Matt Wiebe
NDP candidate in the Concordia Winnipeg race.
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1 2 3 Next »Manitoba Housing moves tenants out
May 20, 2021
Winnipeg Free Press - ...to the point where renovating or retrofitting them has been deemed unfeasible. At press time, 11 of the 18 units had been vacated. Concordia MLA Matt Wiebe expressed his concern that residents could be forced to upend their lives during a public health crisis. “The clock is ticking now, with just over...
Legislature to consider Indigenous land acknowledgement
May 13, 2021
Winnipeg Free Press - ...discussions." Inclusion of a land acknowledgement has been mentioned on few occasions in the legislature: by NDP leader Wab Kinew in 2017, NDP MLA Matt Wiebe in 2019, and last month by NDP house leader Nahanni Fontaine, as she announced Bushie’s resolution. "The last time I surveyed other jurisdictions...
Bill 37 a step closer to law, despite municipal leaders’ concerns
May 3, 2021
Manitoba Cooperator - ...to approve or decline it. Developers asked the committee to define a complete application. NDP municipal relations and infrastructure critic Matt Wiebe called the bill “half-baked” and said that if nearly every presenter to the committee could find fault with it, the province should take it back...
Province asks municipalities to control budgets in light of pandemic’s economic effects
April 30, 2020
Thompson Citizen - ...the economy, not try to shut it down to the point where it’s going to costs us a lot more in the end.” Manitoba NDP Municipal Relations critic Matt Wiebe said in an April 28 press release that the province should be granting municipal governments, which are required to balance their budgets, greater...
Province granted $1B for operations, approved to borrow $5B for supplies
April 15, 2020
Winnipeg Sun - ...and address those.” The minister was pushed on the lack of details in both funding bills with opposition leader Wab Kinew and finance critic Matt Wiebe comparing the spending to Filmon Fridays, a reference to former Premier Gary Filmon’s plan to cut spending during a time of falling revenues,...
The 2020 Viterra Championship
February 5, 2020
Steinbach Online - Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski and Colin Hodgson begin defense of the Viterra Championship they won in 2019 at Tundra Oil & Gas Place in Virden on the 4 p.m. draw Wednesday at the Eric Coy Arena in Winnipeg. After a so-so start to the curling season, the West St. Paul foursome is currently ranked fourth in Canada and fifth in the World. McEwen said this season has been a much smoother ride and a lot more stable compared to a pretty chaotic 2019. Combined with that stability, guys seem to be a lot more comfortable in our routines and what we’ve been building. This week it's Mike McEwen turn as his team has a chance to win a second straight Viterra Championship.
The 2020 Viterra Championship
February 5, 2020
Pembina Valley Online - Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski and Colin Hodgson begin defense of the Viterra Championship they won in 2019 at Tundra Oil & Gas Place in Virden on the 4 p.m. draw Wednesday at the Eric Coy Arena in Winnipeg. After a so-so start to the curling season, the West St. Paul foursome is currently ranked fourth in Canada and fifth in the World. McEwen said this season has been a much smoother ride and a lot more stable compared to a pretty chaotic 2019. Combined with that stability, guys seem to be a lot more comfortable in our routines and what we’ve been building. This week it's Mike McEwen turn as his team has a chance to win a second straight Viterra Championship.
Province orders school divisions to cut management
January 30, 2020
Winnipeg Free Press - ...just divisions that lose a little bit and there’s other divisions that lose a lot," Bedford said. In a scrum Thursday afternoon, New Democrat MLA Matt Wiebe told reporters: "It's incredible frustrating that school divisions are being asked to do more with less." Want to get a head start on your day? Get...
Manitoba Government Providing Small Bump to Education Funding
January 30, 2020
ChrisD - ...the means of taxpayers and live within the means of the ability for Manitobans to pay.” ADVERTISEMENT Visit MBteach.org NDP opposition member Matt Wiebe said the minor funding increase is incredibly frustrating. “Once again we’ve seen a de facto cut to the classrooms in Manitoba.” The...
Manitoba government directs 15 per cent cut to public sector upper management
January 30, 2020
CBC Manitoba - ...divisions to live within the means of taxpayers and live within the means of the ability for Manitobans to pay," Goertzen said. Opposition member Matt Wiebe said the minor funding increase is incredibly frustrating. "Once again we've seen a de facto cut to the classrooms in Manitoba." Small divisions...