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Manitobans Continue to Benefit from PC Initiatives: 2024 in Review

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WINNIPEG — Progressive Conservatives are concluding the year by highlighting the many ways in which Manitobans have continued to benefit in 2024 from investments and initiatives launched by the previous PC government.

“Thanks to prudent, people-focused governance, PC measures have been able to help Manitobans well after our time in office,” said Wayne Ewasko, Leader of the Official Opposition. “In stark contrast with Wab Kinew’s short-sighted re-election bids, we worked with the long-term interest of Manitobans in mind.”

Low-income and middle-class Manitoba families saw $160 million in tax savings in 2024 thanks to several PC affordability measures being grandfathered into this year, such as the 50% School Tax Rebate. As Manitobans face higher costs in 2025 when poor NDP policies take full effect, PCs will continue pushing for meaningful action on affordability.

In healthcare, PC investments took shape in 2024 through the completed expansion of Selkirk Regional Health Centre; the opening of RRC Polytech’s new, state-of-the-art Simulation Centre; more diagnostic services in the Parkland region; more medical training seats at post-secondary institutions; more internationally–educated healthcare workers across Manitoba; and more specialized services at the Health Sciences Centre. PCs are also strengthening healthcare in Opposition, with the province committing to lowering the breast cancer screening age to 40 following months of PC advocacy.

Highlights in education include École Discovery Trails opening in Morden as part of PCs’ 23-school plan; delivering hundreds of new daycare spaces this year; PCs’ Ready-to-Move Child Care Project being awarded the 2024 Project of the Year; enabling more meaningful curricula and resources for Indigenous education; and expanding early learning and child-care training programs in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years. In Opposition, PCs successfully pushed the province to implement a ban on cellphones in the classroom and expand PCs’ $10 daycare initiative.

PC initiatives are also helping to build safer, more vibrant communities, as well as advancing reconciliation. That includes the new Winnipeg Transit safety officer team; an upgraded detention centre in Brandon; the expansion of Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine clinic services; expanded support services for survivors of sexual violence; a new online resource for free menstrual products; ongoing progress on the Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgon redevelopment; and more community development spurred in 2024 by PC grant programs, which have been cut or scrapped by the NDP for 2025.

Investments by PCs have also bolstered Manitoba industries and workforces into 2024, such as new developments at the Port of Churchill and CentrePort South; a new mechatronics program starting in Brandon; more information technology training in the north; a state-of-the-art film studio breaking ground in Niverville; a new solar glass project in Selkirk and Hollow Water First Nation; and a new directory of Indigenous Manitoban-owned businesses. In Opposition, PCs successfully pushed the province to establish a Manitoba trade office in Washington.

Despite denouncing most PC initiatives throughout their eight years in Opposition, the NDP have nonetheless championed these projects as their own while in government—going as far as to rebrand and repackage PC programs as NDP initiatives, such as the $25-million Building Sustainable Communities program turned into the $12.5-million “From the Ground Up” program; the Municipal Economic Development Infrastructure Program repurposed into the Growth, Renewal and Opportunities for Municipalities (GRO) program; and the Seniors Home Modification Program delayed and renamed as the Safe and Healthy Home for Seniors Program. Earlier this year, Kinew also touted PC-implemented tax savings in recent NDP government ads.

“2024 has been a fruitful year for our Progressive Conservative team, and we’re very proud to see years of work paying off for Manitobans,” said Ewasko. “Clearly the Kinew government is just as proud as we are, given how much they continue to pass off PC achievements as their own.”

“We look forward to seeing more fruits of our work in the new year, and continuing our momentum with Manitobans to ensure the prosperity of our province. From myself and our Progressive Conservative MLAs, we hope Manitobans had a very Merry Christmas, and wish everyone happy Hanukkah, happy holidays, and all the best in 2025.”

