News - Manitoba NDP

November 06, 2020

NDP Delay Budget As A Symbolic Rejection of Hydro Increases

The Manitoba NDP delayed passage of the government’s harmful budget legislation late into the night on Thursday, as a symbolic rejection of Premier Pallister’s plan to hike Hydro rates for regular families. “The Pallister government is trying to force through an omnibus budget bill that, buried deep within it, raises...

November 05, 2020

Pallister Government Continues to Fail Child Care Workers

The Pallister government has once again failed Early Childhood Educators and the families who rely on them by distributing non-medical grade masks that don’t meet public health standards. “The Pallister government has repeatedly failed to protect Early Childhood Educators and the children they care for throughout this pandemic,” said NDP...

November 05, 2020

Pallister Refuses to Boost Funding to PCHs

Despite knowing a second wave of Covid-19 was likely, the Pallister government refused to boost funding to personal care homes to help them hire more staff, buy PPE and make infrastructure changes to keep seniors safe. “Long term care facilities are desperately trying to save seniors lives—yet all this government...

November 02, 2020

NDP Call For Immediate Health and Economic Supports

The Manitoba NDP joined representatives of front line health care workers and small businesses to call on the province to provide immediate and unprecedented supports for the health care system and economy today “Our province is facing its most serious crisis in generations while our Premier and cabinet ignore the...

October 28, 2020

NDP Advocates for Actions to Help Indian Farm Families in Manitoba

Manitoba NDP MLA and Critic for Agriculture Diljeet Brar called for action to help Indian farmers, and to protect the incomes of the Manitobans who rely on them. Agricultural reforms in India have had a ripple effect for many Indian families living in Manitoba. Many Punjabi families here have family...

October 28, 2020

NDP Calls for Supports to Address Syphilis Outbreak

The Manitoba NDP is calling for immediate supports to address the syphilis outbreak in our province. New information obtained by the Manitoba NDP shows the number of babies born between January and August this year with Congenital Syphilis is at 30. An NDP freedom of information request showed that there...