‘Health care is a sacred cow,’ says Selinger
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This article was published 20/03/2016 (3495 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The phrase “no sacred cows” continues to haunt Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister.
NDP Leader Greg Selinger trotted out the line again Sunday at a news conference outside of Victoria General Hospital, telling Manitobans, “health care is a sacred cow.”
“That (phrase) means the Victoria Hospital and services like the Victoria Hospital are at risk, that means education is at risk, that means the future of daycare expansion is at risk and we have to make sure we fight against that,” Selinger said. “It is a key indicator of attitude.”
Pallister made the remark last week when discussing which departments his party might target from if they were to form government.
There was no specific policy announcement made at the Sunday news conference.
Week one of the campaign for the NDP has relied heavily on social policy-themed pledges, but light on plans for the economy or how his party will tackle the climbing deficit.
The government’s recent fiscal outlook showed Manitoba’s deficit at $773 million — up from $351 million the government had forecast.
When asked when the NDP will tackle fiscal issues through these announcements, he didn’t go into specifics about future announcements, but touted the party’s infrastructure investments.
“There was a bump (in the deficit) this year, as with other provinces of a couple hundred million dollars, but the overall plan showed the deficit going down, in synchronization with the federal government’s plan for stimulus,” Selinger said, repeating remarks he had made during the release of the outlook.
The PCs issued a statement Sunday noting that Selinger made the announcement in front of a hospital that has the third-worst wait times in Canada.
“It is telling that Greg Selinger stood in front of Victoria Hospital, which has the third-worst ER wait times in Canada, to deliver his negative message of doom and gloom,” said Heather Stefanson, PC candidate for Tuxedo and a current MLA
“He has no credibility when it comes to protecting health care for Manitobans. We will protect front-line services and the workers who provide them.”
kristin.annable@freepress.mb.ca
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Updated on Sunday, March 20, 2016 6:26 PM CDT: Updates with writethru.