Hidden Agenda Of Doers NDP Rural Development Budget Critique
Letter from editor cites 1989 rural Manitoba push for a Rural Development department and praises its early impact. It condemns 1999 moves by Premier Gary Doer to dissolve the department and warns of cuts in agriculture funding, rural programming, and jobs along with hospital closure fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neepawa
Manitoba
Department of Rural Development
Gary Doer
Rural Development Department
Intergovernmental Affairs Department
Doer
NDP
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Research and Development
Department of Conservation
Rural Manitoba critics condemn Doer plan and funding gaps
Larry Maguire MLA for Arthur Virden condemns the NDP for mismanagement and a shift of 288 million from Manitoba Hydro to cover expenditures. He urges rural Manitobans to demand balanced governance, protecting rural programming and opposing hidden agendas.
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Manitoba
Doer
NDP
Larry Maguire
Arthur Virden Rural Development
PC Party of Manitoba
Thorleifson Named Executive Manager of Elk Growers Group
Ian Thorleifson of Baldur has been hired as the Manitoba Elk Growers Group’s first executive manager. A Brandon University graduate, he brings wildlife experience from government and private sectors, including Manitoba Conservation’s caribou and moose work near Churchill and leadership of deer and elk farms in several provinces. The board lists Grant Buhler as president and Tom Gilmore as vice president with other directors Merve Farmer, Ed Harms, Cliff Carson, and Richard Kologie.
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Manitoba Elk Growers
Ian Thorleifson
Brandon University
Thorleifson
Manitoba Conservation
Churchill
New Brunswick
Quebec
Alberta
Grant Buhler
Minnedosa
Tom Gilmore
Portage la Prairie
Merve Farmer
Stonewall
Ed Harms
Mather
Cliff Carson
Dugald
Richard Kologie
Lake Audy
Vernon visitors greet local families in Baldur
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Halliday of Vernon B C visited Calvin and Gladys Darling on Tuesday. Joyce Parsonage spent last week in Delta B C with the Haggertys and Minnie’s 70th birthday celebration. She also visited Ruth Hopcraft Jack Stone’s sister. Flowers and trees were beautiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Halliday
Vernon
B.C
Calvin
Gladys Darling
Joyce Parsonage
Delta
Haggerty’s
Minnie
Ruth Hopcraft
Jack Stone
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Verlin Penner
Albert
Joyce Zeghers
Holland, MB
Holland
River Rd
Dawson School
Albert & Joyce
Landini
Allied Ldr. & Grpl
Pwrshift
Harvest
Great Plains
Bourg
Great Northern
S&f
Yamaha
Deutz
H.p. Hydro
Farm King
ATV
ATV S&f
Scrall
Albert Zeghers
Fraser Auction Service
Elk Growers Group
Pembina Consumer’s Co-operative (2000) Ltd
Manitou Legion Hall
Manitou, MB
St. Claude Community Hall
St. Claude
Mariapolis
Baldur News
Baldur
the Gazette News
Baldur Endowment Fund
Society
Bubbles the Clown
Ninette
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