News - Manitoba NDP

January 27, 2023

Government Business Delayed by Stefanson's Chaotic Mismanagement

NDP Asks Why the PC Cabinet isn’t Focused on Manitobans In the midst of continuing health care shortages, overcrowded classrooms and economic uncertainty the PC government is so plagued by internal chaos and mismanagement they are missing critical deadlines. NDP MLA for St. James Adrien Sala asked why neither the Premier...

January 16, 2023

Premier Stefanson Must Say Why her Caucus Supports Frontier Centre

A number of Manitoba PC MLAs, including some cabinet ministers, were seen on Friday attending a speech by Pierre Poilievre hosted by the contentious organization Frontier Centre for Public Policy. “To see members of the PC government attend Frontier’s event is alarming, given what we know about that organization’s record...

January 13, 2023

PCs Let Nurse Vacancy Rates Soar in MB Surgery Departments, Ask Manitobans to Travel to the U.S.

Instead of investing in Manitoba’s public health care system so patients can get surgery close to home, documents obtained by the Manitoba NDP show nurse vacancy rates in some Winnipeg hospitals have doubled in the last year. “You shouldn’t need to use your passport to access health care,” said Uzoma Asagwara NDP Critic...

January 10, 2023

Kinew: Federal Bill C-21 Amendments an Overreach

As the House of Commons stopped sitting for the Holiday Season Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew called on the Federal Government to withdraw amendments made to federal Bill C-21. “These last minute amendments are causing concerns with hunters, farmers and people who want their kids to learn how to live...

January 06, 2023

NDP Break Fundraising Records in Last Year-End Campaign Ahead of Election

Treaty 1 and Dakota Territory, Homeland of the Red River Métis, Winnipeg MB—The Manitoba NDP received more than $300,000 in donations as part of their record-breaking end of year campaign, putting the party on a strong path towards forming government in 2023. “More Manitobans than ever before have contributed to...

December 08, 2022

Premier Continues Health Care Cuts Leaving Patients with Less Care at the Bedside

Government documents show the PCs continue to cut health care spending. The government's own dashboard shows that Premier Stefanson is capping health spending for 2023 below the rate of inflation, leaving critical staffing vacancies unfilled and resulting in less care at the bedside. “Even as wait times at ERs soar, Premier Stefanson...