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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Focus on rural issues lacking
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Beausejour Review - Premier Greg Selinger has also committed to better cancer care for rural families, according to the website. The Conservatives? Their website newsroom focuses on a medical chopper for the City of Brandon, and a community investment fund designed to ...
Selinger Commits to Hire 200 More Doctors
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
ChrisD.ca (blog) - Premier Greg Selinger made the announcement on the U of M's Bannatyne Campus, also unveiling a plan to create 22 more medical residencies, including 16 residencies in family medicine, plus six more in medical specialties. The residences come with a ...
$19B question: Manitoba debt continues to grow as party leaders focus elsewhere
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Global Winnipeg - Premier Greg Selinger, who served as NDP finance minister for a decade before taking over the leader's chair in 2009, said he is willing to let the debt rise as long as the economy grows at or near the same rate. "Debt as a proportion of the economy ...
Interview with Greg Selinger
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
The Manitoban - During his visit to the University of Manitoba, Greg Selinger, leader of the provincial NDP, sat down with Manitoban editor-in-chief Leif Larsen and news editor Sarah Petz, where we grilled him on some of the issues affecting youth in Manitoba. ...
NDP promise to cap tuition with inflation, expand student aid
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
The Manitoban - Greg Selinger made the announcement during a visit to the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus Wednesday. Under the NDP's proposal, student's personal income and vehicles would not affect their eligibility for a student loan. ...
Why not June?
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Winnipeg Free Press - On Monday, NDP leader Greg Selinger announced that 34 expensive cancer drugs, now on the provincial formulary, will be paid for by the province, should the NDP return to government. Some of these drugs cost $50000 a year and those without a private ...
Playing politics with Westman's health
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Winnipeg Free Press - That was the reaction of two Free Press online readers shortly after Premier Greg Selinger's promise on Monday that a re-elected NDP government would make cancer wait times the shortest in Canada, provide faster cancer screening and testing, ...
'Good' students eligible for tuition rebates
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Winnipeg Free Press - Premier Greg Selinger has promised student-aid improvements, including allowing students to earn income and own vehicles during the school year without that affecting their student loan eligibility, and reducing the interest rate on Manitoba student ...
Health care front and centre
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Winnipeg Free Press - NDP Leader Greg Selinger and Progressive Conservative Leader Hugh McFadyen both promised voters more nurses and more ambulances on a day that saw them take their campaigns to NDP-held ridings -- ridings the NDP want to keep and the Tories want to steal ...
Engineer says flood forecasts were way off
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Winnipeg Sun - NDP Premier Greg Selinger said the government has launched a review, as it does after every major flood, and is open to independent advice. “Neither our federal government nor US state or provincial or private forecasters predicted the amount of water ...
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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