Manitoba Premier Resigns

This has been cross posted to The Western Standard Blog, The Shotgun

Gary Doer, who has been the Premier of Manitoba since 1999, has decided to resign. A new NDP leader, and therefor a new Manitoba Premier, will be selected this fall.

Jim Cotton at ManitobaPost.Com had a good summary of some of the activities under Gary Doers tenure.

• was elected on a promise to fix hallway medicine in 6 months, it never happened
• scandals, such as Hydra House, and the crocus fund ponzi scheme where Manitobans lost millions and Doer sweep it under the rug
• street gangs took a strong foothold in Winnipeg
• Winnipeg became the car theft and murder capital of Canada
• tuition freeze that choked post-secondary institutions of money
• dozens of children who murdered while under the watch of Child Family Services
• raised taxes by increasing fees on many services,
• the debt has risen every year since Doer was in power
• the Photo Radar scam, where Doer refused to refund thousands of illegally issued tickets
• Rebategate, where Doer and his party defrauded taxpayers and gave the head of Elections Manitoba a massive raise to cover it up.
• closure of 18 Emergency rooms in rural Manitoba.

And today the news has come out that Gary Doer is going to be the next Canadian ambassador to the United States.

Only in government do you get rewarded for failures.