The Manitoba Progressive Conservatives held a campaign rally with Leader Brian Pallister on Saturday.
Hundreds of party members and supporters packed into the Caboto Centre for the official launch of the PC campaign.
Pallister called this election the most important in Manitoba history. He quickly turned to attacking the record of the governing NDP and Premier Greg Selinger, promising to restore trust in the provincial government.
“After 17 years of broken promises, I didn’t hear (Selinger) apologize to Manitobans for giving millions of dollars in untendered contracts to party pals and then trying to cover it all up,” said Pallister.
He also criticized the NDP “for creating the longest emergency room waits in Canada.”
The party outlined their Better Plan for Manitoba platform, in which they promise to roll back the PST by one percentage point, improve reading skills for children by Grade 3, reduce ambulance fees, and spend $1 billion a year on infrastructure.
The election is on April 19.
