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Manitoba’s NDP government is looking to increase publicly funded rebates for political parties and candidates. The measure is part of an 89-page omnibus budget bill put before the legislature Monday. It would boost rebates so parties and candidates would get 50 per cent of their eligible election spending reimbursed, up …

Manitoba’s NDP government has launched advertisements touting income tax cuts that were put forward and passed by the former Progressive Conservative government. The ads, which appear on social media, feature smiling single people, couples and families with different dollar figures that represent their estimated annual savings A man called John …

Manitoba’s newly elected NDP government is set to lay out its legislative agenda Tuesday in its first throne speech. Premier Wab Kinew is expected to repeat many of the promises he made during the election campaign, including a temporary suspension of the provincial fuel tax, and making the National Day …

Point Douglas MLA Bernadette Smith says the new NDP government under premier-designate Wab Kinew will stick to its promise and search a local landfill for the remains of Indigenous women. Smith, handily re-elected Tuesday night to another term, is a longtime advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women since her …

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 14, 2023 8:30 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Manitoba election campaign is well into its second week, and the main issues continue to be the economy and health care. The Progressive Conservatives have scheduled two announcements Thursday related to …

The Manitoba NDP claims that since the Progressive Conservatives came into power in 2016, they have underspent on health care by over $600 million. At a press conference in Windsor Park, Health Minister Audrey Gordon’s constituency, NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara said the Tories are on track to leave $1 …

Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government has signalled that it will loosen its purse strings in the provincial budget Tuesday — its last fiscal plan before a provincial election scheduled for Oct. 3. With the economy recovering from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic and higher transfer payments coming from the federal …

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 …