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Mark Wasyliw

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Independent MLA for Fort Garry Former School Trustee WSD | Lawyer 📧 mark@markwasyliwmla.ca

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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Sadly this is very on brand for Kinew. Always looking to divide MBans. Always taking cheap shots at critics. Always trying to distract from accountability questions If your wondering why things are getting worse in Mb, this is exhibit A #mbpoli
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Manitoba premier's French-only answers in question period 'unhealthy' politicizing of language: academic | CBC News
A French-speaking political scientist is questioning the motivations of Manitoba's premier for choosing to answer all English questions in the legislature in French for two days.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Essential workers ruling raises questions www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit... This is Kinew betraying MB Workers Took away the right to strike for these Workers Put his thumb on the scale in favour of a US for profit healthcare co #mbpoli
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Opinion: Essential workers ruling raises questions
Ever been to a Dynacare clinic? Most of us have been. It’s an amazing demographic and ethnic slice of the city we’ve become.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Had my Bill 236 Chronic Absenteeism School Reporting come up for debate & vote today at the Leg Despite 15k students missing school each day. Kinew Govt voted against the bill PC's held a free vote, Not one of them voted against it Kinew Govt showing its true colours #mbpoli
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
youtu.be/PEQdqxuPXYQ Kinew Govt continues to underfund public education in MB #mbpoli
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You Do The Math
YouTube video by ManitobaTeachers
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On World Teachers Day I met with members of The Manitoba Teachers' Society who were very concerned about the Kinew govt's continued underfunding of public education. #mbpoli
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Kinew promised to end renovictions in MB His bill won’t do that. Not even close More empty performative politics while MBans lives get even more precarious MB this isn’t the change you voted for #mbpoli
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A tale of 2 tenants: Rent increase at Winnipeg apartment leaves some feeling 'forced out' | CBC News
Two tenants of a Winnipeg apartment complex facing a $500 rent increase after primarily cosmetic upgrades are handling the news differently, but both say the spike is unjustified.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Independant MLAs could team up to form party: Wasyliw #MBPoli youtu.be/xYVGlIQbbtA?...
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Independent MLAs could team up to form party: Wasyliw
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It was an honour to take part in the community Smudge at Crescent Park this morning. Thank you to South Winnipeg Family Information Center for hosting this event, the dancers and drummers and everyone that attended! #mbpoli
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... What has gone unsaid here is that Fontaine is being demoted She lost part of her portfolio as a Minister This is Kinew sending a message to her that she’s on the outs More toxic dysfunction inside the NDP caucus #mbpoli
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Manitoba premier adds cabinet ministers devoted to accessibility, first responders | CBC News
Premier Wab Kinew has added two more ministers to the Manitoba cabinet. MLAs Carla Compton (Tuxedo) and David Pankratz (Waverley) were given new cabinet roles during an announcement at the legislature...
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two new cabinet ministers appointed www.winnipegfreepress.com/this-just-in... Kinew is making up phoney Cabinet positions because he is losing Caucus. One way to get people to support you . Now most of Caucus is in Cabinet Not a serious government#mbpoli
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Two new cabinet ministers appointed
Premier Wab Kinew created two new cabinet positions today. He appointed David Pankratz, the MLA for Waverley, special envoy for military affairs, and deputy house leader, as minister responsible for.....
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/human-r... This is the same Kinew Govt that under spent there Justice budget. $ was there. When it comes to protecting Human Rights it is not a priority for Kinew #mbpoli
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Years-long waits for human rights complaint hearings in Manitoba point to 'broken' system, lawyer says | CBC News
Getting an investigator assigned and your case heard at the Manitoba Human Rights Commission can take years and the calls to fix the system are getting louder.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Furby Street residents fed up with inaction on drug houses www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... Kinew showing his signature "Profiles in Courage" Once again a lack of leadership while housing & addictions crisis gets worse #mbpoli
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Furby Street residents fed up with inaction on drug houses
Anxious Furby Street residents contacted the city and their elected officials Friday to — once again — report people coming and going from a boarded-up house they call a dangerous “drug centre” and “d...
