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In the Provincial Election this March to April, all the Party leaders wanted to win and had different tactics to do so. During their campaign they were closely watched by not only the people, but also the media. There were three main parties portrayed in the media, Progressive Conservative, New Democratic Party, and Liberal. These are three very different parties with very different leaders. They were attacked through the media in name-calling and accusations, but sometimes were also praised by the media for their decisions and plans. Why would they do all this? To win the election of course. To gain the positive spirit of the people of Manitoba to cheer them on. To become the leader Manitobans both want and need. What do the people want? http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/provincial-election/split-constituency-375887801.html According to this article, the majority of people of Manitoba are considering every party except for the NDP. They want change, a new government that is honest, trustworthy, and filled with positive ideas that will strengthen the community by building bonds with the people.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, strong winner of the election and favored by the citizens of Manitoba even from the beginning, had a long journey to get where they are today. Brian Pallister was a strong candidate from the beginning, sticking with a campaign of fixing the NDP’s mistakes. For example, Pallister promised that he would do whatever it took to get the sales tax back down to 7%, after Selinger raised it to 8%. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/provincial-election/will-definitely-drop-pst-to-7-pallister-tells-chamber-debate-375738301.html

Most people wanted things like this to change, things that Greg Selinger did when he was in power. The citizens of Manitoba wanted change. That’s how it began. Simple as that. The Progressive Conservatives seemed like the natural next party in line. They were relatively similar to the NDPs in the opinion of majority of the people, but slightly different in that the Progressive Conservatives really did not like a lot of the decisions made by the NDPs, neither did the people of Manitoba. There was a common ground there that started strong. Then people started losing trust in him. There were things he did that he was ashamed of but the media strikes again and points out his flaws. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letters-and-comments-377068551.html Mentioned in this article, under the section “Where’s Brian?” Since he became the leader of the PCs in 2012, he has spent more than 240 days at his holiday home in Costa Rica, where he owns two holding companies. This is shocking to the citizens for a couple of reasons, mostly that he misled his audience about where he was during the 2014 flood, and that he wasn’t here to help out the community during a time of crisis. Helping the community is a strong factor of being a good leader and this did not help his campaign. This was found by CBC investigative reporters, but reporters are not the only people who can fight Pallister’s campaign, the other leaders can as well. For example, when Greg Selinger called him out as being homophobic because he voted against the anti - bullying bill in 2013. He kept fighting although these obstacles and ended up on top.

Greg Selinger of the NDPs ended up second, not surprising to the campaign which was mostly about attacking Pallister, and vice versa. The two opposing parties got a lot of media with the name - callings and other attacks. The people of Manitoba were quite concerned with Selinger being not trustworthy. A good leader has to be trustworthy. He had been called out by Rana Bokhari, leader of the Liberal Party of Manitoba for being a liar and lying to Manitobans daily. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rana-bokhari-billy-moore-liberals-1.3516805 He tried to fix this problem by trying to be “transparent” and truthful with the citizens by showing his ta

Trying to fix this by showing everyone his tax returns right out in the open on his very own kitchen table. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/provincial-election/selinger-makes-tax-return-public-asks-other-leaders-to-do-the-same-375181171.html He invited reporters to his home to show them his 2014 tax returns in an effort to prove that he has nothing to hide. He also took this as an opportunity to try to get Pallister and Bokhari to show their tax returns and prove themselves worthy in a way. Throughout all his efforts, he still isn’t viewed positively in the media. Maybe it’s because people are sick and tired of his ideas, or maybe they have a personal bias against him because he’s been in office for so long. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/fp-letters-and-comments-375502341.html He tried very hard to prove himself to the people and the media but people have a way of turning things negative that’s quite impressive actually. People are saying different negative things like that he’s desperate and this is a stupid stunt or that his tax returns aren’t the full story about how he uses his money and therefore he is still being dishonest.

