#manitoba election

[allthecanadianpolitics]

In the final days of the provincial election campaign, the Progressive Conservatives posted and quickly yanked an online advertisement that suggests some Manitobans may feel judged for casting their ballot, but they should "vote how you feel, not how others say you should." The video, published on Facebook and Instagram Saturday by the PC Party of Manitoba, sought to convince people to vote with their conscience and not submit to peer pressure because "no one is watching" your vote. A political scientist, however, argues the ad is telling voters they shouldn't be ashamed to embrace some of the Tories' controversial positions during the election campaign. The party has actively campaigned on its opposition to search a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women and has been promoting parental rights in schools, which some say could have dire effects on transgender and non-binary students who may feel unsafe to reveal their gender identities at home, said Kelly Saunders, an associate political science professor at Brandon University. It's "basically saying to people, 'Look, you can do things that other people would say are immoral or unethical in terms of your voting decisions, and you can get away with it because the voting booth is private,'" Saunders said. "I think … it speaks to the absolute desperation that the party is feeling."

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[doctornerdington]

Good morning, Manitoba*!!!

* now led by 100% fewer fascist racist transphobic science-deniers!

[cats-and-airplanes]

Can all current Manitobans do this former Manitoban a favour and vote? Pretty please??

[tomorrowusa]

While the US House of Representatives ousts its weakest Speaker in modern history, , Canada gets its first black Speaker of the House of Commons.

Canada’s House of Commons has elected Liberal MP Greg Fergus as speaker — the first time a Black Canadian will hold the role. Fergus, who represents a Quebec riding across the river from Ottawa, bested six other candidates: Chris d’Entremont, Carol Hughes, Alexandra Mendès, Peter Schiefke, Sean Casey and Elizabeth May. Fergus takes on the task of presiding over a fractious House. “What motivates me, and what I vow to work night and day to promote and advance, can be summed up in one word, respect,” Fergus said during a short speech before polling stations opened in the chamber. He promised to be “firm, thoughtful, collaborative, consistent and certainly fair.”

🍁 But that's not the only political first in Canada this week. 🍁

The province of Manitoba held elections on Tuesday which swept the left of center New Democratic Party (NDP) into power defeating the incumbent Progressive Conservative Party (PC). The Manitoba Liberal Party (MLP) placed a poor third in the election.

The leader of the Manitoba NDP is Wab Kinew who will become Canada's first indigenous provincial premier.

Manitoba NDP to form majority government in historic win for First Nations premier

Wab Kinew, who is to become Canada's first First Nations provincial premier, spoke to young Indigenous people and those from all backgrounds in his victory speech Tuesday after the NDP won a majority in the Manitoba election. "I was given a second chance in life," Kinew said to a cheering crowd. "And I would like to think that I have made good on that opportunity. And you can do the same." Kinew's late father was not allowed to vote as a young man under Canadian law at the time. His mother's birthday was election night, and he brought her on stage to celebrate the historic win along with his wife and three sons.

The NDP will end up with 34 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba – up from 18. The PC will have 22 – down from 35. And the MLP will have 1 – down from 3. There was one vacant seat prior to the election.

29 seats are required for a majority government.

[terribly-late-for-tea]

When your sister lives in Manitoba and has an election on Mean Girls Day:

Mean Girls (2004) dir. Mark Waters

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"ROBLIN AND ROGERS MUST FACE CHARGES IN CORRUPTION CASE," Vancouver Sun. November 18, 1912. Page 1. ---- Premier of Manitoba and Dominion Minister Accused of Corrupting the Police. ---- (Sun's Leased W. A. P. Wire.) WINNIPEG, Man., Nov. 17. - Saurday afternoon a protest was filed against the election of Alex. Morrison as member of parliament for Macdonald. The petitioners are Dr. Myles of Treherne and John E. Woods of Somerset, electors in the constituency. The petition claims that Mr. Morrison himself and through his agents was guilty of bribery, treating, personation and undue influence. Charges of bribery and corruption are set forth in the petition, and charges are also made of providing liquor, illegal conveying of the voters to the poll and intimidation.

