Quote of the day
“This is very much a celebration of our 2015 victory. But it’s also a recognition of the hard work ahead.”— Winnipeg South Liberal MP Terry Duguid, on the 2,000 Liberals set to descend on Winnipeg for the first Liberal Party of Canada convention since the party’s huge victory last fall
Some problems won’t go away
SEAN KILPATRICK / THE CANADIAN PRESSNDP MP Niki Ashton
Feminist, me?: When Churchill-Keewatinook Aski MP Niki Ashton compared #elbowgate to domestic violence, the Twitter-verse rightly exploded in response to her hyperbolic outrage. But as Shannon Sampert writes, Ashton’s condemnation of Justin Trudeau’s actions without recognizing NDP Leader Tom Mulcair’s role in all this is incredibly partisan. And her public chiding of Trudeau’s wife, who suggested earlier this month that she was feeling overwhelmed by demands on her time, certainly makes one question Ashton’s feminist leanings. READ MORE
Packed hospitals need solution: The WRHA says it is working to get patients fixed and out of the hospital, on time — there are national guidelines for this. But that’s been the story for the better part of two decades. Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen should recognize the cost to the patients and to the provincial treasury of hospital overcrowding and backlogs that make queues all the longer, and get busy on a fix, finally.
Politics, pipelines and popularity
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Brian Pallister talks to the media after the first Question Period of the 41st sitting of the Legislature of the Province of Manitoba.
Pallister pretty popular: Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is Canada’s second-most-popular premier, with the approval of 46 per cent of provincial residents, according to the Angus Reid Institute analysis of quarterly survey results from more than 5,000 Canadian adults, released Wednesday. In this ARI poll, only Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall scored higher than Pallister. READ MORE
Hat into the ring: A prominent Manitoba radiologist is dipping his toe in the Conservative leadership contest waters. Dr. Dan Lindsay has launched an exploratory committee to determine his chances in a leadership bid. He will be a delegate at the Conservative convention in Vancouver this weekend, seeking out support and intends to make a decision on whether to run quite quickly. READ MORE
Hope for a Western breakthrough, redux: Federal Liberals have been dreaming about a major breakthrough in Western Canada for decades. With a new pro-pipeline policy framework and a surging popularity, can the younger Trudeau do what his father was never able to do — become a major force in the West?
Today in history
May 25, 1979: Manitoba’s Court of Appeal ruled that an 1890 provincial law barring French in the Manitoba legislature, courts and schools, was invalid. The Manitoba government began an updated translation of laws.
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