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Originally Posted by biguc
Taking up this conversation here, instead of in Winnipeg Construction.
I generally agree with what you're saying. My main issue with Pallister's claim that "Manitobans need to build their own economy" is that many Manitobans work for the government, either directly or in crown corporations. Why are they precluded from building their own economy?
Trueviking made a pretty good case for how the MLCC opening this location at TNS was a case of Manitobans building their own economy. Just because the Manitobans doing so work for a crown corporation doesn't mean that what they're doing is a bad idea.
I'd love for the government to get out of our way. But I can't hold out much hope for that happening when they can't get out of their own way. Pallister is proving himself just as much of an economic meddler as Sellinger was, only from the opposite side of the same inept coin. If he's truly interested in getting out of our way and letting us build our own economy, maybe he should consider privatizing the LC, or at least butting out and minding his own business.
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That further proves my point. How can we govern responsibly if we attach consistently and increasingly peoples' livelihoods and dependencies to an excess of government spending, employment, and occasionally waste? This is why I don't trust the NDP, because they will harbour votes with gov positions, which in principle is inefficient. The Liberals, you never know... whichever way the wind blows to keep them in power. Conservatives aren't immune to this behaviour but lean towards a free market, which isn't determined by them... so by default I trust them a bit more...
The MLCC wasn't Manitoba building their own economy, it was the gov demonstrating that even the mightiest of us need the gov to make any money. That's the problem. I agree we need the money, and I'm in favour of this, THIS time, but in principle, how did we ever let it get this far? Not even DAVID THOMSON get get a development going without MAJOR tif funding and MLCC propping up the lease schedule.
More specifically to the MLCC... who knows. This kind of an endeavor is beyond their scope. Sometimes that's bold and resembles a "necessary vision" or "change", or sometimes it's " do you have a damn clue what you're doing?" We won't know. I have my reservations with the NDP so I lean to the latter. So you and Viking may have a point, but so may I on this one. However, as I said, I'm a booze enthusiast and want our downtown to grow grow grow, so I want this to happen. I have told the few PC MLA's that I know that I want this to happen, not that it will help.
Furthermore, I'd be in favour of privatizing the MLCC. But he had to get elected. You can't go "full conservative" after 16 years NDP. I sympathize with that, and hope the coming years show more purpose.