Uzoma Asagwara
NDP candidate in the Union Station Winnipeg race.
Uzoma can be reached on social media, at [email protected], or by calling 431-277-4637.
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NDP, Tories spar over health spending
14 August 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...2021-22 fiscal year — or about $162 million less than was forecast in its budget. “This is nothing new from the PCs,” said NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara at a campaign event in Windsor Park in the Southdale constituency Monday. “They have a pattern of making announcements and not following through...
Manitoba election: PCs on track to underspend $1B on health care, NDP critic says – Winnipeg
14 August 2023
Global News - ...on health care by over $600 million. At a press conference in Windsor Park, Health Minister Audrey Gordon’s constituency, NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara said the Tories are on track to leave $1 billion in funding for health care on the table. “Heather Stefanson, Audrey Gordon and this PC...
NDP slam PCs for health-care under-spending as Liberals brag about new women candidates
14 August 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...of the money it committed to capital improvements in health care since the party was ushered into power in 2016, the NDP argues. NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara was joined by several party candidates in the Windsor Park neighbourhood on Monday to stress the Tories cannot be trusted on health care in advance...
Les PC ont manqué de dépenser $ 1 milliard sur la santé
14 August 2023
La Liberte - ...de dépenser près d’un milliard $ de plus sur les soins de santé, mais ils ont été incapables d’accomplir ce travail », s’est prononcé.e Uzoma Asagwara, candidat.e du NPD pour Union Station. Changer d’approche pour la santé Uzoma Asagwara suggère qu’un gouvernement néo-démocrate changerait...
NDP target old Tory promises
9 August 2023
Brandon Sun - ...on health care — claims the Tories later decried as fear-mongering amid $8 billion in health-care spending. On Tuesday, Opposition health critic Uzoma Asagwara said the Stefanson government failed to deliver on 10 health-care promises the PCs made to voters on the campaign trail four years ago. “These...
Manitoba PCs earn a failing grade on health care, NDP says
8 August 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...pulled out the red pen at a Tuesday media event and gave the Tories a failing grade in 10 different health-care categories. Health critic Uzoma Asagwara said the PCs have failed to accomplish various 2019 election promises, including the hiring of 200 more nurses, 80 more rural paramedics, improving...
NDP targets ‘broken promise’ of Tory health-care record
8 August 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...on health care — claims the Tories later decried as fear-mongering amid $8 billion in health-care spending. On Tuesday, Opposition health critic Uzoma Asagwara said the Stefanson government failed to deliver on 10 health-care promises the PCs made to voters on the campaign trail four years ago. “These...
NDP critical of ER wait times
3 August 2023
Brandon Sun - ...NDP has called out growing ER wait times and criticized the Progressive Conservative government’s health-care cuts. NDP health-care critic Uzoma Asagwara pointed to Winnipeg Regional Health Authority data that shows wait times at the Health Sciences Centre adult emergency room reached 10.8 hours for...
Manitoba government promises $1.5B for Winnipeg hospital in lead up to election – Winnipeg
2 August 2023
Global News - ...massive announcements in the hopes that Manitobans will forget their terrible track record on health care the past seven years,” NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara said. The Tories faced questions on health care even before the pandemic. Roughly one year after winning the 2016 election under Brian Pallister,...
NDP decries ER wait times
2 August 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...NDP has called out growing ER wait times and criticized the Progressive Conservative government’s health-care cuts. NDP health care critic Uzoma Asagwara pointed to Winnipeg Regional Health Authority data that shows wait times at the Health Sciences Centre adult emergency room reached 10.8 hours for...