Former PC minister decries 'unconscionable' attempt to OK si

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Former PC minister decries 'unconscionable' attempt to OK silica mining deal after losing Manitoba election

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CBC News · Posted: Dec 28, 2023 5:16 PM CST | Last Updated: December 28

Another former Progressive Conservative cabinet member is alleging the former provincial government tried to ram through approval of an Alberta mining company's proposal to drill for sand in southeastern Manitoba days after it lost the Oct. 3 provincial election.

Rochelle Squires, who lost her seat in south Winnipeg's Riel constituency when the provincial NDP formed a majority government, called her former party's attempt to push through the approval after losing the election "unconventional and unconscionable" in an interview on Thursday.

Squires's comments come a day after CBC News reported both Premier Wab Kinew and former PC cabinet minister and environment minister Kevin Klein alleged the former government tried to approve the proposal in breach of the caretaker convention, where outgoing governments are supposed to only engage in urgent, routine, reversible or uncontroversial operations during the brief period before the next government is sworn in.

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