by Bryanne Lamoureux | Sep 7, 2019 | News
Winnipeg, MB — Party leader James Beddome and Wolseley candidate David Nickarz announced the Greens’ plans for moving to zero waste in Manitoba, including cost-sharing municipal composting programs, banning single-use plastics, and enhancing producer responsibility...
by Bryanne Lamoureux | Sep 6, 2019 | News
Winnipeg, MB — Party Leader James Beddome announced that if elected, Greens would commit 10 per cent of the health budget to mental health and addictions. “More than one in four Manitobans experience a mental illness, substance abuse or addiction,” said Beddome. “Our...
by Bryanne Lamoureux | Sep 5, 2019 | News
Party Leader James Beddome announced that if elected, Greens would push for a universal national pharmacare program and negotiate better drug prices. “Canadians pay among the highest drug prices in the industrialized world,” said Beddome. “It’s long past time...
by Bryanne Lamoureux | Sep 4, 2019 | News
Winnipeg, MB — Party leader James Beddome announced that the Greens will make the province’s property tax system fairer by eliminating the education property tax. Instead, schools would be funded through corporate and personal income taxes, which he said would provide...
by Bryanne Lamoureux | Sep 3, 2019 | News
Party Leader James Beddome said that if elected, Greens would push for strong labour reforms including an immediate move towards a card check process for union certification and ensuring that collective agreements made between the government and unions are honored....
by Bryanne Lamoureux | Aug 31, 2019 | News
GPM Deputy Leader and Union Station MLA candidate Andrea Shalay announced that if elected this fall, Greens would push for proportional representation in Manitoba. “Currently, Manitoba’s winner-take-all voting system allows political parties to govern with a majority...
