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There are notable exceptions, of course. Many otherwise reasonable people have directed astonishing vitriol at Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in particular for their perceived pandemic lassitude, including on the issue of mandatory vaccines. But elected Canadian officials, even Ford’s and Kenney’s direct opponents, have been far more subdued and I’m not sure that’s a healthy sign at all. (It’s not as if they have abandoned vitriol and hyperbole altogether!) Unpleasant as the notion may be, mandatory vaccinations deserve far more champions in Canadian legislatures than they currently have.
Clarke declined interview requests Wednesday, but said through her constituency office she was caught off guard and turned down the post. Ms. Clarke had not been made aware of any appointment to government Treasury Board, but on (Wednesday) did receive an email from the secretary of the Treasury Board congratulating her on the recent appointment and a request to meet, read a prepared statement from Clarke s constituency office. Eileen has contacted the premier’s office and will not be accepting the Treasury Board appointment.
Pallister s office said the online announcement of Clarke s appointment was a mistake and she had not been offered the position.
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Last Modified: 5:14 PM CDT Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2021
The Queen Elizabeth II statue lays on the ground after being toppled last week.
WINNIPEG - Statues of two queens that were torn down by protesters on the Manitoba legislature grounds will be rebuilt, Premier Brian Pallister said Wednesday.
Winnipeg Free Press
WINNIPEG - Statues of two queens that were torn down by protesters on the Manitoba legislature grounds will be rebuilt, Premier Brian Pallister said Wednesday. Tearing down is a lot simpler than building up, Pallister said at his first news conference since the statues were pulled down on Canada Day.
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The Progressive Conservative government promised last year to erect a statue of Chief Peguis to commemorate his signing of the first treaty in Western Canada in 1817 granting land along the Red River to settlers. It would be the first statue of a First Nations person on the legislature grounds.
Pallister said the plan has always been to update some of the language used on monuments so that they more accurately reflect history.
Pallister’s remarks on Canada’s history, however, were criticized.
“The people who came here to this country … didn’t come here to destroy anything. They came here to build,” he said.