Though she didn’t get as much positive media coverage, she had a lot of negative articles. Most of them similar in theme as just trying to display that she is inexperienced and not ready for this, (which is also what they said about Justin Trudeau), that she is an awkward speaker, or that she cannot control her own party.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/provincial-election/liberals-drop-elmwood-candidate-following-domestic-assault-revelation-374512631.html This was one of the biggest things to have happened to the Liberal leader Rana Bokhari. She seemed to have a lot of trouble with her candidates, from saying that there’s too many hospitals and that we should close some down to a candidate having to drop out because of domestic assault crime cases. She couldn’t handle her own candidates which ruled her out for most Manitobans because how would she even begin to manage the province?

It’s important that we have a good leader because as regular people, we don’t have a lot of time to organize the society we live in. Therefore we have to leave it in trustworthy hands to fix the things that need fixing and to protect things that need protecting. As people we have different opinions and we need a group of people who we can generally mostly agree with which makes it a lot more convenient to live with the decisions made. A good leader has to have good morals, and be trustworthy. Trust was a big issue in this election but no one really judges morals a lot in media, at least not directly. Most of the election was based on leadership. Not mostly based on their actual plans, usually people judge the leaders on what kind of people they are. Which is shown through the highlights and lowlights of the leaders of parties in media. Through online polls the favourite of the citizens was shown and the media adjusted to whoever the people preferred more, going out of their way to find better and positive stories about them. The election was based on mostly the leaders, not their plans. The people judged them mostly by the stories they hear about their plans and about their personal manners. Though complicated, we always band together and are relatively agreed on a leader in the end.

ELECTION DAY WHOOP

Plenty of Manitobans just couldn't wait to vote on Tuesday.

April 18th

More than 100 000 have already casted their ballots early. 109 078 to be exact which is around 38% more than 78 000, the amount of ballots cast early in 2011. Although pretty much the same setup and roughly the same amount of locations there has been a dramatic increase in votes.

This is interesting because from this little information we can conclude many things (though very generally). For example, the major question is why. Why would this many people come out early this year? Maybe it’s just that they aren’t going to be here on the 19th or are busy. Or maybe they just want to get it over with. The most likely reason would be that the campaigns this year are so direct that most people are quite sure of who they want to run our Province. All the campaigns this year are very direct and different from each others. The entire duration of their campaigns it has been very competitive, which means there is stress. This is bad for them, but good for us because we get to see how people react during stress, which is very important to know for our future leaders.

Brian Pallister's long absences from Manitoba — including during the 2014 flood crisis — shows that he's been a part-time Opposition leader and would be a part-time premier, Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari says. In an interview, Bokhari called the Progressive Conservative leader's 240 days in Costa Rica since he was elected as an MLA in 2012 "quite astounding.

April 17th

A growing issue that has gotten a lot of press is Brian Pallister’s stay in Costa Rica. Most importantly to note, he was gone in the duration of the 2014 flood. Liberal leader Rana Bokhari dicusses how Pallister has lied to the people of Manitoba. He has given us different reasons to why he was gone for example, that he was away at a wedding. The fact is, he has been in Costa Rica for 240 days since he was elected MLA in 2012.

Brian is very good at avoiding questions, this is no exception. It’s concerning that this man is most likely going to be of a position of high power considering how dishonest and unreliable he has proven to be just within this one article. Most concerning of all is that he was gone during a flood. An emergency. A time when the people need a good leader most of all, he wasn’t there. How are we going to believe he will do any different if he is elected? Especially since he can’t even give us a straight answer to what he was doing, and why he left then.

Greg Selinger wants Tory leader Brian Pallister to tell Manitobans if he will have them start paying for cancer care drugs if elected.Selinger, who held a news conference in the living room of Teodora Cadeline on Boyd Avenue this morning, says Pallister's agenda to "cut and privatize health-care services" could lead to some people fighting cancer to have to pay for their drugs.

April 16th

Greg Selinger has publicly demanded a straight answer to whether or not Brian Pallister will pay for cancer care drugs or make the people pay themselves. Pallister had planned to “cut and privatize health-care services. Giving statistics of the shocking amount of 6000 per year who are diagnosed with cancer and the general increase over the next 10 years.

