The first First Nations premier of a province in Canada has been elected in Manitoba, with the NDP Leader Wab Kinew. Read more.
Wab Kinew, who is to become Canada’s first First Nations provincial premier, spoke to young people from all backgrounds in his victory speech Tuesday after the NDP won the Manitoba election.
“Wab, I hope that your win tonight inspires a future generation of Indigenous youth to get involved in our democratic process, not just here in Manitoba, but right across the country,” she said in a speech.During the campaign, the Tories went on the offensive over calls to search the private Prairie Green Landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of two slain Indigenous women.
The Tories also took out ads to portray the NDP as a risk to the economy and the province’s finances. They pointed to final budget figures released last week, which said the province recorded a surplus in the 2022-23 fiscal year for only the second time since 2009.Thanks for signing up!The next issue of Afternoon Headlines will soon be in your inbox.Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont was hoping to add to the three seats the Liberals last held in the legislature but were reduced to one.
With his wife, children and mother behind him at the podium, Kinew says he was given a second chance at life.Kinew says a lot of people in big cities look down on Manitoba, calling it “flyover country.” Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson has won his seat in Interlake-Gimli and Education and Early Childhood Learning Wayne Ewasko has been elected in Lac du Bonnet.Lamont has lost his Winnipeg-area constituency of St. Boniface to Robert Loiselle of the NDP.The campaign manager for the Progressive Conservatives says her party has already established its success, as vote counts continue to pour in for the Manitoba provincial election.
Early results show the NDP leading in 25 of the legislature’s 57 seats, while the Progressive Conservatives are ahead in 19.The New Democrats are off to an early lead in several constituencies as a handful of polls have begun reporting results in the Manitoba provincial election.
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