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In Manitoba and elsewhere in Canada, mean-spiritedness can lose elections

A well-respected politician once told me that governments lose elections if voters consider them too mean-spirited. Those words have always resonated, particularly during the final weeks of the recent Manitoba election when the Conservatives engaged in a negative media campaign. Negative campaigns are often only tolerated if they don’t go…

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023

Who is Wab Kinew, Canada’s first First Nations premier of Manitoba?

In a historical first, a member of Canada’s First Nations community has become the leader of Manitoba province.

Al Jazeera · Oct 5, 2023

What Wab Kinew's win in Manitoba reveals about the province's political history

Manitoba voters have elected the NDP’s Wab Kinew as premier. His election is both a break with recent Manitoba political history and a continuation of the long history of Indigenous involvement in electoral politics in Manitoba.

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2023