Manitoba Budget Focuses on Health Care, Includes $800M Deficit

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks at an event in Winnipeg, Man., on Jan. 18, 2024. The Canadian Press/John Woods

Manitoba’s new NDP government has unveiled its first budget under the leadership of Premier Wab Kinew.

The budget has a major focus on health care, underlining promises made by the NDP during last fall’s provincial election to improve health care and make life more affordable.