Gimli

Last night in Gimli, I had an opportunity to talk with Deputy Mayor, Lynn Greenberg. He and other municipal councillors have been having quite a time dealing with the recently constructed provincial dykes.

On one point I did get clarification. Whenever there are problems, Gary Doer has a tendency to blame other levels of government - either the federal government or the muncipal government. In the case of problems with the Lake Winnipeg dykes, he has, depending on the occasion tried to blame the muncipalities or the federal government.

I had already received a very clearly worded statement from Joann King, the chief administrative officer of the R.M. of Gimli. She said "The dykes were built by the Province of Manitoba and they are the party responsible for any clean up."

Lynn Greenberg was able to provide further clarification. On the $8 million dyking project, the funding, the design and the construction of the dykes were the responsibility of the province.

In the photo, I am shown with Lynn Greenberg and his wife Bernice.