So now the province is responding to the surprisingly popular sentiment by the Provincial Tories to ban mobile photo radar. They are going so far as to have a big press conference to talk about this very subject.
UPDATE: The NDP government refuses to refund money, calling the unjust issuance of tickets a “legal technicality” and saying that it’s the city that didn’t want to give the money back. I wonder if a class action suit will be coming.
As the loyal opposition for the province of Manitoba, why can’t the Tories bring about this kind of result on the big issues that have been dragging this province down for over a decade? Where is the Tory campaign to save health care? Where is the Tory campaign to deal with the death by neglect of aboriginal Manitobans?
The answer: the Tories put politics above all else, and they see photo radar as a way to make the NDP bleed. So the NDP will respond, and will do their best to marginalize the Tory position, and they’ll probably succeed, as Crocus and the “Vote Tax” issues show. You see, the NDP puts politics above all else, too, and they’re better at it.
There is only one party that puts principle before politics in Manitoba, and that can be seen time and time again by the work of the Liberal party on all of the issues that matter. The Liberals aren’t into the “flavour of the month” style of politics demonstrated by the PCs and NDP; that’s why the Liberal platform is the most reasoned and respected of the Manitoba parties.
As more Manitobans compare the fad politics of the other parties with the common sense policies of the Liberals, they’ll see that there’s only one party that puts the task of making Manitoba better first.
Regan Wolfrom 
The NDP and PC’S have already proven they will not fight for Manitobans,the Liberal party has the best platform to date.I do believe Manitobans will support the Liberals in record numbers in 2011!
Never been a fan of party politics to begin with.
Meaning no disrespect to you (you know where I stand on your own qualifications), I suspect that the Liberals are no better than the NDP or the Conservatives when it comes to principle vesus politics. It’s simply the nature of the beast that is our electoral system to seek that which will get one elected; in other words, political issues, not principles.
Again, meaning no disrespect, but assuming it is the case that the Liberals have more emphasis on principle than on politics, it might suggest the abysmal showings at the polls?
I’m no great fan of any party in this country, or province. I suppose I vote like a typical Canadian; I vote against a party, not for one. I’m not sure who will receive my vote in the next election (were I living in elmwood, my choice would be clear), but we’ll see what happens.
@Chris: I imagine that it’s not the parties themselves that are making these decisions to score political points over coming up with practical solutions, but the small group of people at the head of these parties. I guess one big reason that the Manitoba Liberals put policy first is because we are a smaller group of policy-minded people who have been more about the policies and the politics. I guess I have no evidence that it isn’t just a chance situation, as opposed to any cultural difference between the Liberals and the other parties.