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What did your MLA do this week? Column 5: Ten minutes nobody can cut
Every MLA gets one grievance a session that nobody can shorten. The House rises Thursday.
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Every constituent deserves a voice in question period
Four MLAs sit outside the recognized parties. Question period doesn't treat them the same.
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What did your MLA do this week? Column 3: The one bill nobody can keep off the floor
Any MLA can bring in a bill. Whether names go beside the vote comes down to four members standing up.
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Wab Kinew is popular. Here's what his record shows.
Three years of NDP government, by the public numbers
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What did your MLA do this week? Column 4: The power of one "no"
One MLA saying no can stop the Legislature's business, and Hansard never records who said it.
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What did your MLA do this week? Columns 1 and 2
An MLA's rights come with the seat, not the party card. Here's what they are, and how few get used.
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What did your MLA do this week? Start here
Ten columns on the rules every Manitoba MLA can use, party or no party.
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WestJet Must Accommodate Heavy Wheelchairs. But the Airworthiness Question Remains.
Part three: What I asked for, what WestJet asked for, and what the Agency decided.
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A Finding Makes the Headline. The Order Gets You on the Airplane.
Part two: the equipment, the timing, the notice, and what happens to a passenger in the meantime.
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They Were Told. They Were Never Asked.
WestJet will have to carry these chairs. What I filed on July 16, at the Agency’s request, on how and how soon.
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The Wheelchairs Are Going Back On Board
The agreed solution shows why a manageable loading issue should never have become a blanket barrier
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Late lawyer Sid Green’s tenacity changed lives
A tribute to a tenacious lawyer, mentor, and friend — and what a former NDP cabinet minister did for me.
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