They raised taxes on those least able to pay, and gave expensive tax breaks to the wealthy and the corporations. They are driving wages down and attacking free collective bargaining. They used Bill 26 to try to cripple trade union resistance to the growing corporate attack. Those with full time jobs work longer hours. Many more are jobless or under-employed and unable to make ends meet.
More people live in desperate social and housing conditions.
Child poverty is growing. Young people are forced to abandon higher education because of high debts and fees. Winnipeg s core area is in a growing crisis. Racism and long-standing injustices against Aboriginal peoples continue to destroy people s lives. The number one priority in this election is to defeat the Filmon Tory-corporate agenda.