Wab Kinew
Party leader and NDP candidate in the Fort Rouge Winnipeg race.
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September 28, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...during a televised leader’s debate, modifying the PCs’ earlier promise of balancing the budget by 2024, the NDP response was tepid. NDP leader Wab Kinew raised concerns about what the PCs would cut to meet their new timeline, but he did not call the goal of deficit reduction into question, instead...
NDP installs shadow cabinet as session resumes Monday
September 27, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...seniors and active living. The NDP also designated a second health critic, with Bernadette Smith covering mental health and addictions. NDP Leader Wab Kinew announced his shadow cabinet, which intends to hold the government to account when a new legislative session begins Monday. The NDP celebrated its...
Manitoba NDP introduce their shadow cabinet
September 27, 2019
Winnipeg Sun - ...provincial budget process. “Our job, as a newly strengthened opposition, will be to try and prevent further damage to health care,” said leader Wab Kinew, just after 18 NDP MLAs were sworn in on Friday. Kinew is leading a diverse political team following the Sept. 10 election, which includes six...
EDITORIAL: Moving Manitoba in the right direction
September 27, 2019
Winnipeg Sun - ...should and needs to be spent now. “Right now, I think we are in a challenging time, particularly when it comes to health care,” said NDP leader Wab Kinew. What Kinew is choosing to ignore is that Manitoba is in the middle of a health care reorganization. This massive overhaul is challenging no doubt....
Letters, Sept. 27
September 27, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...emergency. This pie-in-the-sky platform is insulting. Kim Trethart Winnipeg Politicians lack leadership, vision I liked provincial NDP Leader Wab Kinew’s line that he is not running from his past, but for our future. Focus on that. We need leadership, and a vision for our future based on science...
‘Panic-stricken’: 25,000 Manitobans see tax jump after change to education credit rules
September 26, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...homeowners with low-valued homes who pay less than $700 in school taxes, are paying hundreds of dollars more each year in property tax. NDP Leader Wab Kinew says the change targets those who need the credit the most. (CBC) "This is a big hit on Manitobans who can least afford it," said Opposition NDP...
Manitoba Premier Says More Cash in Rainy Day Fund Will Help in Emergencies
September 25, 2019
ChrisD - ...in emergency rooms in Winnipeg. This is $400 million that could have been spent improving education for students across the province,” NDP Leader Wab Kinew said. Kinew and Pallister will face each other in question period next week for the first time since the Sept. 10 election that saw the Tories win...
Tories make deposit to province’s piggy bank
September 25, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...NDP government for leaving his administration with a rainy day fund of only $114 million when the PCs gained power in 2016. However, NDP Leader Wab Kinew criticized the government for making a big contribution to the fiscal stabilization account at a time when greater investments are needed in health...
$407 MILLION: Tories sock away cash for a rainy day
September 25, 2019
Winnipeg Sun - ...more on legalization than it would earn. The premier said his government will provide a more detailed financial update on Thursday. But NDP leader Wab Kinew questioned the large reserve contribution, arguing Manitobans would prefer that money be spent on improving health care. “You should pay into the...
Pallister says $407M boost to rainy-day fund will help in emergencies
September 25, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...in emergency rooms in Winnipeg. This is $400 million that could have been spent improving education for students across the province," NDP Leader Wab Kinew said. Kinew and Pallister will face each other in question period next week for the first time since the Sept. 10 election that saw the Tories win...