Winnipeg Free Press
By: Tom Brodbeck
| Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020
Opinion
Premier Brian Pallister had a blunt message this week for Manitoba small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic: suck it up, buttercup.
Premier Brian Pallister had a blunt message this week for Manitoba small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic: suck it up, buttercup.
Those weren’t his exact words, but they may as well have been.
Pallister was asked Tuesday what his message was to small businesses forced to close their doors during the pandemic because of public health restrictions. Instead of showing empathy for people who have lost livelihoods, Pallister decided to lecture them about the collective pain Manitobans have endured.