Manitobans to own shares in privatized MTS plan
The Filmon government moves to convert Manitoba Telephone System into a publicly traded company with Manitobans given first chance to buy shares for a three to four week period. Most shares then open to Canadians and abroad, with limits on individual ownership and a Winnipeg-based head office. The move aims to reduce debt and boost equity while preserving Manitoba control and service.
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Filmon
Manitoba
MTS
Bolus-Bolus
Bell Canada
Gary Filmon
Tom Stefanson
Canada
Winnipeg
Manitobans
Stefanson
Eady
Manitoba Securities Commission
NDP
Saskatchewan
Roy Romanow
SaskTel
Provincial voices mix opinion and tragedy in spring column
From Madeira Park to The Pas, readers critique Liberal vows and GST timelines while recalling John Daly's 1989 death at the Trappers Festival. Sheila Copps criticism, Selkirk home-care remarks, and Pine Falls school worries frame a Manitoba provincial letter page.
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John
Harbour Publishing
Madeira Park
Manitoba
Interlake
John Daly
Pas
Archie McIvor
West Hawk Lake
Sheila Copps
Liberal Party
Peace Tower
Ottawa
Penny Reichert
Selkirk
Filmon
Pine Falls
Dave Savard
Georgina Dayton
Headingly
People and Places Around Manitoba Says Rebels and Probes
Letters from Manitoba residents critique MPIC claims and Autopac rate splits, praise the agriculture department’s cow slaughter action after mad cow cases, question microchip mandates for animals, and note local pride in rural school home pages. Readers discuss veterans, farming history, and France’s shift to volunteer Army. See you next week.
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D.H. Coutler
Emerson
France
Manitoba
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