One of Canada’s most resource-rich provinces is acting poor
Manitoba isn't poor because it lacks resources. It's poor because it refuses to develop them
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Manitoba politics
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Kinew promised affordability. He delivered higher taxes and debt
The gas tax came back, bracket creep returned, and spending kept rising. The result is higher taxes today and more debt tomorrow
Legal aid is for the poor. Not for well-funded organizations
A Manitoba court case raises a simple question: should legal aid bankroll organizations that can afford their own lawyers?
Vaccines should not be mandatory to attend school
We already saw what heavy-handed vaccine mandates did during COVID-19. Doing it again will only deepen the distrust
Rationing is built into the Canadian health care system
Long waits and service shortages are not accidents. They are the predictable result of a single-payer system that limits access
Winnipeg sides with Ottawa on gun seizures
Winnipeg needs to focus on crime, not pointless gun confiscation
Canada has a policy-driven food inflation problem
A web of regulations, compliance costs, carbon pricing and interprovincial trade barriers is quietly pushing food prices higher
Rent controls don’t fix housing shortages. They make them worse
Canada keeps trying to regulate its way out of a housing shortage. Argentina tried something else, and the rental market improved
Winnipeg North End school children face a bleak future
Truancy is topping 70 per cent, kids are slipping through the cracks, and volunteers are the only ones holding things together
Want to know the real reason Canada’s health care system is failing?
It’s not about money. It’s about the rules shaping how Canada’s health care system actually works
Manitoba just got a wake-up call on school safety
School attacks underscore why students need police in their schools
Your government has a gambling problem
Provinces call it “revenue,” but it looks a lot like exploitation of the marginalized
Manitoba is doubling down on a failed drug policy
Manitoba is choosing to expand the same drug policy model that other provinces are abandoning
