http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett all blog posts in chron order (most to least recent) en-gb Thu, 23 May 2013 21:55:29 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett/206461482.html The debate in Manitoba over infrastructure funding is still pretty heated, two weeks after the NDP government announced it was raising the sales tax by one-point to essentially double the annual cash contribution to capital projects. When fully implemented, and combined with current... Wed, 8 May 2013 07:46:43 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett/198451552.html Score another direct hit for the Canadian Taxpayer Federation. Our friends at the CTF grabbed headlines this week by revealing, through an access to information request, a personal expense scandal involving Red River College President Stephanie Forsyth. CTF chief prairie sleuth Colin Craig, Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:00:55 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett/195318072.html She's running way behind in the polls, is mired in debt and deficit and facing a provincial election in just 10 weeks time. Could things get any worse for BC Premier Christy Clark? Apparently, they can. Last week, the opposition NDP, frontrunners in the pre-election polls, released exerpts of Tue, 5 Mar 2013 14:00:45 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett/193093076.html We laid down a challenge to all hockey fans: test your knowledge of the rules of the game. You responded in remarkable fashion. Last week, the Free Press posted the Great Canadian Hockey Quiz to test the average fan's knowledge of the rules of hockey. There were 14 questions on everything from Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:08:39 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett/191526912.html If you have a son or daughter in hockey, you will likely come across this video sometime in the next few days. It shows a Selkirk hockey dad, Jason Boyd, infant child in arms, protesting a penalty against his 15-year-old son in a game at Southdale arena. Boyd's son delivers a violent hit along Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:41:20 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett/190722135.html Optics are a funny thing in politics. Thanks to attack ads, talking points, Question Period rhetoric and good old-fashioned retail political manipulation, we develop certain impressions of politicians, parties and even government. These impressions could be well-earned and accurate. Or they could Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:42:30 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett/176994061.html He’s not leader of anything right now, and even if he does win the Liberal crown, it’s a long shot that he will ever get the chance to lead a government. Still, that hasn’t stopped Quebec MP and presumptive leadership front-runner Justin Trudeau from acting like he’s Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:30:19 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett/Are-the-federal-scandals-comparable-141182883.html Allegations of misconduct abound in federal politics right now. We've got the "robocall" scandal, where opposition parties believe the ruling Conservatives sent out fraudulent and misleading automated phone messages to NDP and Liberal voters to discourage them from voting. On the other side of Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:26:36 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett/Flush-the-water-park-140158173.html One of the best stories out of our City Hall bureau today explains that Mayor Sam Katz is getting very close to withdrawing a $7-million offer to a private developer – any private developer – to build a water park. If he withdraws the offer of funding, it would put to an end almost Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:43:39 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/lett/The-rising-cost-of-crime-and-punishment-138945714.html The Free Press has written numerous articles in the last few days on the rising cost of corrections, and concerns by the Manitoba Government Employees Union about prison overcrowding. I weighed in with a column pointing out that maybe it was time for the strident law-and-order advocates to figure Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:38:39 CST