Somewhere along the way, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew appears to have lost sight of what his actual job is. In a recent video posted to social media, Kinew declared that the United States is becoming a “third-world country” and urged people to push Americans and their administration away from what he described as the subversion of Western liberal democracy. It was a striking statement, not because it revealed insight, but because it revealed distraction. The Premier of Manitoba is not a foreign...

Every December, newsrooms do what they always do. We debate the biggest story of the year. The arguments come fast. The Grey Cup was a success. The Manitoba PC leadership race produced a winner who actually had fewer votes than the other guy. City hall approved historic property tax increases. Protest permits kept flowing no matter how extreme the cause. An NDP MLA mocked a controversial speaker assignment instead of engaging it. All of those mattered. None of them stood above the rest. After...

“Early election? No way,” Premier Wab Kinew told reporters recently. Fair enough. Politicians say that all the time. But when words and actions do not line up, people are right to ask questions. And right now, the Manitoba NDP’s actions tell a very different story. Consider a fundraising email now circulating among party supporters. It is blunt, urgent, and revealing. The writer admits to being “worried.” They explain they must soon report directly to Wab Kinew and provide a list of donors....