When is a loan not a loan

When it's given to a museum that's massively over budget, plans to operate deficits when it opens, and will never have the ability to pay it back.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/Loans-ride-to-museums-rescue-163013356.html

All of Canada is paying for this shrine to the Asper family, and we are going to be stuck with a whie elephant - an ugly one at that.
Oh well I guess as long as the wine and cheese socialists have somewhere nice to make us all feel bad about ourselves.
Too bad that money wasn't used to actually help people in need, instead of cater to the rich elites like the Aspers.

Health care monopoly to end soon

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/group-wants-alberta-to-end-health-care-monopoly-and-allow-private-health-insurance-161949295.html Started in Quebec, the most socialist province in Canada. Now a group from Alberta is challenging laws on limiting health care. It will happen slowly but some day we will have health care as good as Europe has. It's not right to limit health care. Opening it up will create jobs, prevent Canadians from leaving Canada for health care and lessen pressure on the public system.

Mb fails at health care

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Report-gives-Manitoba-D-grade-for-wait-times-159601045.html The rationing of health care continues. It's a great system unless you need it It's especially great if you work for a health authority. If you need help? Sorry... You've got a long wait ahead. Or if you can't wait, you can go to another country. But hey, Canada's free health care is still best, right? Right?

Asper wants even higher taxes

Noted failed football stadium builder wants to jack up taxes even more. I guess if you are rich off dads money yet another tax hike won't hurt you as much as us. Asper needs to take a step back. All he knows how to do is cost us all money

The losses keep coming for Manitoba

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Manitobas-retail-sector-failed-to-cash-in-on-warm-weather-153124845.html

Less retail sales. And now we have higher taxes. Interprovincial migration losses are piling up.
The deficit is nowhere near being balanced.
But hey, today's NDP tells us things have never been better.
I'd say we can do something about this  in 3.5 years, but it also looks like the NDP want to change the eleciton law again and hold the next election later so as not to have their election near the federal election.
Sigh. Let's just hope Alberta and Saskatchewan can keep paying for the NDP way of life in this have-not province.

Why should Winnipeg settle?

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2012/04/25/brodbeck-water-park

Let's see - new arena is too small, not enough washrooms or seats. Wpg settled.
New football stadium - funded through the back door, no roof, useless in winter. Wpg settled.
New waterpark - smaller than Edmonton. Same size and Grand Forks. Wpg settles?
Not yet. But think bigger people. You want world class, you go big.
The only time Wpg hasn't settled is for that useless museum no one's going to visit unless their teachers order them to.
Good luck getting parents to pay to send their kids to that depressing shrine to the Aspers.

The NDP budget

What a failure that was. I won't go into great detail, but suffice it to say, Manitoba is doomed under this NDP government. They hit us with the largest tax grab in recent memory.
The gas tax is going to hurt us all. It's an attack on the middle class. It's going to make everything cost more. It's now more difficult for rural people to come to Winnipeg for medical appointments.
And it makes crossing over into Saskatchewan all the more appealing. These high taxes are chasing thousands from Manitoba to other provinces, just like Saskatchewan, which is lowering taxes and growing it's population at our expense. This is felt the most in the west part of the province, where shopping and better paying jobs are only minutes away.
Even expanding the PST - that's an attack on women who get their hair done.
The budget is also nowhere close to being balanced, and as wel continue to lose people to other provinces, we're going to continue to struggle to get into the black.

And nevermind Alberta is set to elect the Wildrose government who are tired of footing the bill for the rest of the country. Especially places like Manitoba and Quebec, who feel entitled to their entitlements at their expense.

We're in a lot of trouble, and this government, who cower in fear at the feet of unions, is ill prepared to do anything about it.