Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Jul. 15, 2021
Opinion
Anyone who thought Eileen Clarke was going to go quietly into the political night is about to be bitterly disappointed.
Anyone who thought Eileen Clarke was going to go quietly into the political night is about to be bitterly disappointed.
After resigning her post as Indigenous and northern affairs minister a decision that has freed her from the suffocating yoke of a domineering premier the Tory MLA for Agassiz is pledging to spend her coming days travelling the province, asking Manitobans for their assessment of the Pallister government.
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Editorial
If the Manitoba legislature’s respectful workplace policy prevents an MLA from criticizing a politically appointed government official, it is in need of immediate revision.
If the Manitoba legislature’s respectful workplace policy prevents an MLA from criticizing a politically appointed government official, it is in need of immediate revision.
Paul Beauregard, who stepped down as treasury board secretary in January, filed a harassment complaint last year against NDP MLA Adrien Sala. An excerpt of the results of that complaint was released by Mr. Beauregard in a politically charged statement last week.
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Mr. Beauregard, who was hand-picked by Premier Brian Pallister in 2017 to implement government’s balanced-budget agenda, alleges he was repeatedly harassed and bullied by Mr. Sala when he made accusations about Mr. Beauregard’s role in awarding a lucrative government contract to Bell MTS.
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is criticizing the Official Opposition for not accepting results of a third-party investigation that stated an NDP member of the legislative assembly violated respectful workplace policies.