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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« Previous 1 … 26 27 28 … 72 Next »NDP refutes Tories’ carbon-tax claim
September 1, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...the Sept. 10 election. In response to each other’s claims, both pointed fingers at each other. The PC party’s latest release claims NDP leader Wab Kinew is in favour of a "super" carbon tax. "The NDP have again doubled down on their promise to impose a punitive $270 per tonne carbon tax on all...
Manitoba NDP demand halt to provincial healthcare changes until after Sept. 10 election
August 31, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...urgent care centres, with the intent to cut wait times and find efficiencies. In a letter to Fred Meier, clerk of the executive council, NDP leader Wab Kinew alleges the Progressive Conservatives are "taking concrete steps to implement the political program" in the middle of an election period and...
Manitoba Progressive Conservatives holding on to lead: poll
August 31, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...support. But when respondents to that poll were asked about party leaders, PC Leader Brian Pallister had a nearly two-to-one margin over NDP Leader Wab Kinew as the person favoured as the next premier of Manitoba. Thirty-one per cent of respondents favoured Pallister, with 17 per cent favouring Kinew. ...
PCs say unions breaking election law; labour calls Tory accusations laughable
August 31, 2019
CTV - ...shot in the premier's office. The Tories have complained to the elections commissioner about a couple of recent campaign events held by NDP Leader Wab Kinew at a public school and a university. Thomas said complaints have become a "bit of a symbolic game" and he predicted there will be no real sanctions...
ER wait times up, but PCs say improvements shown since final days of NDP gov’t
August 31, 2019
Winnipeg Sun - ...… I think they need to stop and play within the rules,” said Harold Davis, the Liberal candidate for Union Station. Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew said the WRHA should be free to release wait time numbers whenever it deems necessary, without political input. “Mr. Pallister is trying to...
Letters, Aug. 31
August 31, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ... There have been a bunch of new Progressive Conservative ads lately and I cannot sit back and not respond to their statements. First off, they bunch Wab Kinew with former premier Greg Selinger about health care. Well, Kinew was not part of anything that went on back then and it is unfair to lump him in...
New numbers show rise in wait times at Winnipeg ERs, urgent care centres
August 30, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...for every patient at Concordia, Seven Oaks, St. Boniface and Victoria Hospital," NDP spokeswoman Emily Coutts said in a statement. NDP Leader Wab Kinew says he'll reverse health care cuts by the Pallister government. His spokesperson said Friday night the wait time numbers are proof the PC's health...
St. Vital rematch expected to go to wire
August 30, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...west, encompassing neighbourhoods near St. Vital Park that had been part of Riel. The NDP held its campaign launch in St. Vital Park, with leader Wab Kinew signalling it was a constituency the party planned to win back. "Really, it’s kind of the same reason I wanted to run the first time," said...
PCs say unions breaking election law; labour calls Tory accusations laughable
August 30, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...shot in the premier's office. The Tories have complained to the elections commissioner about a couple of recent campaign events held by NDP Leader Wab Kinew at a public school and a university. Thomas said complaints have become a "bit of a symbolic game" and he predicted there will be no real sanctions...
Rural-urban split weighs heavily in Manitoba election
August 30, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...bring in rural voters. In Thompson, Mayor Colleen Smook says her city has been visited by Pallister, Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont and NDP Leader Wab Kinew. Smook's main concerns include a need for a community mental health officer, increased support for the mining industry, and improved hospital...