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Newspaper
Rivers Banner
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1996
Page
3
Editorial urges ending in camera sessions and secret committees in local government. It calls for electing hospital board members, opening meetings of councils and boards, and ensuring accountability in civil service and public institutions.
The Progressive Conservative Party, once down to two seats and near oblivion, opened a policy convention in Winnipeg to show how time has healed their morale. Analysts note the party’s dramatic recovery since the 1993 Liberal landslide and Mulroney fallout.
At the Winnipeg convention 1,200 delegates show optimism for a Tory comeback led by Jean Charest. Mulroney and Kim Campbell are unmentionable. John Crosbie entertains, while Manitoba focus centers on recruiting a strong slate for 14 federal ridings in 1997. Brandon’s Borotsik named Tory standard bearer. McKinnon seen as vulnerable for Liberals. Overall, Tories expect to win three or four Manitoba seats.
A reader from Gladstone defends Bill Teows and rebuts letters accusing him of leading the Concerned Farmers Sharing the Wheat Board. The writer calls the anti wheat board letter hate literature and notes a typist error changing Sharing to Saving.
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