How to respond to attack ads: The Manitoba edition

We often see governments attack their opposition to illustrate the point that even if you don’t like us the other guys are worse. The federal Conservative Party is great at this and Manitoba’s NDP has used the strategy effectively, as well. Read More

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Greg Selinger: The face of an inept government

Kelly McCrae: Every day he remains in office we are another day closer to seeing Premier Pallister. Read More

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The Green malaise

It’s hard to imagine the Greens ever becoming more than a party that is pushing a narrow environmentalist agenda to a small number of hardcore supporters. Read More

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Manitoba’s November throne speech

The Manitoba Government has attempted to give their PST hike a second chance for a first impression in their 2013 throne speech. The hike and its rollout will likely go down on as one of the biggest communications blunders the NDP government has ever committed and it cost Stan Struthers his job as Finance Minister. Read More

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Rana Bokhari and the spread of Liberal fever

While a leadership race can energize a party and create buzz in the media it is clear that the province isn’t quite yet catching Liberal fever. Read More

Politics

The Manitoba NDP’s cabinet restructuring

While the recent cabinet shuffle to “reset” the government was not full of many surprises, it does indicate where the government knows it needs help and may shine some light on where the government feels it needs to go to have a chance of holding onto power. Read More

Politics

The Manitoba Liberal leadership debate

The Manitoba Liberal Party has a unique opportunity to stop the bleeding. Candidates shouldn’t view the leadership process as a race for glory, but rather a rescue mission. Read More

Politics

The race for leadership in the Manitoba Liberal party

There are three candidates running to lead a party that has been on a steady decline since 1990; a party with only one MLA in the Manitoba legislature. Read More

City & Politics, Politics

Smooth sailing for Selinger?

Taking a break from the PST talk, will Premier Selinger run again next election? Read More

Essay

Attack of the NDP ads

Barring some kind of miraculous turnaround for the NDP, their best hope is to convince voters that they’re the least worst option on the ballot. Read More

History

Is Manitoba a one-party province?

If the NDP runs and wins an election on tax increases to fund government jobs it would be incredibly difficult to see how any party will defeat them in any time soon. Read More

Business

Do-or-die: The last gasp of the Manitoba Liberals

The PC Party obviously has the most to gain from a collapse in NDP support but where does it leave Manitoba’s third party, the Liberals? Read More

City & Politics, City Hall

Bill 18: Manitoba Tories championing old ideas while world moves on

There’s no sense kidding ourselves, the opposition is based on the fact that Christian schools do not want these alliances within their walls. Read More