News - Manitoba NDP

July 30, 2020

Pallister Cuts Inclusion Supports for Kids with Exceptional Needs

In the middle of a pandemic, the Pallister government is planning to cut supports for children with exceptional needs in childcare centres across Manitoba while spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on review of childcare by KPMG. “The province tried to cut the inclusion support program in 2017 – and...

July 29, 2020

NDP Releases Alternative Plan for A Safe Return to Learning

The Manitoba NDP is calling on the Pallister government to invest additional Education funding in order to cap class sizes at 15 students, hire 400 more teachers and expand mental health and PPE supports across the province. “The Pallister government has so far failed to lay out a plan...

July 27, 2020

NDP Demands Pallister Government Protect Child Care Spaces in School

Wab Kinew, Leader of the Manitoba NDP, is calling on the provincial government to commit to protecting childcare centres as the province plans for the return of school in the fall. “Childcare is essential to Manitoba’s return to work and school plan. Parents need access to spots in order to...

July 27, 2020

NDP Raises Concerns About Race-Based Crime Data Research

NDP MLA and Justice Critic Nahanni Fontaine is raising concerns regarding the recent announcement by Statistics Canada and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police to begin collecting race-based data when reporting on people accused of crime, and victims of crime. “Collecting this kind of information can be problematic -...

June 25, 2020

NDP Urges Hydro to Guarantee No Layoffs as a Result of Privatization Contract

The Manitoba NDP is calling on Manitoba Hydro and the Pallister government to guarantee that no Hydro workers will be laid off or have their jobs privatized as a result of a new Request for Proposals to change customer service delivery. Manitoba Hydro released a Request for Proposals (RFP) in...

June 25, 2020

Pallister Avoids Accountability and Transparency with So-Called Fiscal Update

After months of using a global pandemic as cover for a political plan to order thousands of layoffs and wage cuts the Pallister government is attempting to avoid public scrutiny by promising a so-called fiscal update outside of the Legislature. “Mr. Pallister has spent the last three months firing front...