Manitoba Legislature and Progressive Conservatives

Progressive Conservatives: Manitoba's opposition Progressive Conservatives are accusing the governing NDP of hiding information from requests made under Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation. , according to CBC. At the time, the Tory request came to nothing. It's another chapter in the continuing saga over a former cabinet minister's role in a tussle between the province and the federal government over changes to the immigration program, a battle Manitoba eventually lost. The Tories said in 2012, they requested information about then-cabinet minister Christine Melnick and whether she played a role in inviting immigrants and groups involved with immigrant issues to a debate at the Manitoba Legislature about changes the federal government was making that might affect them. Manitoba politicians spar over immigration changes (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.