Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew told party supporters at the Progressive Conservative annual conference that his election focus will centre on health care and lowering the cost of living.
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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew laid out his campaign priorities in a speech Saturday night at the Progressive Conservative Party’s annual conference.
Speaking at a gala fundraiser during the conference in Winnipeg, Kinew emphasized investments in health care and efforts to reduce the cost of living. He pointed to hiring the province has made in the health care sector, and to $1 billion in federal funding coming to help with homelessness in Winnipeg.
Kinew argued that if Manitobans want emergency-room wait times to go down, the province needs to reduce the number of people using emergency space for shelter and redirecting cases that could be handled in a medical clinic for people with a fixed address.
His remarks echoed resolutions voted forward earlier in the day at the conference, including measures calling for a dedicated minister of seniors and long-term care and increased support for rural health care.
Kinew said: “The thing that we're focus on here is getting the best health care. Giving you the best, most affordable cost of living in all of Canada, and giving you, if you'll have us, the best second term government of any province in all of this great land.”
The provincial election is scheduled for Oct. 5, 2027, but could be called sooner. Kinew said he plans to deliver a balanced budget in the spring as the last major piece of unfinished business before calling an election.
He did not provide specific timing for when he might call the election.
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