News - Manitoba NDP

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...

December 02, 2022

Last Fall Sitting Ends with PCs Committing to Private Hydro and Health Care

As the final fall sitting before the next election ends, Manitoba families are worse off than when it started. In fact, the PCs have spent their time in the Legislature to announce a plan to create for-profit, American-style health care and sell off our public Manitoba Hydro to raise rates....