The devastation of Manitoba: An autopsy of Pallister’s austerity regime
In this CD exclusive, James Wilt surveys the damage unleashed by Brian Pallister’s Progressive Conservatives
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has called a snap election for September 10, over a year before required under the province’s fixed election law.
It would be a mistake to think the abbreviated term served by the Progressive Conservatives was in any way less effective than if Pallister had waited until late next year to stage the vote. The Manitoba PCs have rammed through a barrage of major right-wing changes — service closures, funding cuts, privatizations, union-busting — during their brief stint as provincial overlords. Most have flown under the radar.
This article serves as a repository of many of these changes, roughly subdivided by issue. Following the priorities of the government, much of the focus will be on the impacts to healthcare. As many Dimension readers are aware, the litany of cuts to public funding initiated by the Pallister government will be felt for many years to come. This article, exclusive to CD, is the first attempt to analyze the full breadth of the Conservatives’ austerity regime in the province.
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