Manitoba NDP leader says he would revive annual open house at legislature
“It’s one of the times of year when we really live up to the phrase that this is the people’s building,” Kinew said in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press.“Security is an important concern, but there has to be a way for us to balance those concerns with the fact that we live in a democracy where people have a right to have access to the people’s building and to be able to speak and meet and, in the case of an open house, celebrate with their democratically elected representatives.
The security upgrades at the legislature in recent years include the use of a metal detector for visitors. Don Leitch, the head of the provincial civil service as clerk of the executive council, said in November that construction on the grounds and security matters raised safety concerns for managing potentially thousands of visitors in an afternoon.The same concerns also prompted the cancellation of the New Year’s Day Levee, hosted by the lieutenant-governor at the legislature on Jan. 1.
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