The New Democratic Party (NDP) has struck a deal with the Liberals to support the government in confidence
votes to keep them in power until 2025 in exchange for dental care for lower-income families and action on
other NDP priorities such as pharmacare, affordable housing, child care and Indigenous and environmental
issues.
Voting will take place online March 31 to April 1 at umsu.simplyvoting.com
Voting will take place online March 31 to April 1 at umsu.simplyvoting.com
The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) entered into binding arbitration with the University of Manitoba over the weekend to settle outstanding issues from the strike in November.
During last year’s third wave of COVID-19, Heather Stefanson claimed Manitoba’s health-care system could handle dozens more critically ill cases five days after a top health official discussed the possibility of out-of-province ICU patient transfers.
The Manitoba government has been ordered to pay the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) over $19.3 million for secretly interfering with UMFA’s contract negotiations in 2016.
Manitoba will drop self-isolation requirements for people who test positive for COVID-19, the province announced last week.
UMSU general elections will be held this month, with voting beginning March 31 at 9 a.m. AND CLOSING APRIL 1 AT 4:30 P.M.
UMSU’s annual series of sustainability initiatives will be held March 1 through March 10 and will focus on the theme of
greenwashing, the process through which an organization misrepresents itself or its products as environmentally sustainable.
The events — dubbed sustainabilty season — will promote environmental sustainability and feature David Suzuki as the keynote
speaker.
The Manitoba Alliance of Post-SecondaryStudents (MAPSS) is proposing that international students be allowed to buyinto the provincial health-care system rather than paying private premiums.