With an ongoing squabble between Brian Bowman and Brian Pallister in full swing, it is the voters who will ultimately be left paying the price, says a political science professor.
Kelly Saunders of Brandon University told 680 CJOB Friday that friction between municipal and provincial governments isn’t anything new, but Winnipeg’s mayor and Manitoba’s premier seem to be taking it to the next level.
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“There’s always going to be a source of friction, regardless of what political party is in office, between the city and the provincial government,” she said.
“I don’t recall the problem being quite this bad before.
“I think it has to do with the governing style of this particular premier and certainly the governing style, then, that the entire provincial government…
