Conservative MP Absent From a Child Poverty Forum in Southwestern Manitoba.
Are hungry kids a priority for the Harper government? by Larry Powell The forum (for the riding of Dauphin - Swan River - Neepawa) was sponsored by the Mission and Services Committee of the Neepawa United Church. It drew about 80 people to the church on Wednesday. But only four of the five candidates (see below) took part in the debate - Ray Piché (Liberal), Kate Storey (Green Party), Inky Mark (Ind.) and Laverne Lewycky (NDP) . The 5th candidate, the sitting Conservative MP for the area, Robert Sopuck (represented by the empty chair on the right), did not attend. His office manager in Neepawa, Christine Waddell, said he was in Inglis, a small community in the western part of the riding for the evening. She did not elaborate. But she did explain that a campaign worker was mistaken when he told forum organizers earlier that Mr. Sopuck would, in fact be there. Piché , the Liberal candidate, said the MP's absence showed “disrespect” for the rest of the candidates
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Climate Change & Greenhouse Gases:
The Factory Hog Industry is also a major contributor:
Straight talk on Carbon pricing. "Carbon pricing means attaching a cost to something that has never had a cost before -- emitting industrial greenhouse gases into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned."
There are literally hundreds of hog manure lagoons located throughout Manitoba, and these are known to be great contributors to greenhouse gases. Once again, besides polluting our water sources, this method of raising hogs in their factory Industry method will be subsidized by the people of Manitoba.
Is this why we have a "Sustainable Development Minister" in Manitoba?