Winnipeg with Alberta MLA Ray Speaker’s quiet, effective style. It then shifts to Jesus' interrogation of Peter after the Resurrection, highlighting Peter’s three denials and two chances to affirm love, ending with a warning to weigh words before saying I love you.
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House of Commons
Ottawa
Legislative Assembly
Winnipeg
The
Inquirer
Alberta
Ray Speaker
Alberta Legis
Jesus
Earth
Simon Peter
Sea of Galilee
Peter
Simon
James
John
Christ
Overstaffed: Ottawa PCO PMO staff near a city block
Link Byfield argues the Prime Minister's Office and Privy Council Office require nearly 1000 staff and 800 PCO aides plus 47 departments and 283000 public servants, claiming government is remote and heavy with officials while voters distrust it.
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Parliament Hill
Prime Minister's Office
PMO
Privy Council Office
PCO
Parliament
Alex Himelfarb
Chretien
PCC
Ottawa
Martin
Steve Harper
Wellington Street
Link Byfield
We Citizens Centre For Freedom and Democracy
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