Manitoba PCs Celebrate End of Spring Sitting with New Leader, Bold New Direction
WINNIPEG — This morning, the Manitoba Legislature marked the end of the spring 2025 sitting, which began with Manitoba PCs welcoming a new leader, followed by a number of significant wins along the way. Fort Whyte MLA Obby Khan was welcomed in the legislative chamber as Leader of the Official Opposition for the first time on May 6.
“It’s a day I’ll never forget. I’m honoured and humbled to be in this position, and I’ll work hard for Manitobans each and every day,” said Khan. “This is the beginning of a new PC era. We will hold Wab Kinew’s NDP government to account, but we will do it in a dignified way because Manitobans have told us that we must do better. And we will.”
PCs did better for Manitobans by voting to pass Bill 47—the NDP’s Fair Trade in Canada Act. “We are putting Manitobans first,” said Khan. “These are unprecedented times when all Canadians—regardless of political stripe—must stand shoulder to shoulder against Trump’s tariffs and for a stronger Canada. That’s why we voted to pass Bill 47.”
Other highlights from the sitting include the independent Public Accounts Committee approval of the 2023 audited statements, confirming that the former PC government posted a restated $373-million surplus for the 2023 fiscal year. This refuted the NDP claims that they were left in a poor fiscal position. The NDP have since posted a budget that could see a deficit of $1.9 billion.
Manitobans have also been voicing their disappointment in the NDP throughout the spring. Tens of thousands of Manitoba property owners were shocked to see historic increases to their education property taxes by as much as 50% due to the NDP school tax scheme. Members of the Manitoba Nurses Union, meanwhile, were fed up with broken NDP healthcare promises. Protesting outside the Legislative Building last month by the hundreds, the MNU gave the NDP health minister and the Kinew Government a D-minus on healthcare.
The spring sitting concluded with PCs filing an ethics complaint into the NDP tech minister selling his personal telecom stocks after he accessed a report critical of Telus for 911 service failures.
PCs also celebrated the unanimous passage of Bill 232 commemorating victims of impaired drivers on May 1, brought forward by Brandon West MLA Wayne Balcaen, as well as a resolution to sing ‘O Canada’ daily when the house is in session.
“We posted a number of wins this spring, but we recognize that there’s much more work to do,’ said Khan. “We will continue working hard over the summer, listening to Manitobans, and gearing up for the fall where we’ll continue to hold Wab Kinew and his NDP to account on behalf of all Manitobans.”
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