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Progressive Conservative Highlights in 2024

Making Life More Affordable

  • As of January 1st, Manitoba families have been able to keep more of their hard-earned money with up to $1,399 in savings. By increasing personal income tax bracket thresholds to $47,000 and $100,000, PC measures have delivered $160 million in tax savings to low-income and middle-class families in 2024.
  • Thanks to PCs’ 50% School Tax Rebate, Manitoba homeowners have been able to save an average of $774 for one final year before the NDP abolish the rebate in the upcoming year with a weaker alternative.
  • PC initiatives have also made Manitoba more affordable and competitive for businesses in 2024, as payroll tax thresholds were increased for the fourth executive year. With the 2024 increase, PCs delivered $9 million in annual savings to 900 Manitoba businesses, and exempted 150 employers from the tax entirely.
    • Businesses were also set to see the first reduction to Manitoba’s payroll tax in 25 years as of Jan. 1, 2024, but this PC measure was scrapped by the NDP.

Building Up Manitoba’s Healthcare System

  • Healthcare training has entered a new chapter in Manitoba with the opening of RRC Polytech’s new, state-of-the-art Interdisciplinary Health and Community Services Simulation Centre in November. With an investment by PCs of over $12.5 million, the interdisciplinary facility is the first centre in Manitoba to focus on nursing, allied health professions, and community services. Though making sure to take credit for the existing PC investment, the NDP have yet to announce any additional funding for the site.
  • After over a year’s delay by Wab Kinew, construction has officially begun on Progressive Conservatives’ 95-bed personal care home in Lac du Bonnet. The $66.4-million facility is one of six PCHs delayed or scrapped by the NDP since last December. The LDB care home has been over a decade in the making, following empty promise after promise from the Selinger NDP.
  • The Selkirk Regional Health Centre completed its major expansion project this year after years of investments under PCs. The emergency department completed renovations in March and the hospital’s new 30-bed inpatient unit opened this fall.
  • The Parkland region saw two major healthcare milestones this summer following a decade of advocacy by Swan River MLA Rick Wowchuk and community members. In June, a new CT scanner went into operation at Swan Valley Health Centre with two technicians trained and ready to serve patients. Meanwhile the community of Russell saw the completion of their expanded cancer care unit, which quadrupled the size of the former CancerCare Manitoba space.
  • Cancer patients in the parklands are also receiving the care they need at the Dauphin Regional Health Centre’s newly-expanded CancerCare unit, which opened to its first patient in January 2024. The expansion was part of the now-completed first phase of significant renovations at Dauphin by PCs, with phase two now underway. NDP health minister Uzoma Asagwara has commended this PC capital project for providing “front-line staff in Dauphin the exam rooms, recovery beds, and surgical capacity they need to deliver the level of care patients expect and deserve.”
  • Manitobans are receiving better access to their local healthcare providers via an online platform whose steady growth was greatly enhanced by support from the previous PC government. This year, QDoc hit a record number of virtual doctor appointments.
  • Manitoba seniors can safely age in their homes and communities with a new $1.5-million program that helps cover the cost of home accessibility and safety upgrades. Initially introduced by PCs as the Seniors Home Modification Grant program to launch in late 2023, the NDP held off on the initiative for five months in order to rebrand it as their own.
  • Health education has seen record progress in Manitoba due to long-term PC investments to expand training seats at post-secondary institutions. As result, over 170 medical school graduates began residencies across Manitoba in July this year, and in August, the University of Manitoba welcomed the largest class of medical students in its history.
    • For the 2024/25 academic year, PCs investments enabled expanded undergraduate spots at Max Rady College of Medicine; doubled seats for the clinical psychology training and bachelor of respiratory therapy programs at the University of Manitoba; and 16 new advanced care paramedic seats at Red River College Polytechnic.
  • In February, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) recognized Manitoba as leading the country in reducing unnecessary paperwork for doctors, demonstrating PCs’ successful efforts with Doctors Manitoba to reduce doctor burnout.
  • Dozens of new internationally-educated healthcare workers have been settling into their new communities in the Interlake, Eastman, north, Westman, central Manitoba, and Winnipeg throughout this year via the previous PC government’s recruitment mission in the Philippines. This was despite Wab Kinew’s denouncement of and cuts to the successful initiative.
  • Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of the new renal dialysis unit, which officially opened its doors in October 2023, making the hospital the hub for dialysis in southeastern Manitoba. The new unit is part of a significant capital project by PCs to expand the hospital.
  • Beyond PCs’ work in government, in Opposition, Roblin MLA Kathleen Cook was able to pressure the province to commit to lowering the breast cancer screening age to 40, though the NDP eschewed further accountability on the issue.

