Right in the Centre - Build bridge, get out and vote
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- Published on Friday, October 21, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The big day is coming鈥揺lection day 2022. It鈥檚 our chance, once every four years, to select the politicians whose decisions most affect our daily lives. Municipal council rules, regulations and overall decisions have more effect on our lives than any other level of government.
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Right in the centre - Hockey Canada went way offside
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- Published on Friday, October 14, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Bad governance is simply the application of wrong information to decision making and decision implementation. No better recent example of bad governance has been displayed than by Hockey Canada. The news has been filled for months with how HC paid out millions in damages to an alleged sexual assualt victim, a young woman. I say alleged, not because I don鈥檛 believe the woman, but because charges were never laid by police, as far as I know and therefore not proven in court. All that said, I am fairly certain the alleged assault took place.
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Right in the centre - All about labels
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- Published on Friday, October 7, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
There is a sweeping change across the world. In general, there is a shift to what some might call 鈥榯he right.鈥� In Alberta, it looks like Danielle Smith will become premier of Alberta and that is definitely what you might easily call a shift further right. The recent election of Pierre Poillievre as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is widely regarded as a shift to the right. Pierre crushed his opposition and the other parties, and Canada鈥檚 media are still wondering what happened. The Quebec election results gave the CAQ a huge win and that group is pretty hard line in opposition to traditional liberal or left wing views.
Right in the centre - Vision and planning should yield success
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- Published on Friday, September 30, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The die is cast. Municipal and School board election candidate lists are now finalized and the election date is Oct. 26. But there are exceptions, as a large number of councils and boards only got enough candidates to fill the seats and not enough to trigger a contest. That tells a couple of stories or more.
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Right in the centre - God save the King
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- Published on Friday, September 23, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Prince Charles is only one year younger than me. In our family, Quen Elizabeth II and her eldest son, Charles, have always been somewhat of a presence. I can鈥檛 remember ever singing 鈥楪od save the King,鈥� even though Elizabeth鈥檚 father was still the King when I was very little. Elizabeth is the only monarch I have really known. I have great respect for her. Most years, we would listen to the Queen鈥檚 message and for the past several years, I have thought inwardly, or voiced the thought to my wife Christine that this might be her last message. Turns out, Christmas 2021 was her last and I am saddened by that.
