Greg Selinger
2011 Manitoba Election Archive
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Incumbent since 1999
party leader
Greg Selinger incumbent
Political Party: NDP
Phone: (204) 930-4232
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The right track for renewal: Moving Winnipeg's innercity rail yards
Saturday, 07 July 2012
Winnipeg Free Press - You can already read a batch of studies, including a 1985 academic paper on the topic by Premier Greg Selinger. Later this month, the Free Press will host a public forum and brainstorming session at the News Café. In the meantime, you can download a map ...
Praise for the late Bill Norrie
Saturday, 07 July 2012
Winnipeg Free Press - Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, who served one term as a councillor under Norrie. "I admired his courage and his years of devotion to public life." -- Susan Thompson, Winnipeg's mayor from 1992 to 1998. "If you look at the last 60, 70 years of the city's ...
Earlymorning light
Friday, 06 July 2012
Winnipeg Free Press - Wuskwatim project a joint venture. 07/6/2012 11:59 AM0. July 5, 2012 - NCN chief Jerry Primrose and Premier Greg Selinger say the Wuskwatim dam project is a new beginning for their relationship. Video ...
Bill Norrie dead at 83
Friday, 06 July 2012
Winnipeg Sun - Norrie is known to have been an effective leader in quietly bringing a consensus on difficult issues involving disparate viewpoints. Among his achievements, Premier Greg Selinger pointed out that the “two biggies, for sure” were his role in helping to plan The ...
Tories playing politics with bear
Friday, 06 July 2012
Brandon Sun - While we have many beefs with Premier Greg Selinger's government, the Tories are needlessly playing politics with this one. Let's put this into context a bit. Here are a couple of stories that have grabbed the headlines over the last few weeks. • There are ...
Chief sees dam as turning point
Friday, 06 July 2012
Winnipeg Free Press - NCN Chief Jerry Primrose and Preimer Greg Selinger get a close look of the working turbine at Wuskwatim. The Wuskwatim Generating Station located on the Burntwood River in northern Manitoba where the first of three generators went online. The station ...
THE RIGHT TRACK FOR RENEWAL?
Friday, 06 July 2012
Winnipeg Free Press - Many believe Premier Greg Selinger is likely far more sympathetic to the idea of moving the rail yards, given his activism on the issue in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But the province is cash-strapped and risk-averse, and Selinger said during last fall's ...
Bridge over troubled yards
Friday, 06 July 2012
Winnipeg Free Press - Sources: Winnipeg Free Press archives; Viable Policy and Plan Making: The Fight in Winnipeg to Stop the Sherbrook-McGregor Overpass and Relocate the CPR Yards, by Greg Selinger, 1985. Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 5, ...
Wuskwatim power station officially opens
Friday, 06 July 2012
Updated News - Tags. Manitoba's newest hydroelectric station was officially opened on Thursday. Premier Greg Selinger toured the Wuskwatim Dam and generating station at Taskinigup Falls, on the Burntwood River near Thompson, about 800 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
Power flowing from massive hydro project
Thursday, 05 July 2012
Winnipeg Free Press - On Thursday morning, Premier Greg Selinger and other officials flew to northern Manitoba to mark the launch of operations at the Burntwood River site. The $1.37-billion project has been six years in the making, and will send 200 megawatts of energy into the ...
Questionnaire Response
Greg Selinger - St. Boniface
Why did you decide to run in the 2011 Manitoba election?
Our government has made a lot of progress since the 90’s and I think if we work together we can achieve much more. I want families to have access to health care, quality education, good jobs, and feel safe in their communities.
What experience will you bring to compliment your role as MLA?
As a resident of St. Boniface for over 30 years and having raised my two sons in this community I feel passionate about St. Boniface's wonderful and unique qualities as a neighbourhood and its contribution to making Manitoba the wonderful province it is.
Is there anything in particular you would like to change in our province? In your electoral division?
Health care accessibility, opportunities for young people, recreational infrastructure, quality education & keeping Manitoba Hydro publically owned.
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