Supporting Manitoba Children and Young Families

  • The Western School Division opened its first new school in 34 years this October with École Discovery Trails in Morden. The facility was part of the Progressive Conservatives’ 23-school plan, of which nine schools were cancelled by the NDP.
  • The previous PC government’s Ready-to-Move (RTM) Child Care Project has delivered a number of new high-quality daycare spaces this year. Due to its huge success, the provincial RTM project was awarded the 2024 Project of the Year by Project Management Institute Manitoba this April.
  • École St. Malo School kicked off the new school year this September with the opening of a long-awaited expansion to the building. Built by PCs, the 23,000 sq. ft. addition includes an education wing, administration offices, and gymnasium.
  • Engaging, empowering, and innovative projects by front-line teachers, staff, and school leaders have been going on strong in the 2023/24 school year and beyond with PC investments via the Teachers’ Idea Fund. Supporting nearly 200 projects across 31 school divisions, the successful fund has been scrapped by the NDP for the new year.
  • Manitoba continues to grow its early learning and child-care workforce with the expansion of programs across five post-secondary institutions thanks to PC investments. Over three years, an estimated 1,000 seats for child-care professionals will have been added in the province from this investment, including French-language education.
  • The Mamàhtawisiwin framework, introduced by then-PC education minister Wayne Ewasko, continues to guide progress in creating meaningful Indigenous education and more inclusive learning experiences where all students can thrive.
  • In Opposition, Spruce Woods MLA Grant Jackson successfully pushed the province to implement a province-wide approach on cellphone bans in the classroom. Jackson also successfully pressed the province on expanding PCs’ $10 daycare initiative to non-instructional school days—albeit the NDP rolled out the measure quietly in December, months later than parents expected.

Keeping Manitobans Safe

  • Municipalities and First Nations now have more options to protect their communities and enhance public safety with the proclamation of PCs’ Police Services Amendment Act, introduced by Steinbach MLA Kelvin Goertzen.
    • Since February, Winnipeg Transit buses have welcomed community safety officers along for the ride to help improve the safety of passengers and drivers.
    • The CSO program officially launched in Portage la Prairie in April, with four new officers hitting the streets this fall. Hanover also joined the program in April.
  • The road to recovery is now more accessible for Manitobans with the introduction of virtual and mobile addictions services, developed and offered by the seven PC-established Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) clinics. Winnipeggers also saw the opening of Manitoba’s first Indigenous-led RAAM clinic in December 2023. Unfortunately, no new RAAM clinics have been announced by the NDP.
  • Hospitals and post-secondary institutions have more options to increase safety for workers, clients, and visitors with the introduction of institutional safety officers following PCs’ amendments to The Police Services Act.
  • The Westman region is seeing improved public safety and corrections services with the opening of a new, modern detention facility at the Brandon Police Service headquarters. Built with an $8.9-million investment by PCs, the upgraded centre includes 18 new holding cells and modern surveillance to support law enforcement.
  • While Manitobans wait for Wab Kinew to “reform bail” as promised, and for the federal Trudeau-NDP government to actually reform bail, Manitoba has launched an electronic monitoring program to supervise offenders out on bail, following work begun by the former PC government to introduce state-of-the-art equipment.
  • Manitoba has seen an “almost total end to catalytic converter thefts” as of April this year following PCs’ introduction of the Scrap Metal Act in 2022. The drastic reduction has also saved Manitoba Public Insurance millions in converter theft claims.

