Posts Tagged ‘NDP’
Sept 21 2023- What’s In A Name? Ask Nahanni Fontaine.
http://www.actionline.ca Do voters have a right to know who their candidates were, as well as who they are, before they cast their ballots on October 3? The question of identity politics in Manitoba is again the topic- in Episode 11, we ask why some candidates get put under the microscope but others get a free…
Read MoreAug 31 2023 – Flip Flop Wab Has An ER Epiphany
“He was against it, before he was for it.” The baffling policy waffling of the Manitoba NDP took another surprise turn with a promise to re-open 3 suburban hospital emergency rooms. It’s as if they thought no one would remember that their own previous regime had set in motion the shuttering of the ERs so…
Read MoreAug 28 2023- Kinew Shies Away From Media Scrum, While Lamont Accepts The Risk
A chance sighting of Wab Kinew, and his as-yet unexplained refusal to take media questions after a campaign announcement this weekend, propelled the topic of Part 1 of Episode 51: The Perils of Media Scrums. As NDP poll support plummeted, the party has been drawn off the ‘single issue ballot’ approach emphasizing health care, with…
Read MoreFree Press Scrapped Headline Smearing Manitoba Premier – The Great Canadian Talk Show- March 12 2023
Provincial budget coverage ain’t what it used to be: Tom Brodbeck’s column in the Free Press was full of funny backtracks compared to his pre-budget burial of the ‘Hail Mary’ playbook of the PC government. Is he a comedian? “It’s unlikely she’ll find a receptive audience” for “a decent budget” that increases key spending -and…
Read MoreBroadway Breakdown: The Great Canadian Talk Show Podcast – Clip – Feb 26/23
Nahanni Fontaine was shuffled out of Justice, and made critic of a portfolio that she has no street cred in: Family Services. Hear how as a high-paid advisor to the Selinger NDP government for 5 1/2 years, she ducked holding him accountable for CFS scooping up First Nations kids. Where did Wab Kinew shuffle the…
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