WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger’s office is being accused of breaking an election law by using government resources for a NDP campaign-style announcement.
A complaint to the provincial elections commissioner, obtained by The Canadian Press, accuses one of the premier’s advisers — Jim August — of violating the Election Financing Act.
The complaint alleges August, as a government worker, solicited advice from civil servants for a NDP press conference on surface parking lots last month.
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The law bans political parties from using government resources for partisan announcements, and forbids any government announcements 90 days prior to an election.
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Selinger says he is aware of the complaint but has not been told whether an investigation is underway.
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He says he and his staff will fully co-operate with any investigation.
The NDP have been found guilty of breaking the election law on previous occasions, including a 2011 event in which then health minister Theresa Oswald took part in a media tour of a birthing centre close to election day.
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