Don't expect the Provincial Sales Tax to drop in Manitoba for at least another year or two.

That was the message Wednesday morning by Premier elect Brian Pallister. The Conservative Leader told reporters he has a 100 day plan already and his first order of business is to have a

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performance review done in order to get a grasp for how deep the hole is his new government will inherit.

"I'm a practical guy," says Pallister. "I want that PST lowered but at the same time I have to know what the books are and the NDP has been very guarded on letting those numbers out."

Pallister notes lowering the PST immediately would be an irresponsible thing to do based on the deficit they are inheriting.

"There is particular waste in older governments and tired governments and (let's) get that waste cleaned up and then redirect the savings back to Manitobans so we can get the PST back down where it was supposed to be and where it was promised to be," he says.

Pallister says he will also be inquiring about Bipole III and in fact he has a meeting on the matter Wednesday with Greg Selinger.

"The Bipole III west line is one of the dumbest, most poorly considered projects in the history of any government anywhere," says Pallister. "We're going to get all the information we can as quickly as possible so that we're able to deal from a position of information, which we haven't been able to do to this point."

Pallister says when it comes to Bipole III, he has asked for reports from the New Democrats in the past and either wouldn't receive those reports or he would get them blacked out. He notes there was a lack of openness and transparency with the former government.

"My hope is that we can still stop this project but I have to see the information first so that we can evaluate it and we'll be doing that in short order," he says.

On the topic of Cabinet appointments, Pallister says it is too early to begin speculating who might be tapped on the shoulder. But he says it will be a smaller Cabinet and adds every region of the province deserves a voice. With a possible two seats still being up for recount following Tuesday's election, Pallister says he would like to know who is all on his team before assembling the Conservative Cabinet.

With regards to health care, Pallister says a better, more effective system needs to be developed for keeping rural Emergency Rooms open. He notes a number of ER's have closed, due in large part to a lack of available physicians. Pallister says there needs to be a better recruitment strategy.

"One thing we know for sure is that home grown talent is always better because the people know the province and love it and they want to stay here," notes Pallister. "We've got to stop this revolving door that's been going on for so long."

Pallister says the NDP approach was to raise taxes on high income earners, which was not a good way to deal with a doctor shortage. He notes the Conservatives will have a much different approach.

Meanwhile, Pallister says his government will need to address the shortage of personal care home beds in the province. He says under the seventeen year reign of the NDP government, twenty new beds on average were added across the province every year. Pallister says the previous Conservative government, during more difficult financial times averaged ninety beds per year. He notes there is a tremendous opportunity for the private sector to help government on the matter.