WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is bristling at questions about his use of his wife’s personal email account and cellphone to conduct government business while at their vacation home in Costa Rica. While government records indicate he didn’t communicate with his staff each day, he said was “accessible” every day. “Frankly, if sending emails and phone calls is your measure of effectiveness, we should have a teenager as the premier of Manitoba,” Pallister said at a news conference Wednesday. Pallister took exception to questions about his wife’s access to confidential government information. “I work harder than any premier that’s been around here for a long, long time,” he said.

Source: National Post August 09, 2017 20:03 UTC