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Winnipeg Free Press Opinion The legend of Paul Beauregard continues to grow. Amidst a controversial effort to defend himself against Opposition allegations of conflict of interest, the embattled secretary to the Treasury Board suddenly finds himself in a most unusual place. Premier Brian Pallister confirmed, in a year-end interview with the Free Press, that Beauregard whose job would normally keep him far away from the media spotlight or the front lines of government operations is now a senior leader in our COVID response. Why is that so unusual? Secretary to the Treasury Board is one of the most senior bureaucratic positions in the provincial government, overseeing one of the most important internal functions of government. The Treasury Board is the regulator on all fiscal matters and the forum for all major expenditure decisions. ....
Winnipeg Free Press Opinion The legend of Paul Beauregard continues to grow. Amidst a controversial effort to defend himself against Opposition allegations of conflict of interest, the embattled secretary to the Treasury Board suddenly finds himself in a most unusual place. Premier Brian Pallister confirmed, in a year-end interview with the Free Press, that Beauregard whose job would normally keep him far away from the media spotlight or the front lines of government operations is now a senior leader in our COVID response. Why is that so unusual? Secretary to the Treasury Board is one of the most senior bureaucratic positions in the provincial government, overseeing one of the most important internal functions of government. The Treasury Board is the regulator on all fiscal matters and the forum for all major expenditure decisions. ....
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 For anyone who makes a living in politics, this is what an existential crisis looks like. For anyone who makes a living in politics, this is what an existential crisis looks like. For the past month, Premier Brian Pallister and his government have been on the wrong end of a series of unflattering, even alarming public opinion polls. The latest is a Free Press-Probe Research survey that shows, only a year into its second majority mandate, the Pallister Tories are trailing the NDP on a provincewide basis by a small, but significant, gap greater than the margin or error. ....