News - Manitoba NDP

September 30, 2020

Pallister Continues to Privatize Manitoba Hydro

This week, the Manitoba NDP learned that the Pallister Government has sold Teshmont Consultants LP to a private for-profit corporation, another step on the road to breaking up and privatizing Manitoba Hydro. “Teshmont has been part of Manitoba Hydro for decades and integral to building our most important Crown Corporation,”...

September 21, 2020

NDP Call on Province to Tackle Rising Diabetes Rate on First Nations

Manitoba NDP called on the Pallister government to acknowledge that Indigenous Peoples in Manitoba are disproportionately impacted by Type 2 Diabetes and make an immediate commitment to invest in a system-wide response to this public health emergency. The call comes after the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHCP) released a...

September 21, 2020

Pallister Caps Health Spending

Internal documents obtained through Freedom of Information (FIPPA) requests show the Manitoba Government has ordered all front-line health care organizations to cap their spending while the Premier is demanding more health dollars from the Federal Government. “The Premier of Manitoba is meeting with the Prime Minister today to demand more...

September 18, 2020

NDP Fights To Keep Hydro Public

The Manitoba NDP will immediately introduce legislation in the House that would provide Manitobans a voice before Manitoba Hydro or any of its subsidiaries are privatized. “The Pallister government has been politically interfering in and undermining Manitoba Hydro since they took office. The latest Government directives show the Premier and...

August 31, 2020

ER Wait Times Go Up As Covid Cases Increase

Wait times at emergency rooms in Winnipeg continue to increase year over year as the number of active COVID-19 cases surge across the province. “Families have been waiting longer and longer for emergency care because of Mr. Pallister’s cuts to our health care. Now, with a health care pandemic putting...

August 27, 2020

NDP Calls for Return to Legislature as Educators Return to Schools

MLA for St. Johns and NDP House Leader Nahanni Fontaine called on the Pallister government today to recall the Legislature next week so that MLAs can hold the Premier to account for his cuts as schools reopen. Fontaine called for the province to recall the Legislature September 2nd , the...