Premier Heather Stefanson is expected to call an election Tuesday, but opinion polls suggest it will be an uphill battle
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson is expected to call an election Tuesday in a bid for a third consecutive Progressive Conservative majority.The governing Tories saw their poll numbers drop sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic as some patients had to be flown to other provinces due to a lack of beds. They also faced widespread public criticism over a plan to eliminate elected school boards under Stefanson’s predecessor, Brian Pallister.
Recent opinion polls suggest the NDP lead in popularity has narrowed. However, the most recent quarterly survey by Probe Research Inc. suggested the NDP held a 12-point lead in Winnipeg. The city is home to 32 of the 57 legislature seats and its suburban neighbourhoods are normally where elections are won and lost.
“Kinew, I think, has done what he needed to do … to appeal to the moderate middle of the voting population in Manitoba,” Thomas said.The Tories have accused Kinew of making spending promises that would require tax hikes and add to the province’s fiscal troubles. With the exception of a razor-thin $5-million surplus in 2019, Manitoba has been running deficits every year since 2009.
Health-care staffing shortages remain while the government has promised better recruitment and retention. Crime rates have risen. A man has been charged in those deaths as well as those of two others – Rebecca Contois, whose partial remains were found in a different landfill, and an unidentified woman Indigenous leaders are calling Mashkoda Bizhiki’ikwe or Buffalo Woman, whose remains have not been found.
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