Heading to the polls,
eyes open, fingers crossed
Lindsey Wiebe, Young Voter | June 2

Election day is nearly upon us. All the campaigning, public forums, promotions, and signs hammered into lawns across the province have led up to this moment. So why am I so unexcited? Full Story>>

Reality Check: Tax Cuts
Conway Fraser, CBC Online | May 28

Most people aren't happy about paying taxes, so promising to cut them should be an automatic vote-getter. But can the politicians pay for the cuts they're promising? Full Story>>

Election Poetry
David A. Streit, Election Poet

CBC's bard of the ballot muses weekly on the campaign trail, election issues, politics and democracy. Listen and Read >>

Reality Check: Welfare
CBC Radio News | May 27

An NDP news release says the number of people on general and municipal assistance has dropped by 49 per cent since the party came to power in 1999. We take a closer look. Full Story>>

Young candidates give campaign their all
Lindsey Wiebe, Young Voter | May 27

With political awareness painfully low among the student population, I should be doing my best to support those who take the time to get involved. Still, it’s one thing to support activism, and entirely another to vote for a candidate who's a student. Full Story>>

Reality Check: Workfare
CBC Radio News | May 21

Tory leader Stuart Murray says a Conservative government would re-introduce legislation requiring able-bodied social assistance recipients to volunteer. Does "workfare" help people get off welfare? Full Story>>

Studying education platforms
Lindsey Wiebe, Young Voter | May 20

I thought that I'd be able to head to the polls on June 3 with a solid idea of what each party wanted to do for students like me, and how, and when. The hope is still there, but I now have a dose of healthy skepticism to balance it out. Full Story>>

Reality Check:
Preventative health care savings
CBC Radio News | May 13

Liberal leader Jon Gerrard has promised to implement a number of preventative health care programs, many of which he says will be paid for by savings to the health care system. Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Full Story>>

The Balloteers
Dean Jenkinson and Al Rae | CBC Radio

The Balloteers made an election promise they intend to keep: sing a weekly Beatles parody about the campaign. Listen >>

Reality Check:
Education Funding
CBC Radio News | May 12

Tory leader Stuart Murray has promised to eliminate education taxes from Manitobans' property tax bills. Does it make sense to scrap the school tax? Full Story>>

Students worry about bus passes, not tax cuts
Lindsey Wiebe, Young Voter | May 12

While hallway medicine and lower tax rates are certainly worthy of attention, I’d be lying if I said that they were as relevant to me as they were to those finished their post-secondary education. Full Story>>

Trouble dogs Tory campaign
Louise Charette, CBC News Online | May 9

Less than a week into the election campaign, some might think the Manitoba Tories had never done this before. Full Story >>

Reality Check:
Keeping Youth in Manitoba
CBC Radio News | May 7

NDP leader Gary Doer is promising to make Manitoba more attractive to young people, but what would it really take to
make them stay? Full Story >>