Both sides say dismissal wasn’t discussed
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 14/02/2012 (5228 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Fired firefighter Wade Ritchie requested and received a private meeting with Premier Greg Selinger at the opening of Brandon’s Workers Compensation Board office on Monday.
While both a Workers Compensation Board employee and Brandon East NDP MLA Drew Caldwell were obstructing reporters from getting close to the scene, Ritchie, the president of the Brandon Professional Firefighters/Paramedics Association, was joined by two senior union members, Scott Hemstad and Marc Lefebvre, at the meeting.
After the meeting, Selinger denied the meeting was to talk to Ritchie about his dismissal from the Brandon Fire and Emergency Services on Jan. 26, stating they discussed the future of the Manitoba Emergency Services College.
“They think there’s some potential to expand the operation of the fire college in partnership with Assiniboine Community College as it moves to the North Hill,” Selinger said. “We said we’d take it under advisement. No, no we did not discuss any other issues.”
Ritchie confirmed Selinger’s side of the story and said that even current firefighters can make use of the services the local fire college offers.
Ritchie added their meeting, which lasted several minutes and was held in a side room, was cordial.
“I’m not even sure it would have been appropriate to discuss it with him,” Ritchie said of his battle with the city to get his job back.
» kborkowsky@brandonsun.com