Winnipeg Free Press COLIN CORNEAU Brandon Sun David McLaughlin, chief strategist for the Manitoba PC Party's election campaign this spring, speaks during a keynote address at the PC Manitoba annual general meeting, Friday afternoon at the Keystone Centre. (Colin Corneau/Brandon Sun) The clerk of the executive council’s message to the Manitoba civil service about the need to work toward reconciliation is drawing both praise and criticism from political experts and First Nations leadership. The clerk of the executive council’s message to the Manitoba civil service about the need to work toward reconciliation is drawing both praise and criticism from political experts and First Nations leadership.