Christine Melnick

Christine Melnick: Winnipeg NDP MLA Christine Melnick was removed from cabinet in part because she lied about her involvement in a decision to invite immigrants and immigrant service groups to a debate in the legislature last year, Premier Greg Selinger said Tuesday. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Assistant deputy minister Ben Rempel sent out hundreds of invitations to attend a legislative debate on April 19, 2012, concerning Ottawas plans to wrest control from the province of immigrant support services the federal government funds. Christine Melnick. In a year end interview with the Free Press , Selinger said he did not know of Melnicks deception until after the provincial Ombudsman launched an investigation into a senior bureaucrats handling of the affair. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.