Minnetonka School and Dakota Collegiate: Christine Melnick

Christine Melnick: An NDP MLA recently demoted from cabinet has lashed out at Premier Greg Selinger over his denial of knowledge of an invitation to immigrant groups to attend a controversial legislative debate almost two years ago. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. But Christine Melnick, the provinces former immigration minister, challenged the premiers assertion, made just days ago to The Canadian Press, that neither he nor his staff were behind the invitation and that Melnick had acted on her own. Christine Melnick is 'disappointed' with Premier Greg Selinger. Photo Store Born and raised in St. Vital. Attended Minnetonka School and Dakota Collegiate. Earned a BA from the University of Manitoba and a Masters degree in library and information science from Dalhousie University. Worked as a librarian with the Hibernia Offshore Oil Project, the Donald Marshall Jr. Commission of Inquiry, the Toronto Harbour Commission, and the Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre. Served briefly as a trustee for the Louis Riel School Division, elected in 2002. First elected to the Manitoba legislature in 2003 as the MLA for Riel, one of the suburban Winnipeg ridings key to the electoral success of the NDP. Was appointed Minister of Family Services and Housing right after being elected. Her awkward handling of the death of Phoenix Sinclair, the five-year-old who slipped through the cracks of the child welfare system, was viewed as the reason she was shuffled out of the portfolio. Became Minister of Water Stewardship in 2006. Became Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism in 2011, where allegations surfaced that she politicized the civil service by asking staff to manufacture a show of support for a government resolution on federal immigration funding. Demoted from cabinet during a shuffle last October. An avid reader, traveller and activist for womens reproductive rights. Related Items Articles Manitoba premier took minister's misleading statement at face value Very recently, Premier Selinger stated that neither he nor his staff were involved in the decision to invite government-funded immigrant service agencies to the debate. The event attracted more than 400 people and wound up leading to a showdown between the government and several Manitoba Conservative MPs, who were in attendance. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.