Creating Stronger Communities

  • With PCs’ $1.3-million expansion to the provincial Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program, survivors of sexual violence as of this year are now able to visit Klinic Community Health and the Indigenous-led Ka Ni Kanichihk to access forensic nursing services and wraparound supports in a non-hospital setting.
  • Manitoba women and girls can now access a new online resource to find where free menstrual products are available. This was made possible through the previous PC government’s partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart to provide free menstrual products to schools, domestic violence shelters, resource centres, and other programs. As of October 2024, Manitoba has distributed over 5.2 million menstrual products via this PC partnership.
  • A Place of Pride completed its first phase of construction this September with the help of a $3-million investment by PCs. A joint project by Rainbow Resource Centre and Westminster Housing Society, A Place of Pride will include affordable seniors housing units and a cultural centre, and will be Canada’s first 2SLGBTQ+ campus.
  • Manitoba amateur athletes are now able to participate in safer combative sport competitions with the Combative Sports Act, introduced by PCs in 2023, officially coming into effect on Dec. 1, 2024. The legislation also increases economic opportunities for Manitoba by allowing amateur combative sports contests to be hosted in the province.
  • Manitobans are heading into the holidays with an early start to the skiing season thanks to new upgrades at the Windsor Park Nordic Centre. Equipped with new snow-making capacity, the facility’s man-made ski trail along the Seine River officially opened this month following over $400,000 in ACSC and BSC funding from the previous PC government. These grants have likewise supported the development of the Thunder Hill Ski Area in Swan Valley, where a new Co-op Ski Chalet has provided skiers better access since early 2024.

Advancing Reconciliation

  • Hollow Water First Nation and the community of Selkirk are moving forward with a solar glass project that will bring hundreds of new local jobs to the region following years of dedicated efforts by Progressive Conservatives.
  • An essential resource to advance economic reconciliation is now available to Manitobans with the introduction of the Indigenous Business Directory this year. PCs provided funding to the Indigenous Chamber of Commerce to design and develop this comprehensive database of Indigenous Manitoban-owned businesses.
  • The Pas is providing more opportunities for Indigenous women to join Manitoba’s workforce. Last year, PCs announced the addition of 12 new seats in the University College of the North’s IT readiness program, which has a focus on empowering Indigenous women with fundamental IT skills. This funding has allowed the program, initially a pilot program for the past two years, to be offered permanently at UCN.
  • The redevelopment of Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgon, the former Hudson’s Bay building, continues to see progress since its initial announcement in 2022. PCs invested $35 million towards the project, which will serve as an Indigenous hub of housing, social services, and cultural space.
  • Manitoba’s Mamàhtawisiwin framework, introduced by then-PC education minister Wayne Ewasko, continues to guide progress in creating meaningful Indigenous education that engages students across Manitoba, and fostering more accessible learning environments where First Nations, Métis, and Inuit students and all of their peers can thrive.
  • The first Indigenous-led Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) clinic in Manitoba opened in December 2023 at the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre, becoming the seventh RAAM clinic in the province created by PCs.
  • The Indigenous tourism industry is thriving in Manitoba. An August 2024 report shows that the number of Indigenous-owned tourism businesses more than doubled between 2019 and 2023. With the work of industry leaders, this success was supported by the provincial tourism strategy co-developed by PCs and its Indigenous and northern tourism sub-strategies.
    • Progressive Conservatives also helped build on this momentum last year by providing over $450,000 to Indigenous Tourism Manitoba.
  • The 2023/24 and 2024/25 school years have benefitted from various engaging projects conceived by front-line educators to bolster Indigenous education via the Teachers’ Idea Fund. Among the 200 initiatives supported by PCs through this fund, projects over the last year have engaged Elders and Knowledge Keepers, set up art installations, built staff capacity in land-based education, and created experiences to reflect on reconciliation, among other activities. The fund has since been scrapped by the NDP for the new year.
  • The grounds of the Manitoba Legislature will soon be home to a monument honouring Chief Peguis. Supported by the previous PC government, the statue was set to be unveiled this year in time for the 160th anniversary of Chief Peguis’ death, but is now expected to be unveiled in late 2025.

