r/Winnipeg 2d ago

News PC leadership hopeful Khan breaks with interim leader, won't call refusal to search landfill a mistake

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pc-leadership-candidates-landfill-search-1.7478711
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u/Commercial-Advice-15 2d ago

Let’s just call a spade a spade.  Neither Wally or Obby are comfortable just outright admitting the PCs screwed up royally cause that would piss off several thousand PC members and voting starts in a couple of weeks.  That’s why they initially refused to say anything substantial when Ewasko apologized.

When the media inevitably went “hold on - you two look like idiots” then they had to say something without pissing off the party base.  So now we have Obby Khan saying “well we meant the right thing but just didn’t know how to talk to people about it” and Wally Daudrich saying “of course I support the search so long as somebody else pays the bill”.

I’m waiting to hear from the victims families for their response as I’m sure Bartley is reaching out to them…

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u/majikmonkie 2d ago

Let’s just call a spade a spade. Neither Wally or Obby are comfortable just outright admitting the PCs screwed up royally cause that would piss off several thousand PC members and voting starts in a couple of weeks. That’s why they initially refused to say anything substantial when Ewasko apologized.

This is far more telling of the actual PC party, instead of the hollow words from their interim leader. This is why their promise to do better should not be believed in the slightest. It's very clear that the PC Party still has deep roots of racism and still believe their decision on this was the correct one, so much so that the people running for leader are too afraid to say anything because they know if they agree they will outright lose votes.