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Youth need addiction, mental health strategies: advocate

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 7h

Youth need addiction, mental health strategies
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Shocking comments by the Minister that she has no problem with youth being locked up in solitary confinement cells for 72 hours at her new 'protective centre"

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'Lack of strategy' to tackle youth addictions, mental health issues in Manitoba: child advocate | CBC News

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 21h

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Two years into Govt Kinew has no strategy for mental health & addictions despite being in a crisis

his only response is lock up addicts under bill 48

Not only expensive it won’t work & will cause MBans more harm

Jailing addicts is not a treatment plan

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Over half of the serious injuries investigated by a Manitoba advocacy organization for children and youth involved drugs and alcohol, a new report says.

Winnipeg Transit driver shot in hand, union says violence chasing away employees | CBC News

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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 1d

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Safety officers on buses was supposed to stop this yet things are worse now than before

Time for real solutions. Start addressing root causes of crime

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A Winnipeg Transit driver was shot during a dispute with a passenger on a bus in the city's North Kildonan area on Monday, police say.

Opinion: Flawed climate plan ignores obvious option

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 1d

Flawed climate plan ignores obvious option
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scheme that exhibits a pretense of concern about climate change, yet consigns the burden and political cost of decisive action to future governments.

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Sio Silica submits revamped silica sand mining proposal in eastern Manitoba

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 1d

Sio Silica submits revamped silica sand mining proposal in eastern Manitoba
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Look to Kinew to approve this project. He was never opposed to it, even with MBans concerns about safe drinking water

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WINNIPEG – Sio Silica has submitted a second application for a mining project in eastern Manitoba. The Calgary-based firm had its initial licence application rejected last year by the Manitoba g...

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 2d

New Report from Food Banks Canada. Food Bank usage in MB has jumped 17% from last year.

MB is in a cost of living crisis and groceries have become unaffordable. Kinew Govt continues to ignore the crisis & has done nothing to make food affordable for MBans

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Opinion: Province has to do more than talk the talk

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 2d

Province has to do more than talk the talk
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WFP calling out Kinew's "Cheap & Easy" tough on crime rhetoric while continuing to mismanage & underfund the justice system in MB

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Manitoba Opposition leader calls data from province's ankle monitor program 'embarrassing' | CBC News

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 2d

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CBC buried the Lede. Kinew Govt got caught lying - saying ankle bracelet data wasn’t tracked when it was

Hiding embarrassing details from MBans. Govt that has been abusing the FIzpPA process yo hide information

This is an abuse of our democracy

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The leader of Manitoba’s Opposition is calling recent data on the province’s ankle monitoring “embarrassing,” following a CBC News story that revealed more than half the people released with the devic...

Manitoba plans 3 megaprojects that could generate combined $30B in economic activity, premier says | CBC News

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 2d

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There are a lot of parallels between Trump & Kinew. One of them is grandiosity. Everything both men do has to be the biggest, best etc

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Premier Wab Kinew says Manitoba is planning three energy projects that could generate $30 billion in new economic activity — a value equal to more than a third of the province’s existing gross domesti...

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 2d

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Really shocking how things continue to get worse at HSC & Kinew has no response other than to gaslight & to just let things devolve into chaos

Complete & utter lack of leadership that puts MBan lives at risk

When will he start to act?

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City council byelection draws fewer than 16 per cent of eligible Elmwood-East Kildonan voters

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 2d

City council byelection draws fewer than 16 per cent of eligible Elmwood-East Kildonan voters
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councillor-elect already advocating for lowering the voting age. Don’t know much about her but I’m already a fan

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More than 84 per cent of eligible voters did not cast ballots in the Elmwood-East Kildonan city council byelection Saturday, a turnout being described as both predictable and discouraging.

