Three times over the past 10 months, high-profile Manitoba Progressive Conservatives have used some variation of “coulda, shoulda, woulda” in response to questions about the way the government handled the pandemic.
Premier Heather Stefanson says this is not a formal party talking point. The provincial opposition may have other designs on it.
“Coulda, shoulda, woulda” has tremendous potential for use in attack ads when the next general election nears in 2023.
Former premier Brian Pallister was the first PC leader to employ this rhetoric. When the third wave of the pandemic was spiralling out of control, Pallister used the line to
