Wab Kinew
Party leader and NDP candidate in the Fort Rouge Winnipeg race.
Wab can be reached on social media,at wab.kinew@mbndp.ca,or by calling 204-899-9656.
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September 3, 2019
Ici Radio Canada / CBC Francais - ...d'assurance-médicaments et doivent commencer à payer des franchises. Dans certains cas, ce sont des franchises très coûteuses », a déclaré Wab Kinew dans une pharmacie de Winnipeg, mardi. Wab Kinew s'est également engagé à geler la franchise d'assurance-médicaments au Manitoba, une décision...
Brian Pallister promises to serve entire term if elected next week
September 3, 2019
Global News - ...dedicate myself to helping Manitoba get stronger and better.” Pallister also said he would love to debate the other leaders, including NDP Leader Wab Kinew, but said campaigning has changed. View link » “I am going out to Manitobans,” Pallister said, adding he is going out to 50 Manitoba ridings....
Manitoba NDP promises to restore funding for some drugs, freeze pharmacare deductibles
September 3, 2019
Global News - ...NDP leader says he would bring back a special drugs program if he were to become premier after next week’s provincial election. Wab Kinew says restoring the funding cancelled by Brian Pallister’s Tory government would cover medication costs for about 1,100 Manitobans with life-threatening...
MANITOBA VOTES: NDP promise to restore special drugs program
September 3, 2019
Winnipeg Sun - ...to start paying deductibles — in some cases, very, very expensive deductibles. This has made life more burdensome, more difficult,” party leader Wab Kinew said Tuesday. “We feel as though folks who are dealing with these sorts of chronic and ongoing and serious conditions should get full coverage so...
MANITOBA VOTES: Tories plan to remove school tax from property tax bills
September 3, 2019
Winnipeg Sun - ...me like that’s an absolutely colossal cut in education, which is a foundation of the economy,” said Liberal leader Dougald Lamont. NDP leader Wab Kinew also expects the tax reduction to result in service cuts. “What Mr. Pallister has announced today amounts to a commitment to cutting...
NDP promises to restore special drugs program
September 3, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...promising to restore a special-drugs program that used to cover the pharmacare deductible for people with chronic and serious illnesses. NDP leader Wab Kinew promised Tuesday to restore the $900,000-a-year program, which Manitoba offered from 1968 until 2018. About 1,100 Manitobans with illnesses such as...
Green leader wants more honesty from politicians, better humour from himself
September 3, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...are live on CBC Manitoba's Information Radio this week in a bid to win over voters. Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister, NDP Leader Wab Kinew, Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont and Green Leader James Beddome will pitch their platforms in a job interview for the Sept. 10 election. Beddome, a...
Tories promise to gradually phase out education tax from property bills
September 3, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...a year. Party documents anticipate that Manitobans will save $141 million over the next four years as it gradually eliminates the levy. NDP Leader Wab Kinew slammed the promise as proof the government will cut funding to education, but Pallister said his party would actually increase funding to the...
PCs Peg Campaign Promises at $856M; NDP Say It Will Result in Cuts
September 3, 2019
ChrisD - ... The Tories would also aim to reduce senior management in government organizations by 15 per cent for another $31 million in savings. NDP Leader Wab Kinew suggested that the result would be cuts to essential services. “The thing is with Mr. Pallister it doesn’t matter where the idea comes from, it...
NDP promises to renew prescription drug funding
September 3, 2019
CTV - ... Tim Salzen, CTV News Winnipeg Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew is promising to restore funding to a drug program that assists nearly 1100 Manitoba residents. A news release from the NDP said the special drug program, which helps cover medication costs for some with life-threatening illnesses, had...