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Manitobans will get to share their two cents on how the government spends money in the upcoming budget. The province has announced the dates and times for telephone town hall engagement sessions and in-person public meetings meant for Manitobans to give feedback on what the province’s priorities should be. Four …
Read More »Manitoba NDP leader says he would revive annual open house at legislature – Winnipeg
Manitoba’s Opposition NDP leader says he’d like to bring back the annual holiday open house at the legislature if he were to be elected premier. Wab Kinew says security is important, but so is the tradition of allowing the public into the legislature where they can meet politicians in a …
Read More »New laws to protect animals, raise minimum wage passed by Manitoba legislature
Politicians gave final approval to a bill to raise the minimum wage to $14.15 an hour as of April 1. News Source link
Read More »Message from 1921 found underneath former statue at Manitoba legislature – Winnipeg
A 101-year-old message has been discovered by workers removing the base of a former statue in front of the Manitoba legislature. Workers have been removing, piece by piece, the large base that held a statue of Queen Victoria. The statue was toppled last year by protesters. Its head was removed …
Read More »Outcome of Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection to determine premier’s future in legislature
Voters in Brooks-Medicine Hat will decide today if Alberta’s premier will get a seat in the legislature. Premier Danielle Smith is running as a candidate in the byelection in that riding because she was not a sitting MLA when she was elected leader of the United Conservative Party last month. …
Read More »Ontario legislature debates education back-to-work legislation in early session
Members of Ontario’s legislature are up early today, debating a bill that would impose a contract on education workers and ban them from striking. The Progressive Conservative government ordered the legislature back at 5 a.m. in order to speed up passage of Bill 28, the Keeping Students in Class Act. In …
Read More »Activist Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash hopes to become 1st Indigenous woman in Que’s legislature
A young Indigenous activist and columnist is taking a step into provincial politics. Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash announced she will seek the nomination for the Ungava riding in northern Quebec under Québec Solidaire’s banner. If she wins the seat in the Oct. 3 provincial election, she will be the first Indigenous woman to sit …
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