News - Manitoba NDP

April 13, 2021

PCs Spend $600,000 on KPMG Report while Childcare Waitlist Grows

The PC government continues to put corporate interests ahead families by giving $600,000 to a private consulting firm while families struggle to find childcare spots. The NDP has learned through a Freedom of Information request that the waitlist for childcare has increased by 4,000 spots since the PCs took office...

April 12, 2021

PCs Make Life Harder for Mothers by Cutting Pre and Post-Natal Supports During Pandemic

The PC Government is making life even harder for mothers during the pandemic by cutting programs that support new and expectant mothers and promote the health and well-being of families. The Manitoba NDP has found through a Freedom of Information Request that the government has cut the Healthy Baby Prenatal...

April 09, 2021

NDP Call on PC Government to Acknowledge Addictions Crisis and Stop Withholding Data on Overdose Deaths

Treaty 1 Territory, Homeland of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg MB— Today Bernadette Smith, NDP Critic for Mental Health and Addictions, introduced a bill that would bring awareness to the severity of the addictions crisis in Manitoba. Smith’s bill would amend the Fatality Inquiries Act to require the province publish the number...

April 06, 2021

PCs Follow Bill 64 Chaos with Unconstitutional Wage Freeze for Public School Workers

The Manitoba NDP is standing with Manitoba educators and school staff who are facing an unconstitutional wage freeze from the Pallister government. “Educators and staff deserve a medal for the work they have done to support kids throughout this pandemic. But what has this government done to thank them? Drop...

April 03, 2021

New Democrats End the Year with More Than $1M in Revenue

Manitoba New Democrats are posting more than $1 million in total annual revenue in their 2020 Annual Return. It is the Party’s largest total revenue in a non-election year in the last five years. “New Democrats are serious about winning the next election, and a strong financial outlook for the...

March 25, 2021

NDP Stands with Parents and Educators to Delay Bill 64

The Manitoba NDP stood with parents and educators on Wednesday to announce they would use their legislative power to delay Bill 64 The Education Modernization Act, a bill which would cause chaos and cuts in schools as students struggle to recover from the pandemic. “The further you get from the...