Gary, Gary, Quite Contrary

Today’s headlines declare that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are supporting the Asper proposal for the stadium. A few days ago, we heard that Gary Doer was in support of the Polo Park location. Eugene Kostyra, one of Doer’s closest confidantes also sits on the Bomber’s board.

To be honest, I have not evaluated the stadium proposals enough to decide which of the two would be better for all of us. My sole question on this matter is why Gary Doer continues to talk about the privatization of MTS as evil while he simultaneously champions selling off an institution that has been a venerated public holding for almost 80 years. The NDP path of logic seems to have a curious fork in the road…