This was a good move by Selinger as it shows the flaws in Pallister’s plan and of course, as always, Pallister cannot give a straight answer to the people. If he doesn’t avoid the question he just denies it. I can start to tell that Selinger is slowly realizing he’s probably not going to win, yet he is still concerned about whether or not these people will get the proper treatment. Some cancer patients cannot afford the drugs to keep fighting cancer and without Selinger in charge they might have to pay for them themselves. What would Pallister do? Just let them die? Selinger is becoming worried, not about his position in the election, but the future of the people if Pallister wins.

Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May is hoping her Winnipeg visit will help boost the Greens into the Manitoba legislature for the first time.May is the only federal party leader to make an appearance during the Manitoba election campaign and made a few stops with James Beddome, Green Party of Manitoba leader, and David Nickarz, the Green’s candidate in Wolseley, on Friday.

April 15th

Elizabeth May, leader of federal Green Party, arrived in Winnipeg and has been helping James Beddome campaign and make stops in an effort to boost his votes. She says she will do everything in her power to make sure he wins. They also attended a rally for $15 minimum wage at the University of Manitoba. The Green Party believes that they are making good progress in getting votes right now and Elizabeth might put them over the top. Elizabeth May coming to Winnipeg to support Beddome shows that she cares about her candidates because she was trying to help. This also shows that the Green Party is taking the initiative being the only party so far to have the Federal Leader visit. I don’t believe this will really make the Green Party of Manitoba win the election because, for whatever reason, the Green Party here in Manitoba isn’t taken very seriously. Maybe it’s because their plan doesn’t make sense to us because of our brainwashed minds that believe change is good but not too much. This was a great effort put in by the Green Party and they definitely have a higher chance of winning now because of this and how well Beddome did in the debate on the 12th.

Brian Pallister says he will stick by his promise to lower the PST during his first term in office no matter what challenges he faces as premier.Pallister made the commitment during the final leaders debate of the provincial election campaign, a nearly 90-minute affair at the RBC Convention Centre Thursday that also saw the election front-runner take a shot at one of Manitoba’s largest public sector unions and its relationship with the provincial NDP.

April 14th

During the chamber debate, Brian Pallister tells us that if he is elected he will definitely be dropping the PST back to 7%. He declares that no matter what challenges he faces as premier he commits to making sure the PST is back at 7%

Good idea. Everyone’s full of them. The next step would be a plan, he doesn’t have a precise plan for how he’s going to do this. Selinger made a tough decision to raise the tax and now Pallister wants it back at 7%. Where would the rest of the money needed come from? How will he make this happen? He promised he would do anything to make the PST 7%, is that really what he wants? Is that what we want? Selinger had to raise the tax for a reason, not just for the sake of it. We naturally have to give some and get some. We may not be happy with what we have to give in order to get the 7% tax, but by then it wouldn’t be in our hands anymore.

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Manitoba Liberals say they would ban phosphorus from all soaps and detergents and name a minister responsible for the health of Lake Winnipeg in a bid to clean up the province's largest water body.“Manitoba has some of the most beautiful lakes and rivers in the world and we need to start taking concrete steps to protect them or the next generation will not be able to enjoy them,” Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari said in a statement.

April 13th

Today the Liberal Party of Manitoba proposed that they would ban phosphorus from all soaps and detergents and have someone in charge of the health of lake Winnipeg in an effort to clean the province’s largest body of water. They want to eliminate phosphorus from every products like soaps and detergents with a new Phosphorus Reduction Act.

The Liberals are often seen as very commercial at times and this proposal will definitely have some effect on the voter’s perspectives of Rana Bokhari. This is mostly good for them but it also seems very inconvenient. Helping the environment comes with a cost and that cost will most likely be paid by the people.

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A live blog on the Manitoba leaders' debate.

April 12th

Leader’s debate happened today at 6:00PM central time. It was a 50 minute debate between the four main leaders; Pallister of the PC, Beddome of the Green Party, Bokhari of the Manitoba Liberals and Selinger of the NDP. It was the only televised debate of this elections and most websites such as this one and the free press show that it was easily won by Greg Selinger.

