Matt Wiebe
NDP candidate in the Concordia Winnipeg race.
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NDP calls $2.5B in promised spending fishy
1 August 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...promises in 2016 and 2019. The Tories countered that the only cuts they want to make is to taxes. NDP house leader Nahanni Fontaine and party whip Matt Wiebe held a press conference Tuesday to remind Manitobans that when the Tories promised to protect front-line health services and education in the past,...
PCs will have to cut to afford flurry of pre-election announcements, NDP alleges
1 August 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...its tenure in power, beginning in 2016. "Over the last two months, the desperate flurry of press releases and promises don't fool anyone," NDP MLA Matt Wiebe told reporters. "Manitobans know that this PC government is all about cuts. They're making promises they know they can't keep." The NDP claims the...
Manitoba Justice isn’t giving provincial courts the tools they need, say auditor general
26 July 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...a review of the provincial court's administrative system, which it said will be raised at a future Manitoba Courts executive board meeting. Matt Wiebe, the NDP justice critic, says the report shows that Manitoba courts cannot provide the justice that its citizens need. Austerity by the PC...
Inefficient provincial court system’s impact most severe in North: auditor general’s report
26 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...be more specific about recruiting and training within communities where staff shortages are most acute. The Opposition NDP’s justice critic Matt Wiebe said in a statement the audit report is evidence that the Progressive Conservative government’s “tough-on-crime” rhetoric isn’t believable. ...
NDP calls foul on Tories over advertisements
13 July 2023
Brandon Sun - ...the government’s latest campaign will continue once the blackout period starts and during the writ period. At the news conference, justice critic Matt Wiebe took a swipe at the Tories for their promotion of an electronic monitoring program for offenders, calling the advertisements untruthful. The...
NDP calls foul on Tories over advertisements
12 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...the government’s latest campaign will continue once the blackout period starts and during the writ period. At the news conference, justice critic Matt Wiebe took a swipe at the Tories for their promotion of an electronic monitoring program for offenders, calling the advertisements untruthful. The...
Premiers’ meeting shutters Manitoba Legislative Building
7 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...before,” he said. “This is not new. I’ve seen this level of security in the legislature building before.” However, NDP justice critic Matt Wiebe said the temporary expulsion is not acceptable and could have been avoided. The MLA for Concordia argued the ban on access to the building is an...
Province tabs $3.4M for 19 new Crown prosecutors
26 June 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...attorneys. “At this point, it seems that they’re bent on going to arbitration,” she said. In a prepared statement, Opposition justice critic Matt Wiebe said the Progressive Conservative government left positions for Crown attorneys vacant over the past seven years to save money at the expense of...
Biking to work highlights infrastructure failures
14 June 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...after work. However, we know that we need safer, more reliable roads and better infrastructure to support cyclists. Supplied photo Concordia MLA Matt Wiebe greeted commuting cyclists at a Northeast Pioneers Greenway pit stop on Bike to Work on June 5. Unfortunately, the Progressive Conservative...
New outdoor track at REC open
12 June 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...a lap around the new River East Collegiate running track on June 7, along with student cross-country athletes and alumni, including Concordia MLA Matt Wiebe and St. Vital MLA Jamie Moses. “Combined with the recent upgrade and investments to the tennis courts and new pickleball courts at Jill Officer...