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Keep in mind this is Kinew Govt designing anti-worker legislation giving them the power to override an agreement between workers & employers A pro-labour Govt doesn’t act this way Kinew showing his true colours #mbpoli
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Manitoba law used to halt Dynacare strike clearly problematic, union says | CBC News
A hearing to determine whether Dynacare workers are essential is within the law, but it shouldn't be, a union says. The Manitoba Labour Board has been hearing arguments on the matter since it ordered ...
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tenants slam Alta.-based landlord, protest rent increases www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... Kinew’s broken promises to renters to end rentovictions in MB. Instead he has made them legal & signalled he is on the side of landlords #mbpoli
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Tenants slam Alta.-based landlord, protest rent increases
Charlie Medd wasn’t ready for another adventure last October, when she moved out of the Wolseley Avenue apartment she had called home for 15 years.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
More than 60,000 Manitobans rely on food bank each month, Harvest Manitoba report says www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... Food bank usage has gotten worse under Kinew He has ignored real solutions to affordability crisis & MBans are hurting Poverty & inequality is a blind spot #mbpoli
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More than 60,000 Manitobans rely on food bank each month, Harvest Manitoba report says
Linda Smith first turned to Harvest Manitoba in the early 1990s when her husband became permanently disabled. Now, on a fixed income, she continues to access the food bank to make ends meet.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Health Canada suspends plasma collection at Grifols Taylor Avenue clinic www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... More fall out from Kinew’s health care privatization policies never should have been given to a private for profit company to manage #mbpoli
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Health Canada suspends plasma collection at Grifols Taylor Avenue clinic
Health Canada has suspended all plasma collection at Grifols’ Taylor Avenue facility while the private company continues to face scrutiny after two people died following donations at its Winnipeg clin...
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Unspent public funds raise questions www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... Kinew showing his true colours Underspends on public safety & addictions/homelessness While mugging for the cameras Not a serious govt, not serious about these issues#mbpoli
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Manitoba budget reveals province underspent on crucial departments related to justice, public safety
While concerns about homelessness and public safety continue to make headlines in Manitoba, the two government departments mainly responsible for addressing them came in under budget last year.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wind and batteries the best bet www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal... Kinew is enthralled with fossil fuels He's the main driver of LNG plant to Churchill He about to hire a US company to build the gas plant None of this helps MBans #mbpoli
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Opinion: Wind and batteries the best bet
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Opposition needs clear access to hospitals to hold government accountable www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0... Kinew Govt blocked my ability to visit the 72 hour mental health detention centre despite MLA's having the "right" to inspect jails Yet another way not to be accountable @mbpoli
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Opposition needs clear access to hospitals to hold government accountable
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... This is a bombshell Artic Gateway Group is not in favour of LNG pipeline or terminal in Churchill Push for LNG is coming from Kinew alone Without support of the North or First Nations This is a betrayal of MB voters not what reconciliation looks like #mbpoli
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Port of Churchill, railway improvements would cost fraction of LNG project proposed by Manitoba premier | CBC News
As Premier Wab Kinew pitches investors on a Port of Churchill expansion that could cost as much as $80 billion, the company that owns the port says it only needs a small fraction of that cash — less t...
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nothing wrong with planting trees, but it won’t get province very far on path to net zero www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0... Kinew has adopted Pallister Climate policies. mostly empty performative politics Hard to tell PC’s & NDP apart Not the change you voted for #mbpoli
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Opinion: Nothing wrong with planting trees, but it won’t get province very far on path to net zero
Manitoba’s new plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is a lot of things. It’s detailed. It’s certainly comprehensive in scope. But when it is all said and done, it is still very much a wor...
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
x.com/therealmrben... Watch the video this isn't good look for Kinew If he has really "changed" he should be a role model rejecting toxic masculinity. Instead he continues to run from his past #mbpoli
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Mr Bench (@therealmrbench) on X
Wab Kinew refused to comment on his old rap lyrics. A reporter cites a Nova Scotia minister resigning over misogynistic lyrics, then asks about Kinew’s own video. “No.” He had plenty of words for t...
