The three Dauphin MLA candidates have talked about the issues facing Parkland residents during the course of CKDM’s MLA Q&A. Today was our final edition and the final question was, why should people vote for you?
NDP candidate Darcy Scheller answered with this:
“I am ready to work with this community and represent this community to the best of my ability. I feel that I have a lot to offer, and this community has a lot to offer, and together I think that we can make the Dauphin constituency even better than ever.”
Liberal candidate Cathy Scofield-Singh had this to say:
“We know that the NDP has had three years to develop plans and policies, plus all the years before that, yet they are still in the process of developing those plans and processes and they’re not there yet. PC’s have done consultations and developed plans that we’re not able to see them. You look at the education consult that they’ve done. They have talked about it and talked about it, but they have not let anybody see it, we don’t know what their recommendations are. We’ve seen what happened the last time; Mr. Pallister’s cuts have directly impacted our pocketbooks, affected our ability to access healthcare, and have had a negative impact on the rural Manitoba communities. Working with Dougald Lamont, he has listened to Manitobans, he has developed the plans out there that have specific details, and they are visible to everyone, the details and costs of how they can be achieved and their expected impact. We have solutions for the problems that Manitobans are facing right now, such as accessing mental health and addictions services. The reality that there’s a lot of rural Manitobans out there who cannot make ends meet. There’s quite a few of my clients who are on social assistance, and you look at what they have for income coming in, they have nothing to go out and spend.”
And PC candidate Brad Michaleski gave us his answer:
“I’ve grown up in this area and I’m quite familiar with a lot of the goings-on across this region. In public office, I’ve always tried to keep the interests of the constituents in mind, keep the interests of the economy in mind. We’re in a time, right now, of pretty significant changes that are going on. I’m trying to help this region grow; I think I can speak to the issues from different perspectives. There’s a big question about, certain stakeholders take a particular position. I think I can look at that perspective from a number of different directions and really when we’re going to Winnipeg and representing the region, I have a fairly broad experience across municipal government, things that affect our regional economy. Healthcare is something I’ve had a steep learning curve, but also my background is really been thirty, thirty-five years in operations management, so you’re just looking at systems, how they work better, how they can work better and you’re trying to make those improvements to help everybody. So that’s really been my approach in my life, in my careers in management, and in agriculture, and municipal government, and I just think it’s helpful to have a strong voice, an experienced voice, like that in Winnipeg when we’re talking about Parkland issues.”
Thank you for listening to CKDM’s MLA Q&A and be sure to tune into CKDM for all-day election coverage.
