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Manitoba Legislature Opens Amid Bitter Question Period
The 14 week spring session featured heated exchanges as the NDP pressed for an early election while Premier Filmon defended a fifth balanced budget boosting health care by 194 million to 2.1 billion and trimming taxes. The NDP backed the budget in a rare turn, pledging workfare bills and welfare reform, with campaigning effectively underway for a fall election. The house ended with 31 Tories 23 NDPs two Liberals and one vacancy.
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