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... This is crazy Portage has a brand new hospital that Kinew won’t open until later next year closer to the election This is putting peoples lives in danger Time to drop the toxic partisan politics & do what’s right by MBans #mbpoli
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Mould in Portage la Prairie hospital raises questions about why patients are being treated there | CBC News
The MLA for Portage la Prairie is alarmed his city’s hospital has been treating some patients in a room where black mould is growing.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Reaction today to Kinew's anti-worker stance in punching down on vulnerable healthcare workers while supporting a for profit US healthcare company In today's WFP #mbpoli
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you to Karla, Kayla and the SWFIC team for hosting a lovely picnic. It was great to see familiar faces having such a great time. #mbpoli
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Had a great time at the Fort Garry United Church Community BBQ! Thank you to all the volunteers that made this event such a success. #mbpoli
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cancelling court erodes access to justice — just ask Matt Wiebe www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0... When it comes to Justice policy the Kinew Govt has been adrift. No leadership & no plan things are steadily & predictably getting worse #mbpoli
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Opinion: Cancelling court erodes access to justice — just ask Matt Wiebe
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
‘Dynacare sucks’: premier muses about bringing lab services back into public system www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... This is Kinew's mess If he didn't support private for profit healthcare why did he sign a 5 year deal with Dynacare in 2025 He's shown his true colours here #mbpoli
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‘Dynacare sucks’: Manitoba premier muses about bringing lab services back into public system
Premier Wab Kinew says Manitoba may bring Dynacare’s diagnostic lab services back into the public system rather than continue to sign contracts with the for-profit company.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
‘Huge resource gaps’: judge shortage leads to circuit court cuts www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... Shocking how Kinew has mismanaged the justice system & how he has let public safety deteriorate under his govt These are policy choices #mbpoli
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‘Huge resource gaps’: judge shortage leads to circuit court cuts in Manitoba
A shortage of judges is forcing Manitoba’s provincial court to slash sittings across the province.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
‘Dynacare sucks:’ premier muses about bringing lab services back into public system after strike halted www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... so hypocritical despite criticizing this company in the past Kinew signed a new deal in 2025 expanding MB exposure to this For Profit co. #mbpoli
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‘Dynacare sucks:’ premier muses about bringing lab services back into public system after strike halted
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Especially if you’ve adopted the same austerity & failed “get tough on crime policies” that you criticized in opposition Kinew govt has been no different than the Conservative Pallister Govt and this is the result #mbpoli
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Pointing fingers at Tories three years after election tiresome, accomplishes nothing www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0... missing from the Kinew Govt spin is how many crowns have quit under these working conditions Lose more than they can hire Failed to address the retention problem #mbpoli
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Opinion: Pointing fingers at Tories three years after election tiresome, accomplishes nothing
There is a point in every government’s life when blaming the previous government stops being an explanation and starts becoming an excuse.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... This is an incredible betrayal by Kinew of MB workers He’s sided with a US private healthcare provider over underpaid MB workers Just shameful #mbpoli
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Manitoba Labour Board orders striking Dynacare workers back to work | CBC News
Hundreds of Dynacare workers are being ordered back to work by the Manitoba Labour Board, their union says.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Enrolment up at alternative schools www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... Independent Schools can pay their teachers less than public schools; use public $ on advertising & marketing & have higher admin costs We need to discuss ed funding model & whether its working for all students #mbpoli
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Enrolment up at alternative schools
Independent schools are preparing to welcome a record number of students as more families pay for faith-based instruction and secular alternatives.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NDP minister needs lesson in political civility www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0... Kinew sets the tone & culture in MB politics He’s condoned her bizarre statements in the past & will condone this as well Signal to all caucus how to behave #Mbpoli
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Opinion: NDP minister needs lesson in political civility
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
nationalnewswatch.com/2026/09/04/c... #mbpoli
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Changes to Canada's climate now 'irreversible,' federal report says
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
See you Wednesday at the FGUC BBQ!