The charge is also made of the misuse of the police of the province. It is alleged that Hon. Robert Rogers, Sir R. Roblin and Hon. C. H. Campbell employed and gave instructions to the justice of the peace, police officials, detective agents and other persons to arrest and put in jail and keep confined persons whom they discovered to be acting in the interest of the opposition candidate, R. L. Richardson.

[studentprotests]

betting odds next Manitoba premier..

Heather Stefanson-120

Wab Kinew-120..

[bronzecats]

National Rainbow Week of Action in Canada

In this post I have compiled all the information I could find regarding upcoming events for the Rainbow Week of Action. There are two online events, and dozens on in-person events across the country.

"Within the Rainbow Week of Action, we are pushing governments and elected officials at every level to take action for Rainbow Equality and address rising anti-2SLGBTQIA+ hate. As such, we have identified calls to action for every level of government. These calls to action can be reviewed here."

Event list below:

Events are listed in date order, provinces in general west-to-east order. I have included as much detail as possible, please reference the links at the bottom of the post. At this time, there are no events in N.W.T. and Nova Scotia. Last updated: May 14th, 9:53pm PDT. Please note that I am not officially affiliated with / an organizer of these events, I have simply compiled all the dates to share on tumblr. Original post content.

B.C. EVENTS:

15th: Fernie; Fernie Seniors Drop-In Centre, 572 3rd Avenue, 6:00PM. (Letter writing and Potluck)

17th: Vancouver; šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square - Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza, 750 Hornby St, 5:30PM. (Rally)

19th, Sunday: Abbotsford; Jubilee Park, 5:00PM. (Rally)

ALBERTA EVENTS:

15th: Lethbridge; McKillop United Church, 2329 15th Ave S, 12:00-1:00PM (letter writing)

17th, Friday: Calgary; Central Memorial Park, 1221 2 St SW, 5:30PM. (Rally)

17th: Edmonton; Wilbert McIntyre Park, 8331 104 St NW, 6:00PM. (Rally)

SASKATCHEWAN EVENTS:

17th: Saskatoon; Vimy Memorial Park, 500 Spadina Crescent E, 5:30PM. (Rally)

17th: Regina; Legislative Grounds, 2405 Legislative Dr, 6:30PM. (Rally)

May 18th: Saskatoon; Grovenor Park United Church, 407 Cumberland Ave S, 6:00PM. (Art event)

MANITOBA EVENTS:

16th: Carman; Paul's Place, 20 1 Ave SW, 7:00-9:00PM. (Letter writing)

19th: Winnipeg; Manitoba Legislature, 450 Broadway, 12:00PM. (Rally)

ONTARIO EVENTS:

15th: Barrie; UPlift Black, 12 Dunlop St E, 6:00-7:30PM. (Letter writing)

15th: Chatham; CK Gay Pride Association, 48 Centre St, 5:00-6:30PM. (Letter writing)

15th: Peterborough; Trinity Community Centre, 360 Reid St, 12:00-3:00PM. (Letter writing)

16th: Midland; Midland Public Library, 4:30-7:30PM. (Letter writing and pizza)

16th: Ottawa; Impact Hub, 123 Slater Street, 2:00PM. (Letter writing)

16th: Toronto; Barbara Hall Park, 519 Church St, 11:30AM. (Rally)

17th, Friday: Barrie; City Hall, 70 Collier St, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Cornwall; 167 Pitt St, 5:30PM. (Rally)

17th: Essex; St. Paul's Anglican Church, 92 St. Paul St, 6:00-8:00PM. (Letter writing and pizza)

17th: Hamilton; City Hall, 71 Main St W, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Kitchener; City Hall, 200 King St W, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: London; City Hall, 300 Dufferin Ave, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Sarnia; City Hall, 255 Christina St N, 1:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Sault Ste Marie; City Hall, 99 Foster Dr, 11:30AM. (Rally)

