The leader of the provincial PC Party is hopeful premier Greg Selinger can begin paying attention to the needs of Manitobans now that he has patched things up with the five rebel ministers who challenged his leadership.

All those months of infighting hobbled the operation of government and ultimately had a negative impact for Manitobans.

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Brian Pallister says it's unfortunate all of the infighting in government had to occur. He says it appears some members of the NDP forgot the meaning of the word "team."

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On Thursday, the premier Selinger pulled his caucus together for their first face-to-face meeting since a leadership revolt in fall declared afterwards that the members of his N-D-P government who had challenged his leadership have regained full caucus privileges.