News - Manitoba NDP

April 02, 2019

NDP Support Affordable Child Care, Condemn Pallister Cuts

Winnipeg, MB – The Manitoba NDP stood alongside the Manitoba Child Care Association (MCCA) today as they presented more than 26,000 signatures that called for an end to an operating funding freeze for child care centres.

March 28, 2019

Kinew Condemns Pallister Government for Growing Surgery Wait Times

Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew pointed to the Pallister government’s cuts to health care as the cause of growing wait times for priority surgical procedures. Wait time benchmark numbers were released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information on Thursday.

March 27, 2019

NDP Denounce Funding Freeze for Northern Businesses

Thompson, MB—Manitoba NDP MLA Tom Lindsey criticized the Pallister government on Tuesday for freezing provincial funding for the Community Economic Development Fund (CEDF) for the last two years.

March 20, 2019

Wab Kinew Introduces Bill to Celebrate Sikh Heritage

Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew introduced a bill in the House today which would mark April as Sikh heritage month.

March 19, 2019

NDP Introduces Bill to End Birth Alerts

Winnipeg, MB—Manitoba NDP MLA Bernadette Smith introduced a bill today which would help to end the practice of apprehending newborns of parents connected to Child and Family Services care—sometimes referred to as ‘birth alerts’.

March 18, 2019

NDP Opposition Successfully Block Government Legislation

Winnipeg, MB—The Manitoba NDP has successfully delayed the introduction of seven government bills with procedural tactics in the Manitoba Legislature today. By raising several different Matters of Privilege—a procedural motion that allows Members to argue whether their privileges have been infringed upon—NDP MLAs blocked the government’s ability to introduce their...