Bolstering Manitoba’s Economy, Workforce, and Transportation

  • With the Port of Churchill exporting critical minerals for the first time in over two decades earlier this year, long-term Progressive Conservative investments are paying off for the economic future of Northern Manitoba. In 2022, PCs announced up to $74 million to Arctic Gateway Group, along with a joint commitment of up to $148 million with the federal government.
  • CentrePort South officially kicked off its long-awaited development this summer, as part of North America’s largest tri-modal inland port and foreign trade zone. With a $40-million investment by the previous PC government, the full development is expected to increase Manitoba’s GDP by over $950 million, generate $107 million in annual revenue for the province, house up to 12,000 people, and create 16,000 full-time jobs. Following PC support, the CentrePort Canada Rail Park in the RM of Rosser also welcomed its second tenant this summer.
  • Rural Manitoba is set to launch careers in automation, robotics, ag-tech, and more with Assiniboine College opening applications for its new mechatronics program. PCs committed up to $1.6 million in capital funding for the program, which will build broad employment skills for graduates to address growing technical needs in agriculture and across all industries. The program is expected to launch in September 2025.
  • Northern Manitoba is building up a stable and skilled information technology workforce with post-secondary program expansions. Last year, PCs announced the addition of 28 seats in two IT programs at University College of the North in The Pas, including the IT readiness program, with a focus on empowering Indigenous women in the field, and the IT support technician program. These programs provide significant support for the mining industry, which relies heavily on information technology.
  • PC initiatives have made Manitoba more affordable and competitive for businesses in 2024, as payroll tax thresholds were increased for the fourth executive year. With the 2024 increase, PCs delivered $9 million in annual savings to 900 Manitoba businesses, and exempted 150 employers from the tax entirely.
    • Businesses were also set to see the first reduction to Manitoba’s payroll tax in 25 years as of Jan. 1, 2024, but this PC measure was scrapped by the NDP.
  • Manitoba businesses benefited from PCs’ 50% School Tax Rebate on commercial properties for one final year. The NDP have ensured that local business owners and developers will no longer receive any tax relief on commercial properties as of 2025.
  • Commuters, visitors, and commercial drivers in south Winnipeg are seeing improved safety and traffic flow with the opening of the St. Mary’s Overpass. PCs’ upgrades to this major economic corridor serve as one of many important steps taken under the previous government to grow Manitoba as a national trade hub.
  • RRC Polytech is ready to train more of Manitoba’s future healthcare leaders starting January 2025 with the opening of its new, state-of-the-art Interdisciplinary Health and Community Services Simulation Centre in November. With a $13-million investment by PCs, the 16,630 sq. ft. facility will be the first of its kind in Manitoba. The NDP have yet to announce any additional funding for the site, though making sure to take credit for the existing PC investment.
  • Manitoba’s burgeoning film industry saw new development this year with Jette Studios officially breaking ground this summer on its state-of-the-art, full-service film and television studio campus in rural Manitoba. PCs were proud to invest over $40 million in infrastructure in and around Niverville to support the project and spur further economic growth in the area.
  • The completion of three major bridge projects this fall were recently announced as replacements for aging infrastructure. The Daly Overpass on PTH 10 in Brandon, PTH 1 and 1A interchange near Portage la Prairie, and Burntwood River Bridge on PR 391 in Thompson have all been substantially complete and are open to traffic following years of PC planning and investment.
  • Construction is well underway on Thompson Regional Airport’s new terminal with PC investments, enhancing the airport’s role as a critical lifeline for 65,000 people in 37 remote and Indigenous communities in northern Manitoba and western Nunavut.
  • Since Jan. 1, post-secondary students are experiencing more transparency and accountability from private institutions with the amended Private Vocational Institutions Act, which was introduced by PCs to require schools to post more information publicly, such as tuition fees and employment rates.
  • Hundreds of new local jobs are coming to the communities of Selkirk and Hollow Water First Nation, where a solar glass project is moving forward to advance Manitoba as a leader in clean energy. This development follows years of dedicated efforts by the previous PC government, whose work led Manitoba to rank among the top ten jurisdictions in the world for mining in 2023.
  • Indigenous business owners continue to thrive in Manitoba. This year saw the introduction of the Indigenous Business Directory, whose design and development was supported by funding from PCs to the Indigenous Chamber of Commerce.
    • In the tourism sector, Indigenous-owned businesses more than doubled in numbers between 2019 and 2023, creating over 2,000 jobs and generating over $100 million in revenue in 2023, per an August 2024 report. With the work of industry leaders, this success was supported by the provincial tourism strategy co-developed by PCs and its targeted sub-strategies. PCs also helped build on this momentum last year by providing over $450,000 to Indigenous Tourism Manitoba.
  • Manitoba universities and colleges continue to benefit from previous PC investments with many new training seats arriving in the 2024/25 school year. That includes more spots for training Manitoba’s future leaders in medicine, clinical psychology, paramedicine, and education and childcare.
  • In Opposition, PCs successfully pushed the province to establish a Manitoba trade office in Washington in response to potential U.S. tariffs.