17th: Ottawa; Confederation Park, Elgin St, 5:30PM. (Rally)

22nd: Renfrew; 161 Raglan St. South, 7:00PM. (Letter writing, fashion and makeup event, and pizza)

QUEBEC EVENTS:

May 15th: Lachute; CDC Lachute, 57, rue Harriet, 12:30PM. (Letter writing event)

NEW BRUNSWICK EVENTS:

17th: Woodstock; Citizen's Square, Chapel St, Next to the L.P. Fisher Public Library, 12:00-1:00PM. (rally)

17th: Saint John; City Hall, 15 Market Square, 12:30PM. (Rally, flag raising)

18th, Saturday: Fredericton; Legislative Grounds, 706 Queen Street, 1:00PM. (Rally)

NOVA SCOTIA EVENTS:

May 17th: Middleton; NSCC AVC RM 121, 6:30-8:30PM (letter writing and pizza)

P.E.I. EVENTS:

May 15th: Charlottetown; Peers Alliance Office, 250B Queen Street, 6:00-8:00PM. (Adult drop-in)

May 16th: Charlottetown, Peers Alliance Office, 250B Queen Street, 6:00-7:00PM.

May 17th: Charlottetown; PEI Legislative Assembly, 165 Richmond St, 12:00PM. (Rally)

YUKON EVENTS:

16th: Whitehorse; The Cache, 4230 4 Ave, 2:00-7:00PM. (Letter writing)

NUNAVUT EVENTS:

May 16th, Thursday: Iqaluit; Four Corners, 922 Niaqunngusiariaq St, 5:00PM. (Letter writing)

Reference links:

About the Rainbow Week of Action.

Website letter writing events list (does not include all events)

General events website list (does not include all events)

Instagram general events image list

Instagram letter writing / pizza party image list

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Manitobans voted in a big group of rookies to the province's legislative assembly Tuesday night.

Fifteen PC MLAs who won seats in the 2019 election decided not to run for re-election, opening up those ridings to fresh faces. But a number of PC incumbents were also unseated by NDP candidates. 

Here are the first-time MLAs who will be representing Manitobans across the province, according to unofficial results as of Wednesday.

Full article (with list of first-time MLAs)

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[doctornerdington]

It’s looking really good, friends!

[scotianostra]

On 30th September 1813 John Rae, surgeon, trader and Canadian explorer, was born.

Born n at Hall of Clestrain, Orphir, on the Orkney Islands, at the age of sixteen he began the study of medicine at Edinburgh University and in 1833 he was appointed surgeon to the Hudson’s Bay Company ship Prince of Wales on its annual voyage to Moose Factory, and was resident surgeon there from 1835 to 1844.

Between 1846 and 1854 John Rae made four voyages of exploration to the Arctic, surveying and charting many miles of newly discovered coastlines. In recognition of this the Royal Geographical Society awarded him the Founder’s Medal in 1862. Two of these expeditions had been sent out to search for Sir John Franklin; the search of 1853 resulted in the discovery of Franklin’s fate.

Information from the Inuit given to Rae showed that Franklin’s men had all perished and the bodies showed signs of cannibalism. This report made Rae unpopular and his achievements were rather ignored. Nobody wanted to believe that men would be capable of eating the flesh of humans, even in an attempt to save their own lives, it wasn’t as if they killed their own people.

In 1860 he married Catharine Jane Alicia, daughter of Major George A. Thompson, Ardkill,Derry, Ireland, but his days at The Hudson Bay Company were far from over, Rae rejoined them 1864 to survey the route from Fort Garry to Victoria, and at both points accumulated material for the construction of a continental telegraph. The material he collected at Winnipeg was utilized in 1871 in linking up Manitoba with Eastern Canada.

In October 1882 he revisited Winnipeg, giving an address to the Manitoba Historical Society on his Arctic explorations and on the value of Hudson Bay as a commercial route. In 1880 the Royal Society elected him a Fellow. He was the author of many journals and papers and his name is perpetuated in many place names in the Canadian Arctic.

