News - Manitoba NDP

May 14, 2021

PCs Allow Health Care Vacancies to Rise During National Nursing Week

The Manitoba NDP revealed documents that show the PC government failed to prepare for the third wave by refusing to hire more nurses and healthcare staff. The NDP released documents that show alarming nurse vacancies at the Grace Hospital ICU and across Prairie Mountain Health. “Manitobans want their government to...

May 06, 2021

NDP Call on Pallister Government to Stop Hiding Modelling Data from Manitobans

Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew and Healthcare Critic Uzoma Asagwara called on the PC government to release their modelling data to improve public buy-in of public health restrictions and reduce the strain on our healthcare system in the third wave. “Throughout the pandemic the PCs have been telling us that...

May 06, 2021

PCs Plan to Send Early Childhood Educators to North Dakota for Vaccines

The Manitoba NDP has learned the province is planning to extend its vague plan to send teachers and school staff down the highway to North Dakota for vaccines to school-based Early Childhood Educators. “The PC’s unrealistic plan shows this government’s lack of respect for teachers and school staff, and now...

May 03, 2021

NDP Call on PCs to Take Action for Teachers and Support Staff

Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew and Education Critic Nello Altomare amplified the voices of educators and school support staff who are feeling abandoned by the PC government. They called on the province to take immediate steps to protect schools by vaccinating all frontline school staff, increasing in-school mental health supports...

April 30, 2021

Pallister Sends Educators to State with Fewer Vaccines Than Manitoba

The PC’s so-called plan to send Manitoba teachers to North Dakota for vaccinations is not only disrespectful it’s completely unnecessary: Manitoba has twice as many doses as the state. The most up to date reports show there are 109,445 doses sitting in fridges in Manitoba and 56,484 in North Dakota....

April 28, 2021

NDP Introduce Bill Targeted at Pallister’s Vote-Buying Scheme

The NDP Official Opposition has introduced legislation that would prevent Premier Pallister from personally signing any rebates to Manitobans, including the Education Property Tax rebate. “Manitobans know a political trick when they see one—and the Premier’s plan to personally sign cheques is the most transparent trick in the book,” said...