News - Manitoba NDP

July 23, 2021

PCs Refuse to Invest in Classroom Ventilation During Pandemic

With mere weeks until the start of a new school year, the Manitoba NDP stood with parents to call on the PC government to upgrade ventilation in schools across the province. Government documents appear to show the PCs made little to no investments in school ventilation systems in the 2020/21...

July 22, 2021

PCs Still Refuse to Hire Nurses and Allow Vacancy Rates in ICUs to Rise Despite Pandemic Lessons

The Manitoba NDP has learned there are still significant vacancies in nursing positions and other health care staff within Manitoba’s ICUs, proving the PC government still refuses to invest in health care despite the pandemic overwhelming our system and forcing patients out of province for care. “We sent our sickest...

July 20, 2021

NDP Call on PCs to Publish Delta Modelling to Prevent Fourth Wave

The Manitoba NDP are demanding the PCs release Delta modelling data to the public to increase vaccination uptake and prevent a fourth wave. Their call comes one month after Manitoba doctors pleaded with the government to publish Delta modelling data and include it in their reopening plans. “At every stage...

July 16, 2021

PCs Hide Non-Binary Option on Manitoba Health Cards

During non-binary awareness week, the Manitoba NDP are calling out the PCs for hiding a change to Manitoba Health Card gender identification that allows people to select a non-binary option. This unannounced change follows the 2019 the Human Rights ruling that found the PC government’s refusal to list a non-binary...

July 12, 2021

NDP Call on PCs to Support Farming Families Experiencing One of the Worst Droughts in Decades

The Manitoba NDP is calling on the PC government to step up and provide essential support to producers and ranchers across the province who are facing one of the worst droughts in decades. “Farming families have been struggling with these conditions for weeks,” said Manitoba NDP Agriculture Critic Diljeet Brar....

July 09, 2021

NDP Reveal PC Board Implementing Bill 64 Composed of Hand-Picked Political Appointees

NDP Education Critic Nello Altomare stood with a Winnipeg teacher to reveal that the PC board responsible for overseeing the implementation of Bill 64 is entirely hand-picked political appointees. Through a Freedom of Information Request, the Manitoba NDP has discovered that there isn’t a single educator in the PCs Education Transformation...