Rae was another Scot who was something of a polymath, and his writings on economics were admired by John Stuart Mill. He wrote A Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847 and Report of the Proceedings of the Arctic Searching Expedition.

Rae's legacy is an important one. He is thought to have mapped around 1,750 miles of the Arctic coast. His willingness to learn from the indigenous people that he met on his travels sets him aside from many of his contemporaries.

The Victorian wrong was righted when the simple plaque for the Orcadian surgeon turned explorer Dr John Rae was unveiled at Westminster Abbey in 2014, his writings have been accepted as accurate since the days of the doubters.

He spent his last years in London, where he died on 22 July 1893, his body was taken by steamer to Kirkwall for burial at St Magnus Cathedral, a memorial inside to Rae shows him sleeping on the ground, covered with a skin blanket. Nearby are his gun and a book.

[just-ray]

What do you think about Northern Ireland or Manitoba's politics? I went to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly the other month and I quite enjoyed the tour. The tour guide was raised Francophone, which is interesting. They had a provincial election last year and the NDP won, meaning the premier now has the somewhat confusing title of first First Nations premier (mainly a confusing title because you say "first" twice in a row), which is not to say first Indigenous premier—Manitoba's first premier was a Métis man—because there are three main Indigenous groups in Canada. Also, I think Nunavut has only had Indigenous premiers, but I think they're Inuit, so Kinew is the first First Nations premier.

As for Sinn Féin, I don't mind them and I would probably vote for them if I was Irish, but some of their politics in the Republic seems like they aren't accounting for practicalities.

I think the Northern Irish political system is very interesting and kind of Alaskan.

This stream of consiousness is dated 20 September 2024 19:23 UTC-5

Ah lad that's a lot of words

But a lot of interesting words.

I find the difference between MPs and MLAs really interesting. In ireland, we have councillors (very local level. No national imput. Tends to be the start of someone's political career), Teachta Dala's (hs a constituency and can also work on a national level. Has a seat in the lower, widely considered MAIN house if the irish parliament) and Senators (usually the later years of someone's political career, but not necessarily. Does not have constituents, and will be corrected if they try to work on a level of constituency rather than a national level. Also arguably less power than TD's)

It's interesting because I researched Canadian and northern Irish MLAs for a bit after reading this and I know it's bad to compare, but I find that MLAs seem to be a mix of TD's and Councillors, while MPs seem to be a mix of TD's and Senators, although I could be wrong. I also find it interesting that MLAs and MPs mostly only have soft/agenda setting power. Irish TD's are allowed to be quite active in their constituencies.

May I also ask what you think of the NDP? As when I hear anything with the word democratic my brain goes "ding ding ding!" And I tend to like that party, however in Ireland, the theoretical most democratically and socially positive parties don't always take the most practical action, so it's about finding a balance, and it would be interesting to hear about how they are and how they're doing.

Also excuse my lack of knowledge on Northern Irish and Canadian politics, but can I ask, do Legislative Assembly parties mirror to Parliamentary (?) Parties. Eg, if you have party A, let's call them Tusa, in a Legislative Assembly, do you also have Tusa MP's?

Thanknyouuuuuuuuuiyu

[darkleysgarden]

Picnic Date

Scottitoba from Total Drama

700 words

Warning: accidental ableism

Type: fluffish.

When Scott was around, Manitoba tended to front as his headmates hated the guy.

At first, he only bickered with Scott. They had met when Manitoba had been fronting during a challenge, and now Manitoba found himself having an issue.

Over time, he found himself enjoying the time he spent making simple arguments with Scott.

Then, he began to notice other things about Scott. Sweet feelings that didn't fit the dusty exterior he put on.

It didn't feel like him to have this issue to have these fluffy feelings. Yet, they were forming, and he couldn't do anything about it.

He had elected to ignore it for the longest time.

