Hate and intolerance not a winning plan

The Manitoba Progressive Conservatives’ defeat should serve as a warning to politicians in Ottawa and across the country thinking about trying to win government through unrelenting attacks and messages of intolerance.

Manitoba Premier-designate Wab Kinew led his New Democratic Party to victory on Oct. 3 by successfully bringing people together from different parties and different backgrounds, writes Bea Bruske. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News

Opinion

BY BEA BRUSKE

October 4, 2023

Wab Kinew and the New Democratic Party's stunning Oct. 3 victory is a welcome sign that despite anger and frustration, Manitobans marked their ballot for something positive. Voters rejected Heather Stefanson’s campaign messages of intolerance and spurned the Progressive Co...

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