Wab Kinew
Party leader and NDP candidate in the Fort Rouge Winnipeg race.
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June 28, 2019
Winnipeg Sun - ...rooms in Winnipeg, that even (the Progressive Conservative government’s) own self-reported wait times have been increasing,” said NDP leader Wab Kinew. In May 2019, the median waits at the adult ERs at Health Sciences Centre, Seven Oaks, St. Boniface, the Grace and Concordia hospitals all exceeded...
Meth task force report ‘passing the baton to each of the three levels of government’
June 28, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...to support a safe consumption site. We need a full-throated, 100 per cent-forward approach to attacking the meth crisis.” — Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew "The Pallister government expects the private sector to pick up the slack on what is a public-health and justice crisis. This is a job for...
Do attack ads really work?
June 28, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...disappointed when the pre-campaign “campaign” in fact started with a bang: the appearance last week of a new Tory attack ad against NDP Leader Wab Kinew, which focused attention on Kinew’s 2004 drunken assault of a taxi driver. Manitobans hoping for a pleasant provincial election campaign that...
Un rapport indique le déclin du nombre d’infirmières dans la province
June 27, 2019
Ici Radio Canada / CBC Francais - ...du Manitoba a critiqué jeudi le premier ministre Brian Pallister pour avoir supprimé des emplois en soins infirmiers. Le chef de l'opposition, Wab Kinew, a déclaré que le système de santé de la province se trouvait dans une situation dangereuse pour les infirmières et les patients manitobains ,...
Manitoba nursing union slams province over new report showing decline in nurses providing direct patient care
June 27, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...nurses. The Manitoba NDP issued a press release condemning Premier Brian Pallister Thursday for cutting nursing jobs, which Opposition Leader Wab Kinew said leaves the province's health care system in a "dangerous situation for Manitoba nurses and patients" amid ER closures and cuts to the sector. ...
Number of Nurses Working in Manitoba Declining: Report
June 27, 2019
ChrisD - ...needs to reverse course immediately, and develop a robust recruitment and retention strategy for nurses.” In a statement, Opposition NDP leader Wab Kinew said, “We need more nurses, not less. Pallister’s cuts are taking us in the wrong direction and it’s hurting patients and their families.” ...
Number of nurses depends on who’s counting
June 27, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...to CIHI, the "supply" of nurses in Manitoba actually grew by 144 in 2018, but that figure includes nurses who are not practising. NDP Leader Wab Kinew was quick to denounce the Pallister government over the CIHI numbers. "This is certainly a strong condemnation of the disaster the premier has...
Union concerned by Manitoba Lifeflight job losses
June 27, 2019
CTV - ...Winnipeg. The union is concerned about who will provide air ambulance service and whether it will remain safe and reliable. Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew is critical of the government’s timing. “Today is the day that we see the impact of the government privatizing. But it's happening during this...
Province would never meddle in MPI’s negotiations with insurance brokers, Pallister vows
June 26, 2019
CBC Manitoba - ...minister's hope has always been, that reasonable heads will prevail, that people will come together and they'll arrive at a solution." NDP Leader Wab Kinew wasn't buying that Pallister is only an observer. Pallister owns shares in an insurance business in Portage la Prairie, Man., which he founded. ...
Government interfered in dispute between MPI and insurance brokers: Manitoba NDP
June 26, 2019
CTV - ...and it could cost ratepayers millions. “These documents show that the government is interfering with the insurance industry," said NDP Leader Wab Kinew. According to internal memos, briefing notes and emails obtained by the NDP, MPI wants to offer driver license and insurance services online. A...