News - Manitoba NDP

April 28, 2021

National Day of Mourning: NDP Call on PCs to Protect Working Families in the Third Wave

Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew, NDP Labour Critic Tom Lindsey and representatives from Manitoba’s labour organizations held a virtual press conference on the National Day of Mourning to call on the PC government to work with employers to provide comprehensive and immediate paid sick leave benefits and paid leave for...

April 21, 2021

NDP Sound Alarm on Resurgence of Hallway Medicine

NDP Leader Wab Kinew and St. James MLA Adrien Sala, stood with representatives from MAHCP and MNU outside Grace Hospital to call attention to an alarming resurgence of “hallway medicine” at the facility. “Manitobans who can remember health care under the last PC government will know what hallway medicine means:...

April 16, 2021

NDP Bill to Support Young Victims of Sexual Assault in the North Passes Second Reading

Today the NDP bill that will help children and young people in northern and isolated communities access crucial health care when they have been sexually assaulted passed second reading with support from all parties. This bill was first introduced by NDP MLA for The Pas-Kameesak, Amanda Lathlin, in November. Amanda...

April 13, 2021

PCs Spend $600,000 on KPMG Report while Childcare Waitlist Grows

The PC government continues to put corporate interests ahead families by giving $600,000 to a private consulting firm while families struggle to find childcare spots. The NDP has learned through a Freedom of Information request that the waitlist for childcare has increased by 4,000 spots since the PCs took office...

April 12, 2021

PCs Make Life Harder for Mothers by Cutting Pre and Post-Natal Supports During Pandemic

The PC Government is making life even harder for mothers during the pandemic by cutting programs that support new and expectant mothers and promote the health and well-being of families. The Manitoba NDP has found through a Freedom of Information Request that the government has cut the Healthy Baby Prenatal...

April 09, 2021

NDP Call on PC Government to Acknowledge Addictions Crisis and Stop Withholding Data on Overdose Deaths

Treaty 1 Territory, Homeland of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg MB— Today Bernadette Smith, NDP Critic for Mental Health and Addictions, introduced a bill that would bring awareness to the severity of the addictions crisis in Manitoba. Smith’s bill would amend the Fatality Inquiries Act to require the province publish the number...