News - Manitoba NDP

September 03, 2021

PC Interference in Hydro Leaves 1,500 Manitobans Displaced for Months

NDP MLA for Keewatinook Ian Bushie, who represents Little Grand Rapids First Nation and Pauingassi First Nation, stood with NDP Hydro Critic Adrien Sala and IBEW 2034 to condemn the PC Government’s disregard for the crisis in these communities. “Families in these communities should be preparing for a new school...

August 31, 2021

PCs Distracted by Internal Dysfunction As Hospital Wait Times Hit Record-High

The NDP are demanding the PCs put their internal dysfunction aside and immediately address the record-high wait times in Winnipeg hospitals to protect Manitobans during the fourth wave of COVID-19. According to the WRHA monthly wait times report, July 2021 was the worst month in the last seven years. “As...

August 26, 2021

NDP Demand PCs Lift Stop-Sell Order on Manitoba Hydro Telecom and End Political Interference

One year after the PCs ordered Manitoba Hydro Telecom (MHT) to stop taking on new contracts, the NDP are demanding the PCs lift the stop-sell order and come clean about the total revenue losses that resulted from their political interference. The NDP are also calling on the PCs to end...

August 25, 2021

NDP Urge PCs to Call Back the House and Kill Bills

The Manitoba NDP House Leader, Nahanni Fontaine, urged the PC government to call back the House so they can get rid of Pallister’s harmful agenda. “Manitobans want a better future for their families,” said Fontaine. “But Pallister’s agenda of cuts and privatization is making life harder and less affordable in...

August 24, 2021

NDP Call on PCs to Take Immediate Action on Afghanistan Refugee Crisis and Support Veterans

The Manitoba NDP stood with Manitobans who have friends and family in Afghanistan to call on the PC government to take immediate action to settle refugees in Manitoba and increase supports to veterans. “Manitobans want to do their part to help welcome Afghan refugees to Manitoba” said NDP MLA for...

August 21, 2021

NDP Call for Education Minister to Resign

The Manitoba NDP Critic for Education Nello Altomare is calling on the Minister of Education Cliff Cullen to resign after he was captured on video applauding behind PC leadership candidate Heather Stefanson on Wednesday as she pledged to stop Bill 64. “Manitobans deserve to know where their Education Minister stands...