However, one day, Scott came to Mike and asked to speak with Manitoba.

Manitoba came without Mike having to use a trigger. He was eager to talk to Scott.

"What do you require of me, mate?" He quickly asked as he came to front.

"I wanted to ask you something."

He tilted his head curiously.

"So... I set up this cool picnic for myself to enjoy, alone. But then I got lonely and thought your company would improve the moment. Ah! Not that I get lonely. And not that I like you or anything! It was just boring not having someone to yell at -"

"Alright then."

Manitoba smiled at Scott and grabbed his fedora, placing it on his head. He was fronting without the trigger, but it felt odd to be without the hat.

He flicked up the front of the fedora. "Lead the way then."

Scott's eyes scrunched up for a moment before he started to lead Manitoba to the picnic.

"Been awhile since I got ta go out like this," Manitoba admits. "Usually, I want ta rough someone up a tad. Although it's nice ta get peaceful moments like this one, aye?"

"Who says I'll be making this peaceful?" Scott grins.

Manitoba shrugs and continues to follow him until they reach the picnic set-up.

A blue bedsheets is laid across the ground with a gathering of food across the side.

A lady would faint at the sight. Good thing he wasn't a lady.

He plopped down onto the blanket.

"Got anything good 'ere?" He asked as he dug through the food Scott had set out.

"Crikey, you have an awful diet, mate."

Scott looked shocked for a moment. "This is the best you'll get. Just like what I'd eat back on the farm."

"We aren't on the farm, mate. We're on a reality television show. And this, is hardly food. Blimey...."

Scott shoves a spoonful of ...something... into his mouth.

"Just like Ma used to make."

"Don't make me wish a jail sentence on a lovely lady."

Scott only shook his head in frustration.

"Will you not eat anything I brought?"

He grabs a piece of jerky and rips a chunk off with his teeth.

"So you like that?"

"'Course I do."

"Are you one of those people who has weird diet options? Like you won't even eat a twinkie?"

"Don't know what a 'twinkie' is. Though, I guess. Carbohydrates aren't fit for the body of an explorer."

"Don't you and the other personalities all eat different? What's the point."

"Alters. Not personalities, mate. And the point is I do what I want, regardless of 'em. They all do the same. Can't let my life be determined by others, even if we share a body."

"Sure, but-"

"If your sister ate only veggies, would you? She's a different person, right?"

Scott went silent.

"I'd appreciate you not bringin' 'em up. This is our time. I don't want my headmates to determine my life. Let's eat and get outta 'ere."

"Okay.."

Scott continued to eat his mystery meal and didn't say anything else.

Manitoba had begun to find Scott endearing. Yet, he didn't seem to understand him or his headmates at all. That's what ruined it, and that's why they got into so many arguments.

Scott had used them all, and Manitoba let it off as game play. Though, Scott really seemed to not get them.

Though, Manitoba was willing to help him understand.

"Just.... think of me as the super cool explorer, Manitoba. Alright?"

"Okay, Manitoba."

"Thanks, mate."

[winnipegwinterpeg]

Group photo of Central Strike Committee from the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, via the Manitoba Archives

The Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council voted to call a general strike, beginning on May 15, 1919, in solidarity with the Metal Trades Council and the Building Trades Council when talks with employers broke down and they failed to secure contracts; at 11am, 12,000 WTLC members were on strike, and another 18,000 non-unions workers joined them, bringing the city to a halt. The Strike Committee was put together to keep things running, and the 53 member Central Strike Committee was elected from their numbers, meeting daily at the Labour Temple, bargaining with employers on behalf of workers, and organizing and authorizing essential workers

[ask-the-mikeys]

Trump got elected… and I already drank all the alc in the house so I have litterally nothing to deal w this shit. Ima go try to find some weed now!!

(Chester, Svetlana, Manitoba)

Svetlana really hopes you will get better! -Svet

Keep goin kiddo… -Chester

Yeah, don’t let ‘em get to ya -Mani