Opinion: shrinking role of government in Manitoba
The writer critiques Health Minister Dave Chomiak and Finance Minister Greg Selinger post election, urging spending freezes and department budget discipline. Proposes privatizing crown corporations except Hydro, funding education by lump sums per student, and devolving health care decisions to hospital boards, condemning micro management and calling for faster private options and compassionate end-of-life policies.
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Dave‘ Chomiak
Greg Selinger
Chemiak
Selinger
Feds
Ydro
Hydro
NDP
Education Department
Manitoba Health Department
Canada
Manitoba NDP faces loophole in Balanced Budget Law
The NDP risks breaching Manitoba’s Balanced Budget Law after a Deloitte review projects a 1999/00 deficit of 262 to 417 million. Section 4(2) allows an election-year deficit, prompting calls to close the exemption and push for spending cuts before year-end. Paul Martin’s federal budget quote is cited for context.
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NDP
Tories
Deloitte and Touche
Manitoba
Greg Selinger
Ontario
Selinger
Ottawa
Paul Martin
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