Premier Greg Selinger says he is not going anywhere. He made the comments yesterday after several members of the NDP caucus suggested he should think about his future. Those caucus members note Selinger's faltering popularity and the negative reactions of Manitobans to the increase in the Provincial Sales Tax as reasons he should think about stepping aside. Selinger responded that he wants to continue to work for Manitobans.
"There have been some folks that recommended I take a serious look at my future role and some of them are Cabinet Ministers. I've had a conversation with those folks today and I've said that we have to focus our energy on the priorities of Manitobans, that's where we need to be putting our efforts as Cabinet Ministers and as Caucus members."
Selinger also defended the decision to increase the PST.
"We had a challenging choice to make. We were confronted by the Flood of the Century in 2011 and then again this year we've seen even more challenges with respect to floods and we had to make some choices to invest in those kinds of infrastructure."
Conservative Opposition Leader Brian Pallister says he's not surprised that Selinger continues to pass the buck.
"This is something that we already knew, that this was a Government that would blame everyone else for its problems. They blamed the Federal Government, they blamed flooding, they blamed Gary Filmon, last year they blamed Manitobans, saying they weren't paying enough in taxes and now they're blaming each other."
Pallister adds this demonstrates the NDP has a team that can't be trusted while he has a Caucus of people who can be trusted.
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