Promote equity by promoting a quality education
MICHAEL ZWAAGSTRA: A group has asked Manitoba to establish an education equity secretariat to oversee equity officers working in Manitoba schools
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Category: Eye on Manitoba
What Queen Elizabeth II meant to Canada
MICHAEL TAUBE: Irrespective of our different views on the British monarchy, she’ll always be remembered fondly as an important part of the Canadian family
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A Farmers’ Convoy could prove fatal for Trudeau
JOSEPH QUESNEL: If 200,000 truckers scared him into introducing the Emergencies Act, what will he do when 650,000 angry farmers descend on Ottawa?
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Canadian brewers having a hard time staying afloat
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: This has not been a good year for the beer industry and, thanks to the federal government, beer could get even more expensive in 2023
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Universities’ draconian pandemic rules are ridiculous
MICHAEL ZWAAGSTRA: Proof of vaccination is required for students who want to reside at the University of Toronto. Another sign of out-of-touch elitism
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Growth in federal employment is unsustainable
LEE HARDING: The only options left for Canadians are a tax revolt, voting out the government, or a job working for the feds
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Farming is losing to misguided urban politics
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Interest groups are weaponizing science to support a narrative that fits their biased view of what farmers should and shouldn’t do
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Brian Pallister’s Manitoba legacy. Smaller government
LEE HARDING: He scaled back the public service. Will his successor be able to maintain that momentum?
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Moving aboriginal services closer to people a good idea
JOSEPH QUESNEL: But the temptation to allow old-school First Nation politics into the system must be avoided
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When is the right time to mow hay fields to protect birds?
NATURE: Knowing something about the birds, how they behave and where they like to nest can allow nesting and mowing to coexist
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Ditching pesticide ban good for environment
JOSEPH QUESNEL: Manitoba must follow the science and re-introduce the bill to lift the ban on cosmetic pesticides passed by the previous NDP government
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One Indigenous inquiry after another proves fruitless
JAMES MCCRAE: Can anyone imagine hundreds of separate justice systems in First Nations communities across Canada? Manitoba alone has 63 First Nations
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