@danlett

Winnipeg Free Press political columnist - If you can't stand me in print, you'll really hate my podcast.

 Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA
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Joined September 2008
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Winnipeg Mayoral Election: Ladies and gentlemen of voting age, please turn your attention to the centre ring… – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #mbpoli #wpgpoli

Opinion: Ladies and gentlemen of voting age, please turn your attention to the centre ring…

If there’s one thing that we in the news business wish for any election, it’s that the campaign is competitive and voters have multiple, viable options when it comes time to cast their ballots.

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How confusing; seems there’s more than one candidate in Hanover named Shayne Barkman – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #wpgpoli #mbpoli

Opinion: How confusing; seems there’s more than one candidate in Hanover named Shayne Barkman

It’s not entirely clear when or why Hanover trustee Shayne Barkman became one of Manitoba’s best-known anti-LGBTTQ+ crusaders.

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Kinew delivered what most of us wanted; now we’ll have to deal with the consequences – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #mbpoli

Opinion: Manitoba premier delivered what most of us wanted; now we’ll have to deal with the...

Premier Wab Kinew has decided to adopt permanent daylight savings time, which means a permanent end to the spring forward, fall back tradition of adjusting our clocks. And absolutely no one is...

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Nothing wrong with planting trees, but it won’t get province very far on path to net zero – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #mbpoli #cdnpoli

Opinion: Nothing wrong with planting trees, but it won’t get province very far on path to net zero

Manitoba’s new plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is a lot of things. It’s detailed. It’s certainly comprehensive in scope. But when it is all said and done, it is still very much a...

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NDP minister needs lesson in political civility – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #mbpoli #cdnpoli

Opinion: Manitoba NDP minister needs lesson in political civility

Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine’s decision to intercede in Winnipeg’s mayoral election may be surprising to some political observers. To others, however, it is entirely on brand.

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Leaders must make trade war, not snarky words, the priority – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews

Opinion: Leaders must make trade war, not snarky words, the priority

There is little question that trading barbs with United States President Donald Trump is good for the popularity of political leaders in Canada.

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Inflation-battered U.S. voters could prove to be key Canadian ally in fight against Trump’s trade tyranny – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews

Opinion: Opinion: Inflation-battered U.S. voters could prove to be key Canadian ally in fight...

Increasingly, it appears that if U.S. President Donald Trump is going to back away from punitive tariffs against Canada, it will be because of mounting pressure from within the United States and not...

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For our U.S. friends who are concerned about Canadian wildfires, here is NASA's current satellite accounting of all the wildfires in US and Canada. Apparently we both have trouble with forest management: go.nasa.gov/2OHML5k #cdnpoli #mbpoli

NASA-FIRMS

Fire Information for Resource Management System

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EXCLUSIVE: Trial by virus: Manitoba's Dr. Joss Reimer talks about becoming Canada's top doc and facing two deadly outbreaks in her first month on the job – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/arts-a… via @WinnipegNews #cdnpoli #mbpoli

As Canada’s newest top doc, Dr. Joss Reimer immediately had to confront two deadly global outbreaks

OTTAWA — The whirlwind that has been Dr. Joss Reimer’s career has officially touched down in Building 62.

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Sunday's Blue Jays-Cubs game postponed due to forecast of inclement weather

CHICAGO – Today’s 1:20 p.m. CT/2:20 p.m. ET game between the Chicago Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays at Wrigley Field has been postponed due to forecasted inclement weather. The makeup game is scheduled...

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Winnipeg museum’s core mandate is to confront inconvenient truths – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #cdnpoli #mbpoli #HumanRightsForAll

Opinion: Winnipeg museum’s core mandate is to confront inconvenient truths

There is something deeply disquieting about the attempts by Canada’s Jewish community to stop the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg from hosting an exhibit about the 1948 Palestinian Nakba.

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Carney, Smith all smiles while time runs out on climate change – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/opinio… via @WinnipegNews #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics

Opinion: Carney, Smith all smiles while time runs out on climate change

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney were all smiles last week when they signed an agreement to begin construction of a new oil pipeline by 2027, while also delaying and...

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Is simply serving as premier enough to earn Order of Manitoba honour? – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #mbpoli #cdnpoli #wpgpoli

Opinion: Is simply serving as premier enough to earn Order of Manitoba honour?

Former premier Brian Pallister will be among the prominent Manitobans who this year will be inducted into the Order of Manitoba. Not to be overly provocative, but does Pallister deserve the honour?

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Crown wrongheaded to pursue case against man for mom’s slaying – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #cdnpoli #mbpoli

Opinion: Crown wrongheaded to pursue case against man for mom’s slaying

The Manitoba Prosecution Service’s decision to appeal a stay of proceedings against a young offender charged with murdering his mother isn’t surprising — and that’s the problem.

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Former chief psychiatrist legally challenges Manitoba’s detox detention laws – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/breaki… via @WinnipegNews #mbpoli #cdnpoli

Former chief psychiatrist legally challenges Manitoba’s detox detention laws

Manitoba’s former chief psychiatrist is challenging the constitutionality of a controversial law allowing the province to incarcerate intoxicated people for up to 72 hours, claiming that it will harm...

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Carney’s pragmatic political monster not much to look at, but… ‘it’s moving, it’s alive!’ – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #cdnpoli #mbpoli

Opinion: Carney’s pragmatic political monster not much to look at, but… ‘it’s moving, it’s alive!’

Say hello to Dr. Carney’s Frankenparty, constructed of disparate — and in some instances, unwanted — body parts shed from other political parties that have come together around a common purpose.

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Pothole season in Winnipeg is when some inner city streets taunt us with our past greatness.
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Manitoba budget served with side of horseshoes, four-leaf clovers and a rabbit’s foot – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #mbpoli #wpgpoli #cdnpoli

Opinion: Manitoba budget served with side of horseshoes, four-leaf clovers and a rabbit’s foot

In the world of government budgeting, as in life, it’s sometimes better to be lucky than good. And over the next fiscal year, Manitoba’s NDP government is going to need a whole lot of luck if its...

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Canadians might wonder what Poilievre said at the border about the purpose of his trip – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #cdnpoli #mbpoli

Opinion: Canadians might wonder what Poilievre said at the border about the purpose of his trip

Poilievre is certainly putting in the work of trying to forge a new brand. But is all his sound and fury accomplishing anything? Poll results would suggest Canadians may not be paying much attention.

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A not-so-well-oiled machine: how the fourth largest oil producing country in the world is being held hostage by surging oil prices – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #cdnpoli #mbpoli

Gas pains: soaring prices due to Mideast conflict could lead to energy turning point in Canada

Veteran actor Billy Bob Thornton may seem like an unlikely source of wisdom about the world’s relentless dependence on oil. Then again, it would be hard to find a better, more poignant description of...

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