Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a cabinet minister who complained about a sign-language interpreter will stay on in her role as minister responsible for services for people with disabilities.
  • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteMEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I’ve started and stopped trying to put together a reply to this several times, and I’m not really any closer to anything coherent.

    The bottom line is that I have historically liked Fontaine as an MLA. I think her concern - obstructed sightlines from the stage - is understandable.

    But I can’t fathom expressing those frustrations in that manner. There’s really no excuse. Whether that’s worth a resignation…I don’t know. I wouldn’t be mad if she stepped down, but I’m also not necessarily mad that she hasn’t. I guess time will tell whether she learned anything.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 days ago

    If any one minister in Cabinet should know better than the rest of us on this stuff, it’s the Disability Services minister.

    I can understand she was frustrated with the positioning of the interpreter rather than her presence, but her spoken word doesn’t suggest that. Hopefully she learns like all of us incrementally do.