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Minister tight-lipped about prosecutors’ grievance, but chatty about who’s to blame www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... MB has a retention problem with Crown’s. With experienced litigators leaving being replaced by new lawyers who don’t stay #mbpoli
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Minister tight-lipped about prosecutors’ grievance, but chatty about who’s to blame
The justice minister said Thursday he can’t discuss an arbitration case in which Crown attorneys blasted the government for trying to keep a report on excessive workload out of an upcoming grievance h...
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... This is a dangerous interference in collective bargaining by Kinew One that will only help a US for profit company continue to under pay MB workers Kinew is no friend to MB workers or to a public healthcare system #mbpoli
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Labour board will hear Manitoba's request to make lab staff essential workers as Dynacare strike set to start | CBC News
The Manitoba Labour Board is scheduled to hear a request next week for medical laboratory staff to be deemed essential workers — the same day they're set to go on strike.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sitting in a Dynacare super centre hearing people being told it would be 40 minutes to get seen & people walking out Can someone please explain how private “for profit” healthcare is more “efficient” #mbpoli
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Province accused of meddling in Dynacare contract dispute as strike deadline looms www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... Kinew Govt interfering with collective bargaining would be shocking But to do it in service of private US company is over the top offensive to MBans #mbpoli
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Province accused of meddling in Dynacare contract dispute as strike deadline looms
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Affordable student housing is an education issue www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal... I hear this from students a lot. MB has been absent about building affordable student housing & has left it to the private sector Huge barrier to education #mbpoli
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Opinion: Affordable student housing is an education issue
When we talk about barriers to education, what usually comes to mind are tuition, cost of books or access to technology.
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Dynacare strike could lead to lab test logjam www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... Dynacare has been a key piece of Kinew's creeping privatization agenda on Healthcare Not only is this not a MB company it's profits go to the US elbows up #mbpoli
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Dynacare strike could lead to lab test logjam
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Health care needs long-term planning www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit... Since Kinew took Govt Shared Health is looking for its 4th CFO since 2023 That's dysfunction. That's a broken system & its clear Kinew doesn't have the answers #mbpoli
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Opinion: Health care needs long-term planning
If there’s been a throughline in the past 30 years of Manitoba politics — apart from the fact the electorate has bounced between NDP and Progressive Conservative governments — it’s that the state of p...
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NDP trying to solve health-care problems from every angle — except the one likely to have the biggest impact www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0... Kinew has neglected home care & personal care home beds Until he adds beds not much will change #mbpoli
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Opinion: NDP trying to solve health-care problems from every angle — except the one likely to have the biggest impact
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hydro CEO leaving job two years after appointment www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... There is a revolving door of top Provincial Senior Staff & Leg staff that are leaving the Kinew Govt Indicative of the toxic culture Kinew has created #mbpoli
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Hydro CEO leaving job two years after appointment
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
MB per person income peaked in 2017, the start of rapid austerity policies in the Prov. Our incomes have declined ever since Kinew/Pallister austerity policies have made MBans poorer TIme to reverse course #mbpoli
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Manitoba Hydro’s strategy: Deny, deny, deny www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal... When a former Hydro Cabinet Minister calls out Kinew Govt love affair with fossil fuels its time to stop what your doing & revaluate Say no to new Gas Turbines #mbpoli
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Opinion: Manitoba Hydro’s strategy: Deny, deny, deny
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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... This was the inevitable result from Kinews performative politics He never consulted 1st Nations to begin with on this. It shows Now want to impose his corp on them when they haven’t had a say in its creation or design Not what reconciliation looks like #mbpoli
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Northern Manitoba chiefs raise new objections to corporation intended to enable Churchill port expansion | CBC News
Northern Manitoba First Nations are raising new objections to a corporation Premier Wab Kinew hopes will enable the expansion of the Port of Churchill and the construction of a liquefied natural gas s...
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