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I have been looking for candidates in Brandon west and found no info. Do we actually have contenders?

Thanks. Hopefully we get some official contenders other than PC.

Hello,  
 
My name is Robert Brown and I am seeking nomination for the Green Party in Brandon West. If you are a Green supporter, or would like to see another choice on the ballot contact me to add your name to the nomination form! The more choices we have the stronger our democracy becomes. I am dedicated to actively representing Brandon West and I believe in leadership through service. I would like to have the opportunity to serve my community as a Green Party candidate.

Thanks, I actually like the Green Party lately and am glad someone is running. I’ll look you up.

I’m in Winnipeg right now and the amount of NDP signs on people’s lawns is outstanding. I have barely seen any PC. Seen more liberal signs then PC

I can’t quote on this app but for the person thinking Pallister has been great, what is that based on? I am not affiliated to any party this party sure has done a number on the education professionals and civil servants. If they are less important than saving money to you then I guess I see why you like him.

Why do you feel that people that belong to unions are better than anyone that doesn't belong to one?  
There is no way that any party can please everyone. Zero chance of that ever!  
There are a lot more jobs out there that are not unionized but the unionized ones are the ones that all the news outlets and people care about!  
As far as I am concerned we don't have a good alternative and it is a lost cause. We either try to get spending under control or we spend to the point where our province is close to bankrupt again, either way half the people in the province aren't going to be happy. Problem is only the unionized jobs get heard!

Finally!!  
Someone gets it. We have to get the spending under control.  
Everything you said.

The election topics seem to be concentrated on healthcare,meth,education. Which I believe are very important topics. No party has touched on infrastructure,is there money for improving provincial parks,are there plans to raise taxes or lower taxes, the carbon tax has not been talked about in depth, I know this is a federal thing but the province has the authority to say no. And, for the commercials, stop the American style where the parties bash one another  
Let's hear the plans ,not why each leader is not a good leader.

Did say something about infrastructure, but briefly. I totally agree with you on everything else. What worries me is the health care - or lack thereof. To me as someone older, that is very important. Waiting lines in ER's way too long, shortage of nurses (and doctors). Even trying to get an initial appointment for a specialist in Winnipeg took 9 months when it was needed asap. Beds shutting down, not enough help for the meth crisis...the list goes on... I'm frustrated with the lack of health care wait times.

Yes spending has to get controlled, offering work to non union workers is ok, but when the current government shut down the sealcoat crew based out of Brandon and gave the work to Wescan from Alberta who brings their own employees and camps to live in that is wrong. All the money being paid to them will be spent and taxed in another province. Also this government took pres:cription medicine supply to care homes away from local pharmacies and awarded it to Shoppers Drug Mart (another out of province company). This had a huge impact on small town pharmacies that lost the bulk of their business by that decision. some of them had to cut their employees back because of the loss. There is a lot more if you take the time to research the topic.

All levels of government spending is out of control. I really feel sorry for the generations to come - they are going to be taxed to death. They are all making 'if we get elected' promises. but they aren't saying how they are going to pay for the promises, the money has to come from somewhere.

The best way to judge a political party's future behaviour is to look at the past. So please choose either NDP/PC/LIBERAL, whichever you think to be correct. We will speak generally here and lump federal provincial and everything all in one.  
 
1. Which party is likely to accumulate more debt?  
 
2. Which party will result in higher overall taxes?  
 
3. If you have a family (lets say 2 parents & 2 kids). Which party will leave you in a better financial position?

My answers to your questions  
1- NDP  
2-NDP provincially, Liberal federally  
3-PC  
 
These are my opinions. I’m personally going the conservative route as the proverbial belt needs to be tightened for awhile. Spending was out of control and too high/ too many taxes are taking a toll.  
 
Edited by Cheezies, 2019-08-22 14:02:48

Green Party ever been in ? I'm not really up on politics .

So are there zero Manitoba people being employed by this Wescan company? I find it hard to believe that there are no Manitoba people working for said company. Even Flynn came into Brandon and hired people from Brandon and area, It would be so expensive for a company to not employ locals.  
I have seen company's like Zenith doing sealcoating and I have also seen when the MB government employees do it, guess which crew had more people working on the job?? I'm not saying that either crew was bad, I am saying though that there were a lot more people standing around with the government crew. Why, because a company like Zenith will not send people out to just stand around, they send out workers to get the job done fast and proper.  
If you look back before the NDP were booted out of power they sold off the Land Titles to an Ontario company. So there were great office jobs that went out of Province. Why would you sell off a Crown company that just collects money from home sales in Manitoba? Do those jobs not matter? I never heard you complaining about that, anyone for that matter.  
As far as I am concerned all government jobs should be sourced out to private businesses! It would save so much money in the end and then it is private businesses that can worry about paying higher wages and the pensions if they want. Government jobs are now just lots of managers with an endless amount of assistants now anyways, so more work will get done faster and then save money.

 
 
Edited by Wishin for summer, 2019-08-23 00:53:58

 
 
Edited by Wishin for summer, 2019-08-23 00:53:44

agree with your post.

I happen to be a senior citizen as well but think we need to look at this in other ways.  
We need to have healthcare but about 50% of the money that is raised through taxes is already used just for healthcare expenses. That means that only the other 50% is available for other costs: roads, education, construction, maintenance, interest on the debt, etc.  
If Health care costs keep increasing then either healthcare takes a beating or other programs are hurt.  
The opposition is calling for more money to be spent on funding for drug abuse: this is mostly a self inflicted abuse and takes healthcare away from those that really are in need of it.  
Thus the dilemma becomes, how do we fund the added costs? People complain about added taxes. They complain about healthcare fees( not yet even proposed). They complain about the cost of their medication. and the list goes on and on. Does anyone have an easy solution? NOT SO EASY IS IT.  
 
Edited by KWD, 2019-08-23 18:42:49