Yesterday, June 20, I was in Gimli to present a Young Liberal
Scholarship to Sinead Gibbs a student who has excelled academically, done well in
sports and has volunteered in the community.
She has volunteered with various organizations including Evergreen Basic
Needs, the Gimli Humane Society, Siloam Mission and Meals on Wheels. She has become a certified lifeguard and has
supported the teaching of swimming lessons to children with special needs. She has developed, not only in her work
locally, but also as a global citizen being concerned about issues like climate
change and the need for effective action to address climate change. She writes in her essay on what she would do if
she were Premier – about increasing student engagement in learning, in
addressing physician shortages in area like the Interlake and of addressing
climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Sinead is a very talented student and I was proud to present the Young Liberal Scholarship for 2019 to her on behalf of our Manitoba Liberal Leader - Dougald Lamont and our Liberal team.
Dougald Lamont speaks at Meth Forum last night to present positive ideas to address the epidemic, while exposing the lack of action by the Pallister Conservatives
Last night at the Notre Dame Recreation Centre in St. Boniface, at an Election Forum on the Meth Crisis in Manitoba, Dougald Lamont spoke eloquently about the severity of the meth epidemic and described the Liberal plan to address it. The Liberal Plan will make sure that there is a single province-wide phone number for people, or friends of people, who need help dealing with meth to call (as there is in Alberta) and that there will be rapid access to a seamless series of steps - stabilization, detoxification, treatment, extended supportive housing etc so that people with meth addiction can be helped well and effectively and so that they can rebuild their lives. The Liberal meth plan will be helped by our approach to mental health (putting psychological therapies under medicare), and to poverty (providing better support). It will also be helped by our vigorous efforts to help young people understand the problems with meth in our education system and to provide alternative positive
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