Conservative think tank ranks Manitoba worst in country on accountability report card

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 3d

Kinew's Justice department is in breach of the Freedom of Information Act, claiming they didn't keep track of people that have tampered with their ankle monitors. Clearly they do, but refused to disclose the information. #mbpoli

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 3d

Failing grade for fiscal transparency
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In opposition we brutally criticized the Pallister Govt for doing this. Now the NDP Govt is repeating those same mistakes

the hypocrisy here is truly uncomfortable

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Manitoba received the worst grade among provinces, territories and the federal government from a conservative think tank for transparency on how it taxes and spends.

Crown attorneys say Manitoba government isn't addressing urgent needs as lawyers walk away from labour talks | CBC News

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 3d

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Kinew continues to underfund the justice system

Gas lighting MBans that he hired 35 more prosecutors but never saying that more than that # have quit

Huge retention problem in Justice that Kinew continues to ignore. This puts us all at risk

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The organization representing Crown attorneys in Manitoba walked away from labour talks with the province on Friday, after it said government officials did not bring real resources to the table to add...

How well is Manitoba’s ankle monitoring working? Rearrests, breaches paint 'stark' picture: expert | CBC News

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 3d

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Ankle monitors have n en Kinew’s main “bail reform” initiative - with fail rate of 89%

Always more about PR than good policy that would keep MBans safe

Time for real investment in bail reform: half-way houses; community supports & monitoring

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More than half the people released with an ankle monitor since those devices were introduced in Manitoba in August 2024 were rearrested or broke the rules of their release while wearing one, recent nu...

Ending homelessness by 2031: Blaikie Whitecloud says it’s possible — if Manitobans work together

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 4d

Ending homelessness by 2031: Blaikie Whitecloud says it’s possible — if Manitobans work together
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Blaikie has completely outshined Kinew & has been in charge of the only major policy initiative that’s worked #mbpoli

If Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud had her way, she would be in a swimming pool almost every day. The former head of Siloam Mission may be the province’s senior advisor on ending homelessness, but it’s not h...

Health-care aide choked by HSC patient: nurses union

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 6d

Health-care aide choked by HSC patient: nurses union
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These shocking incidents keep happening its a symptom of Kinew's underfunding & austerity in healthcare

Not enough staff, long waits, stressed patients

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The head of the Manitoba Nurses Union says a health-care aide was choked by a patient accessing mental health services at Winnipeg’s largest hospital this weekend. Union president Darlene Jackson said...

Opinion: Moving in the right direction — just not fast enough

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Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 6d

Moving in the right direction — just not fast enough
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This appears yet another promise Kinew is failing at

Now he's moving the goal posts. Instead of ending homelessness - he'll only end it for 700 MBans

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Bail changes long overdue, Manitoba leaders say

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 6d

Bail changes long overdue, Manitoba leaders say
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This whole debate is cynical & dishonest

Shameless politicians exploiting victims pain & using bail reform as an excuse

These changes are all show

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Ex-Free Press reporter Nick Martin loved a good thriller

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 7d

Ex-Free Press reporter loved a good thriller
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This is really sad. My condolences to his family

Got to know him as a School Trustee. He knew more about MB Ed system than most Ed Ministers. Good man RIP #mbpoli

Opinion: Action plan the next step on environmental goals

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 7d

Action plan the next step on environmental goals
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Kinew is on track to break another promise - 30% of protected land by 2030. just 4 years away

in 2023 - 0% protected
2024 - just 461 Ha
in 2025 - 0%

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Dozens of firefighting positions unfilled when wildfires began in May: documents | CBC News

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 7d

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This is what Kinew austerity looks like. Underpay critical firefighter positions & huge vacancies result during the 2nd worst fire season in Mb history

What we haven’t heard is a commitment from Kinew to match wages from other provinces

Puts us all at risk #mbpoli

When wildfires began rapidly spreading across Manitoba in May — the start of a fire season that forced 32,000 out of their homes — the province was short dozens of fire rangers, and 25 per cent of its...

Ex-NDP education ministers on separate sides of byelection battle

Mark Wasyliw @markwasyliw.bsky.social · 7d

Ex-NDP education ministers on separate sides of byelection battle
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What does it say when your former political colleague not only isn’t backing you, but actively campaigning against you