WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew continues to enjoy a honeymoon with voters one year after his NDP government was elected, but there are challenges ahead in fulfilling promises to improve health care and balance the budget.
One of the things Kinew says he has learned since the Oct. 3 vote last year is that changes can't be made quickly.
"On a personal level, I would love it if we could just snap our fingers and say, 'New over here, all these people staffed up over there.' But the reality is it will take time." A political analyst says there's no immediate sign of the NDP honeymoon ending, partly because Kinew has followed through on some high-profile election promises, including temporarily suspending the provincial fuel tax in January. The tax is slated to be brought back in on Jan. 1, 2025.
The honeymoon has also been helped because the Opposition Progressive Conservatives and Liberals are in rebuilding mode, Adams said. Both parties are operating under interim leaders and are working on restoring their party machinery and war chests.Mark Wasyliw, a lawyer who holds the Fort Garry seat in Winnipeg, was kicked out of the NDP caucus because a colleague is representing disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard on sex assault charges.
One area where Kinew admits work needs to be done is in ending the province's chronic annual deficits. The government has registered red ink in every year but two since 2009, and Kinew has promised to balance the budget by 2027.
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