I did watch this debate live, not all of it but the first half. Because Pallister always seems to be dodging questions and direct responses in most articles I have read, it was interesting to see him put on the spot in order to respond to issues. They began with reporters asking questions, mostly concerning what has been in the media (ex. tax return “stunt”) and it was amazing how Brian Pallister still managed to avoid direct answers to questions, especially those questioning his plan. The only person that really stood out to me was James Beddome of the Green Party of Manitoba. He was the only one that answered questions explaining his plan and standing by his plan. It of course also helped that his plan sounded good and stable. He was also the one we see the least of in the media. Probably because he’s not doing too well in polls but this has had him manage to stay out of drama in the media, whether good or bad for his campaign. He asked good questions to Pallister and had good support for his explanations, I feel like he did the best in this debate. Of course another outstanding debater today was Greg Selinger, he had well thought out answers and questions.

Brian Pallister said Monday he's not about to sink to the "desperation" politics that led NDP Leader Greg Selinger to proudly show his personal tax return to reporters. “I’m not going to engage in the style of politics I’ve seen in the last 48 hours,” Pallister, the Progressive Conservative leader, told reporters Monday.

April 11th

Brian Pallister publicly announces that he will definitely not be showing his tax return to reporters. He talked minimally about his finances in Costa Rica and he claims the fact that Selinger started this makes him desperate. His one main message from his speech was, “The election is about Manitobans’ tax returns, not Mr. Selinger’s or mine. It’s not about his income, it’s about what Manitobans make.”

Desperation is a part of it, I will agree on that. Politicians have to be desperate at times, all Selinger is trying to do is prove himself to the people. His party has dropped dramatically on the polls and he is trying to prove himself once more to the people. He’s trying to prove that he is an honest man with nothing to hide, unlike Pallister, who seems to avoid direct attacks at issues. On other similar articles reporters write along the lines of, “Selinger continues painting Pallister as wealthy, as if that is a sin.” Obviously it is not a bad thing to be wealthy, but it would make you less likely to easily relate to the general public audience. Most people are not as wealthy as Brian Pallister, I’m sure most will agree. Selinger lives a humble, simple, middle class life and that makes him more relatable to the people and the issues they need to deal with. Another reason Pallister is not agreeing to show his tax return is that he isn’t worried. He is so sure that he has this election in the bag that he doesn’t really do much for publicity anymore. As far as I’m concerned Selinger is doing his job, and Pallister is on a pedestal making fun of Selinger for even trying anymore.

With the Panama Papers drawing attention to the financial dealings of politicians around the world, the leaders of the Manitoba NDP and Manitoba Liberals divulged personal financial information Sunday.The party that's leading in the polls — the Progressive Conservatives — said they weren't taking the bait set by NDP Leader Greg Selinger, which they called an "election stunt" and "American-style politics.

April 10th

The leaders of the NDP and Manitoba Liberals have released personal financial information. Greg Selinger (leader of the NDP) invited reporters to his own home to show them that he has not put money into foreign accounts in order to avoid paying taxes. It seems to be getting more and more common for political leaders to show their financial information, like Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister of Canada) and David Cameron (British Prime Minister). David Cameron actually caused a lot of controversy because people started questioning his investments from his tax returns. Selinger invited all party leaders to share their tax return information as well. Bokhari later released her Canada Revenue Agency statement from 2013 as well and strongly urged all leaders to do the same. Meanwhile the Progressive Conservatives were having nothing to do with this.

Pallister seems confident that he will not release his tax return information which is strange because it didn’t seem hard at all for these other two leaders to share. Politics are strange and new to me but some things just seem odd overall. This is one of them to me. It seems wrong that we are putting so little trust into our potential future leaders that they have to prove themselves in such personal manners to us. I’m completely okay with Pallister not wanting to open up and tell us about his tax returns which is his private business. But on the other hand, being a public name and leader takes away a lot of your privacy and this would be an example of that. As well as avoiding these requests, Pallister is also avoiding attacking problems head on, and sometimes even avoiding problems altogether. Most of what I’ve heard from him is not a lot of talk about his general plan and mostly talking about other leaders.

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The Progressive Conservatives may be riding high in the polls less than two weeks before the election, but most Manitobans don’t trust party leader Brian Pallister. A Winnipeg Free Press-CTV telephone poll of 1,000 Manitobans conducted by Probe Research from March 28 to April 4 found only 33 per cent of Manitobans trust the Tory leader.

