WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s governing New Democrats are gathering this weekend as the party tries to recover faltering public support and rally loyalists.
The NDP has slipped in the polls since it raised the provincial sales tax last summer after promising in the 2011 election campaign that there would be no tax increases.
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The government has also been rocked by the ousting of a former cabinet minister from the NDP caucus.
Christine Melnick was removed Tuesday after publicly accusing Premier Greg Selinger’s office of making her a scapegoat for an immigration debate controversy.
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Pollster Curtis Brown with Probe Research says the NDP is bleeding support to both the Opposition Tories and the Liberals.
Selinger is expected to address delegates several times and has said he hopes the recent controversy doesn’t overshadow the “many other important topics” the party has to discuss.
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