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Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2021
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As signs on Winnipeg lawns denounce education reform Bill 64, and rural municipalities pass motions rebuking the legislation, the provincial government has spent $150,000 on things such as bus ads and billboards to try changing the tide of public opinion.
As signs on Winnipeg lawns denounce education reform Bill 64, and rural municipalities pass motions rebuking the legislation, the provincial government has spent $150,000 on things such as bus ads and billboards to try changing the tide of public opinion. It s not a good use of taxpayers money, said University of Manitoba political scientist Royce Koop. A lot of the time what we re seeing from governments now is just flat-out advertising.
According to Cariboo-Prince George MP Dick Harris, the economy is ticking along just fine, thanks to the federal government.
“Almost 460,000 more Canadians are working today than in July 2009 thanks to our Economic Action Plan,” he said in a press release issued this week.
It sounds good, and yes, the Canadian economy has grown for five straight quarters, although we suspect that something more than just the federal Economic Action Plan might have had something to do with that.
While the news may be good on the federal front, here in B.C. it’s a bit of a different story.
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When I asked my editor this week if it was too late to submit a column on the topic of the federal budget, which was finally released last week after nearly two years without a firm reporting on our country’s finances, he said he would welcome the column.
“The fact that our nation’s finances are crumbling shouldn’t just be a 24 hour news story,” he quipped.
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I’m sure the Trudeau government would much prefer if it were a simple 24 hour news story. Take a few blows and wait for the news cycle to move on to something juicier like an inevitable media pile-on against Conservative premiers Jason Kenney or Doug Ford.
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