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By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Liberals are hoping to change a provincial law and get official party status in the legislature.
The Liberals lost that status in last month’s election after winning only three seats, which has left them with less money for staff, fewer questions in question period and fewer spots on legislature committees.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Liberals say they will declare a climate emergency and ban single-use plastics if the party is elected on Tuesday.
Leader Dougald Lamont says his party has the boldest green plan.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Liberal Party says it would boost government spending to help the economy, address climate change and protect health care if it wins Tuesday’s provincial election.
The party also revealed that it would keep hundreds of millions of dollars in carbon tax revenues for government programs instead of being fully refunded through income-tax rebates, as the current federal tax does.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister flew north Friday — into territory that has not traditionally been Tory-friendly — as the provincial election campaign entered the home stretch and another poll suggested a somewhat-comfortable lead for the party.
Pallister, who is seeking a second mandate as premier, visited Thompson and other communities with deep NDP roots ahead of Tuesday’s vote.
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s election campaign has entered its final days with the leaders of the two main parties focusing on their key messages as they hustle for votes in the home stretch.
The New Democrats continue to focus on health care and the Progressive Conservatives are driving home a tax reduction plan for the middle class.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Liberals are promising to fight for a national pharmacare program if they form government after Tuesday’s election.
Leader Dougald Lamont says Ottawa would shoulder the burden of costs and the Liberals would work with any federal government to bring it in.
The Manitoba Liberals rejected a “bizarre” request by Manitoba PC leader Brian Pallister and his party that violates Manitoba’s Election Financing Act.
The letter was from the PC’s campaign director, David McLachlin on behalf of Pallister, requesting the release of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority’s (WRHA) emergency room wait times.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister was the main target Wednesday night as the leaders of the province’s four main political parties squared off in a 50-minute televised debate that occasionally devolved into noisy cross-talk.
Pallister, ahead in opinion polls and having fulfilled a key promise to reduce the provincial sales tax, focused on taxes and large deficits under the previous NDP government as he made his pitch for a second mandate.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — With one party leader getting into trouble over his tropical vacation home and another with past criminal convictions and misogynistic writings, there’s a lot of material for a negative Manitoba election campaign.
But halfway through the four-week campaign, party advertising has not been overly negative.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s incumbent Progressive Conservatives were hit with downbeat economic and polling numbers Thursday as the provincial election campaign drew to its midway point.
The Conference Board of Canada predicted that the province’s economy will grow by 0.5 per cent this year — a drop from earlier estimates. The board also forecast an anemic 0.8 per cent growth for 2020, the lowest among the provinces.
