CJOB News Team reporting
5/11/2012
Manitoba's energy minister accepted free Winnipeg Jets tickets from a private company in the industry he's responsible for regulating and he makes no apologies for it...
Energy and Mines Minister Dave Chomiak is the latest official to be caught up in the controversy. He was given tickets to a game courtesy of Tundra Oil and Gas.
Tory leader Hugh McFadyen tells CJOB he doesn't have a problem with private companies giving cabinet ministers tickets, as long as they disclose it properly...
Global News reports Advanced Education Minister Erin Selby got tickets from the President of Red River College, and has since paid the college back.
Tourism Minister Flo Marcelino went to a game courtesy of hotel chain Canad Inns.
And the minister responsible for seniors, Jim Rondeau, was treated to a Jets game by the Sturgeon Creek Retirement Home.
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