Waverley West - and NDP arrogance

The NDP need to get the message that their approach to hiding information is just not acceptable. The delay in the release of the Area Structure Plan for Waverley West until after the by-election is wrong. It has meant that one of the most important issues of the Fort Whyte campaign is not getting the attention it deserves because critical information is being hidden from people until after the by-election is over.It is time to send the NDP a message that their approach is wrong. You can send that message by casting your vote for Jean Paterson, who has spent a lot of time with residents in the Waverley West area and talking to people all over Fort Whyte constituency about this issue. We need someone in the Legislature who will stand up and represent the people of Fort Whyte. We should not be supporting a party which hides information. Earlier this year there were major problems with water standing in the fields. The area will need good drainage. It will need good road planning. It will need good transit planning. It will need good green space planning. It will need good planning for schools. Liberals will be watching closely to make sure this happens.

In the legislature, I asked the government to table the plan for Waverley West so that it would be available for voters to see before the vote. This is only fair and appropriate.

However, in response to my question Christine Melnick, the Minister of Family Services and Housing who is responsible for the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation refused to provide the report.

More than this, Christine Melnick's approach was arrogant and insulting. She said to me:
"the member seems to be really off kilter today." This was entirely inappropriate and silly to indicate that we should not be asking for information in a timely fashion.

One of the advantages of the blog, is that it is possible to give public exposure to this sort of arrogant and inappropriate behaviour by NDP ministers in the legislature. This clearly needs to change. Hopefully, when more people become aware of the NDP's arrogant and inappropriate answers, we can push this government to being more open and more appropriate.

What is clear to me is that we need to elect candidates like Jean Paterson who will help me and Kevin to challenge this NDP government and to change the approach in the legislature.