The recent Throne Speech from the Pallister Government highlights many key government priorities that they have accomplished and are continuing to work towards.
That’s according to Thompson MLA Kelly Bindle, who told Arctic Radio News that the document highlights the “largest investments Manitoba has ever seen” in areas like health care, education and families.
The rookie MLA said that the Province has surpassed a deficit reduction target, and that they are on target to balance the budget (if re-elected) during their second term. He said that the PC government decreased the provincial summary deficit to $695M, $145M lower than the budgeted deficit of $840M.
When it comes to families, Bindle said that the number of children in the care of Child and Family Services is down for the first time in 15 years, and that Manitoba is no longer the child poverty capital in Canada.
Bindle told Arctic Radio news that the Pallister Government has reduced MRI wait times by 30%, while announcing an increase of $5.3M for hip, knee and cataract procedures. He said that the increased investment shows that they have quote listened to the experts and rather than just throwing money, we are making strategic investments where it will make a difference.
Bindle added that for the first time in two decades, grade 12 test results at the school division level have been made public, something that will help provide context for the government’s upcoming review of Manitoba’s entire K-12 education system. That review is slated to start in 2019.
