News - Manitoba NDP

June 08, 2020

NDP Urges Hydro CEO to Trigger PUB Hearing on Pallister’s Layoffs

Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew and Adrien Sala, critic for Manitoba Hydro, have written to Manitoba Hydro President Jay Grewal urging her to submit a rate application to the Public Utilities Board (PUB) so there can be a public examination and review of the Premier’s order to layoff 200 jobs...

May 28, 2020

NDP Calls for Legislature to Be Included in Phase 2 Reopening

Leader of the Manitoba NDP Wab Kinew has written a letter to Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin and Premier Brian Pallister asking them to include the Legislative Assembly in the second phase of Manitoba’s reopening plan.

May 27, 2020

NDP Introduce Bill to Protect Healthcare Workers and Seniors

NDP healthcare critic Uzoma Asagwara has introduced a bill today that protects families, healthcare workers, and patients in long-term care facilities throughout the province

May 25, 2020

NDP Demands More House Sittings

NDP Leader Wab Kinew has written a letter to Premier Brian Pallister urging him to commit to reconvening the Legislature for additional sitting days in June in order to answer for his layoffs and budget cuts.

May 25, 2020

NDP Calls for Accountability Through PUB Hearings

On Wednesday the NDP introduced an Opposition Day Motion urging the Public Utilities Board to hold an inquiry into the government’s directive to layoff 700 workers at Manitoba Hydro and assess the risks the cuts will impose on the Crown utility. Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew sent a letter to...

May 15, 2020

Kinew Calls on PUB to Stop Pallister’s Hydro Cuts

Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew has written to the Chair of the Manitoba Public Utilities Board (PUB) asking the Board to stop Pallister’s plan to layoff 700 Manitoba Hydro workers and hold hearings into his directive to cut $86 million dollars from the utility.