News - Manitoba NDP

November 30, 2019

Pallister Refuses to Put Aside Partisanship on Motion to Support Charter Rights

Winnipeg, MB—The Premier refused today to put aside partisan politics and partner with an NDP MLA to condemn policies which limit religious freedoms for Canadians.

November 27, 2019

Pallister Hurts Rural Families with Crown Land Lease Changes

Changes Reward Out-of-Province Corporations, Punish Family Farms Winnipeg, MB—NDP Agriculture Critic Diljeet Brar condemned the Pallister government for ignoring the concerns of Manitoba beef producers who say regulation changes to Crown Land leases will devastate family farms and put Manitoba’s beef industry in jeopardy. “At a time when Manitoba producers...

November 07, 2019

Crown Corporations Committees Must Meet to Answer Manitobans’ Questions

Winnipeg, MB – Adrien Sala, NDP MLA for St. James and critic for Manitoba Hydro, MBLL, and Efficiency Manitoba, demanded the Pallister Government call the Standing Committee on Crown Corporations to meet as soon as possible to discuss the urgent matters facing our Crown Corporations.

October 31, 2019

NDP Announce Community Gathering to Address Violent Crime

Winnipeg, MB—NDP MLAs gathered at the Manitoba Legislature today calling on the provincial government to heed the alarming increase in homicides and violent crime in Winnipeg’s inner city and north end communities.

October 24, 2019

NDP Call on Manitoba to Join Class Action Lawsuit To Stop Addictions Crisis

Winnipeg, MB—The Manitoba NDP is calling on the provincial government to join British Columbia and Alberta in a class action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers who have contributed to an ongoing opioid problem in Manitoba. The Canadian Institute for Health Information released a report today on opioid prescribing practices which found...

October 11, 2019

Kinew and NDP Caucus Hold Pallister Government to Account

New NDP Caucus Stand against Cuts to Health and Education Winnipeg, MB—Wab Kinew and the NDP Caucus stood against the Pallister government’s austerity agenda while offering positive alternatives to cuts to health care, education, regressive changes to Crown Land leases and unconstitutional wage freezes for Manitobans as the first session...