Standing Up for Manitobans as Opposition

  • Roblin MLA Kathleen Cook, PC Critic for Health, joined advocates and experts across the country in calling on Manitoba to lower the breast cancer screening age to 40 in Manitoba and put forward a plan to increase screening capacity.
    • In the fall, she introduced Bill 221 to not only legislate lowering the screening age, but also to ensure transparency on progress towards this target. Though passing second reading, the bill was ultimately killed by the NDP. MLA Cook will continue her advocacy for protecting Manitoba women into the next session.
  • Bill 201, introduced by Official Opposition Leader Wayne Ewasko, MLA for Lac du Bonnet, passed in June to designate what is commonly known as Tyndall stone as the provincial stone of Manitoba, recognizing the geological treasure’s historic significance provincially and nationally.
  • Bill 202, introduced by Spruce Woods MLA Grant Jackson, passed in the spring to establish April 26 as Community Foundation Day, celebrating Manitoba’s community foundations and those who contribute time, effort, and money to support them. For the 20th consecutive year, Manitoba remains the most generous province in Canada.
  • Bill 211, introduced by Riding Mountain MLA Greg Nesbitt, PC Critic for Environment, passed in June to establish specialty parks licence plates, the proceeds of which will go towards critical park infrastructure projects to enrich visitor experiences.
  • Bill 217, introduced by Dawson Trial MLA Bob Lagassé, passed this fall to bring attention to mental health challenges faced by men in Manitoba and promote mental wellbeing.
  • Red River North MLA Jeff Wharton, PC Critic for Economic Development, introduced Bill 213 this spring to expand liquor retail offerings and services across the province. While the NDP obstructed these efforts, PCs continue to push to bring more consumer choice and convenience to Manitobans.
  • MLA Cook introduced Bill 215 this fall to mandate better accountability on medical specialist wait times. Though the NDP talked out the bill, MLA Cook looks forward to holding the NDP accountable into the new year.
  • Earlier this year, Morden-Winkler MLA Carrie Hiebert was selected to represent Manitoba on the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians – Canadian Region Steering Committee, where she will work to advance the role of women in politics.
  • This October, Portage la Prairie MLA Jeff Bereza hosted a successful town hall with hundreds of community members in support of bringing MRI services to the Portage la Prairie area.
  • In August, MLA Jackson, as the PC Critic for Education, successfully pushed the province to implement a province-wide approach on cellphone bans in the classroom. Jackson also successfully pressed the province on expanding PCs’ $10 daycare initiative to non-instructional school days—albeit the NDP rolled out the measure quietly in December, months later than parents expected.
  • Earlier this month, Leader Ewasko and Midland MLA Lauren Stone, PC Critic for Finance, successfully pushed the province to establish a Manitoba trade office in Washington in response to potential U.S. tariffs.
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