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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Manitoba families, daycare workers demand better child care as top 2019 election issue

August 21, 2019

CBC Manitoba - ... Manitoba New Democrats promised to increase funding for not-for-profit daycares and to create new spaces in all new public buildings. Party Leader Wab Kinew estimated 600 spots per year would be a sustainable number for the party to build on. The Manitoba Liberals would allocate tens of millions of...

Decision 2019: Leaders’ debate to air live Aug. 28

August 21, 2019

Global News - ...consortium with CBC and CTV. The Manitoba Leaders’ Debate 2019, which airs Aug. 28 from 6:10 to 7 p.m., will include Brian Pallister, Wab Kinew, Dougald Lamont, and James Beddome. READ MORE: Controversial poll results raise red flags for Manitoba election watchers Journalists from all...

PCs no-show at Manitoba poverty debate

August 21, 2019

CBC Manitoba - ...pic.twitter.com/daWmclpVlP —@CBCMarina NDP leader Wab Kinew and Green Party leader James Beddome were both in attendance, while the Liberals sent along candidate Shandi Strong. Barkman said organizers made...

CTV Winnipeg to air Manitoba party leaders’ debate on Aug. 28

August 21, 2019

CTV - ...the 6 p.m. newscast on Aug. 28. The leaders of Manitoba’s political parties include: Brian Pallister for the Progressive Conservative Party, Wab Kinew for the NDP, Dougald Lamont for the Liberal Party and James Beddome for the Green Party. The provincial election takes place on Sept....

Un forum électoral sur la pauvreté, sans les progressistes-conservateurs | Élections Manitoba 2019

August 20, 2019

Ici Radio Canada / CBC Francais - ...progressistes-conservateurs (PC), qui avaient également été invités, n’ont pas envoyé de candidat à cet événement. Deux chefs de partis, Wab Kinew du Nouveau Parti démocratique du Manitoba (NPD) et James Beddome du Parti vert du Manitoba, ont pris part au forum aux côtés de Shandi Strong,...

Manitoba Green Party poised to make history

August 20, 2019

Winnipeg Free Press - ...pulled off an upset in 2016, is running again. Things are less promising for leader Beddome who has decided to go head-to-head with NDP Leader Wab Kinew in Fort Rouge. In 2016, he ran a respectable third in Fort Garry-Riverview, which no longer exists. Although Kinew has been subjected to intense...

MANITOBA VOTES: Tories promising more money for film industry

August 20, 2019

Winnipeg Sun - ...in Manitoba. Pallister says a re-elected Tory government would also spend $1.5 million on training for film crews and industry workers. NDP leader Wab Kinew said he believes the film tax credit has been beneficial to the industry and said that’s why his party fought to preserve it. “In our...

Tories put spotlight on film industry tax credits

August 20, 2019

Winnipeg Free Press - ...Pallister government announced the program would be made permanent. It previously had a sunset clause that would have expired in 2019. NDP Leader Wab Kinew said his party, too, is supportive of the film tax credit, and lobbied for it to be retained in successive pre-budget meetings with Tory finance...

Political silence on raising child-care fees is deafening

August 20, 2019

Winnipeg Free Press - ...by 600 a year (1,070 a year for three years with federal dollars). That wouldn’t even put a dent in Manitoba’s wait list. Worse, NDP Leader Wab Kinew says parent fees should be reduced to $15 a day for everyone — regardless of income — within a decade, which would further starve child-care...

Kinew promises 600 public daycare spaces every year; 16,000 kids on wait lists now

August 20, 2019

Winnipeg Free Press - ...number that we can continue to build on." As of June 2018, there were 16,000 children on provincial wait lists for child care. NDP Leader Wab Kinew made the pledge Tuesday while also promising to eliminate the huge wait list for child-care spots within a decade. Manitoba New Democrats would...

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