Under scant media scrutiny the NHL’s latest corporate welfare application was approved by the Manitoba government as tax payers are forced take on a franchise they cannot afford.
In another stunning example of Winnipeg’s collective inferiority complex local politicians, in the name of taxpayers, have gifted the NHL with $4M annually in public lottery funds to entice the league to locate in Winnipeg. There is no indication whether the municipal government will get in on the rape of the public treasury although more shady backroom deals are sure to emerge in the coming weeks.