April 9th.

A recent poll of 1000 Manitobans shows that only 33% of Manitobans trust Pallister. Less than two weeks away from election day, PC party is in the lead although this poll shows that 67% of Manitobans are skeptical of the leader of the PC party.

The voters to people that trust the leaders ratio from the bar graph shows that all the party leaders have about the same percentage of voters to skeptical people. The media is showing Pallister in the photo and the headline because as he is leading in the polls, having his name on things would help more people become interested. It’s not surprising to me that people do not trust the leaders of parties. It seems that they have more chance to gain power and with power people change. I don’t think it’s safe to put complete trust in a person, especially someone with access to such power. Though an individual would be more confident if they put complete trust on a future leader, it’s near impossible for everyone to trust them.

Manitoba's Liberals want to make it easier for motorists to sign up to be organ donors.Liberal leader Rana Bokhari promised Friday that a Liberal government would attempt to boost organ-donation rates by asking drivers whether they wish to register as donors when they renew their licenses.

April 8th

Manitoba’s Liberals want to give drivers more opportunities to become organ donors. Rana Bokhari said that a Liberal Government would try to raise the amount of people donating organs in Manitoba. They would do this by asking if people want to become organ-donors when renewing their licenses.

I think this is a good idea as organ donors are always needed and organs are always in high demand. This is an interesting article to me because it seems that it’s been rare to see positive articles about the liberals recently.

Brian Pallister was a no-show at his own late afternoon event at the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Thursday after more than a dozen protesting youth showed up.Pallister was to announce that a Progressive Conservative government would introduce a Protecting Children Act to make it easier for various government departments, law enforcement and child protection agencies to share information.But as the youth gathered at the centre, one sporting a sign reading, "Pallister Served Harper," the Progressive Conservative leader's staff cancelled the news conference.

April 7th.

Brian Pallister failed to show up at his own event this afternoon at Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre. His team had planned for Pallister to introduce a Protecting Children act in which information can be passed easily from government departments, law enforcement and child protection agencies. His team cancelled the conference after over a dozen youth protestors arrived. One particular sign read “Pallister served Harper”. Earlier this week, Pallister said that his party could reduce the record number of children in care of Child and Family Services agencies by ensuring their parents have jobs. A protestor, Sadie-Phoenix Lavoie, called that view simplistic. She claims that he isn’t addressing the barriers of why many families don’t have jobs. Today’s polls also showed that the Progressive Conservative Party was in the lead and suspected to win by a majority. According to said poll, 46% of Manitobans said they are voting Progressive Conservative.

Looking at the polls and stats, it is clear to see that the Progressive Conservative party has a large steady amount of people supporting it. Though the protesters bring up a good point. How would this party be good in government if they don’t completely address the issues that people need to know about? Not showing up to the conference shows that he isn’t completely committed to the people. Who else is the conference for if not the citizens? A good government should be engaging with it’s citizens and Brian’s actions today showed a step back in this development.

One candidate has been punted and a second is under a cloud as the bad news keeps coming for the Manitoba Liberals.It began Monday morning when Leader Rana Bokhari announced the party had dropped Elmwood candidate Kurt Berger after his former common-law wife stepped forward alleging a pattern of abuse.

April 5th

Kurt Berger, elmwood Liberal Candidate, dropped out of the election after his ex-wife claimed he had a pattern of abuse. In 2002, Berger pleaded guilty in a case of abuse towards his former partner. Berger denies the accusations this time around though still drops out. He claims he dropped out because he doesn’t want his child to hear about all the drama between their parents in media.

I, personally, am not completely sold on whether or not he is abusive to his partners and that is a pattern he has. If so, I honestly don’t think it would have that big of an impact on his work considering he has been able to do work for the duration of his potentially abusive years. I agree that domestic abuse should not be tolerated in any situation but I wouldn’t say it would really have much of a negative effect on his work. Understood he has a history with domestic abuse (2002 case) so it would make his less reliable to be safe with future partners. Whether or not the claim is true, it has become a big deal with the media meaning his personal life has interfered with his work life and that will have a negative effect on his work and life at work. I agree with his decision to drop out whether or not he was abusive to his ex- wife.

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