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Sep 15, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Brian Pallister and his hand picked head of Treasury Board, a former general counsel to Bell MTS, have been caught secretly giving direction to Manitoba Hydro which has resulted in a lucrative data services contract extension to...Bell MTS.

winnipegfreepress.com/local/tories-a…
There are significant conflict of interest concerns here. Mr. Beauregard owned thousands of $ worth of Bell MTS shares as recently as three years ago.

Manitobans deserve to know if Mr. Beauregard continues to have any direct financial interest in Bell MTS.
The direction given from TB to Hydro was never made public, which is in direct violation of a Manitoban law requiring all Cabinet level direction to Crowns to be made public...for precisely this type of reason.
Brian Pallister is on record a couple years ago stating that Mr. Beauregard would recuse himself from any and all decision making ties to Bell MTS.

We now know that was a lie.
In addition, we now know government also directed Manitoba Hydro International to avoid participating in an upcoming RFP which will determine who manages the large publicly owned fibre optic line running into our north.
The common denominator is that government has been directly interfering in the affairs of Manitoba Hydro International, a profitable and wholly owned subsidiary of MH which reports directly to Hydro CEO Jay Grewal.

In short, they’re trying to stop them from doing business.
There may be other explanations for this, but the most likely by far is that they are preparing to privatize Manitoba Hydro International.

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Sep 16, 2022
Little known fact - the PCs recently took Manitoba Hydro owned fibre optic infrastructure and gave control of it to a private company.

The results of this back door privatization scheme have been disastrous for northern communities, small businesses, and Hydro ratepayers. /1
Prior to the handover of this infrastructure to a private company, it was managed by Manitoba Hydro Telecom (MHT), a Hydro subsidiary which had a long history of successfully partnering with MB based businesses to expand access to broadband in rural and northern communities. /2
By any and all measures, MHT was doing a fantastic job expanding access to broadband across MB, and the profits they made in the process went directly towards Hydro's bottom line which helped to keep ⚡️rates as low as possible.

Enter the PCs and their privatization scheme. /3
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May 21, 2021
A deluge of concerning Bills are being passed in the MB Legislature this evening. Here’s a sampling of the PC legislative agenda:

Bill 26: Will limit damages which can be paid out on human rights complaints. Sends strong signal that human rights violations are no big deal.
Bill 37: Hugely anti-democratic Bill which eliminates municipal control over development decisions. Don’t like that new suburb being proposed? Too bad, Pallister’s hand appointed Board will now make the final call.
Bill 47: Supercharges the privatization of childcare in MB. Will allow province to give grants to private childcare operators for first time ever and will allow daycare licenses to be bought and sold on the open market.
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