Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson is expected to call an election Tuesday in a bid for a third consecutive Progressive Conservative majority.
Opinion polls suggest it will be an uphill battle.
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They also faced widespread public criticism over a plan to eliminate elected school boards under Stefanson’s predecessor, Brian Pallister.
“She is a less divisive leader and recent initiatives … have defused to some extent the anger that was attached to the PC government,” Paul Thomas, professor emeritus of political studies at the University of Manitoba, said in an interview.
The NDP has focused much of its messaging on health care, and has also spent time on pocketbook issues such as utility bills and electric vehicle subsidies.
Kinew has managed to carve out a moderate platform so far, Thomas said, in part by making promises that include a pledge to not defund police agencies.
And an ongoing protest camp downtown demanding a landfill search for the remains of Indigenous women has captured national attention.
Police believe the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran were taken to the privately run Prairie Green Landfill north of Winnipeg last year.
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