Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew congratulates prime minister on election night victory
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew congratulates prime minister on election night victory

By Brittany Hobson Manitoba’s premier congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney on his election victory Tuesday, while also acknowledging that the fall of the federal NDP has made it a tough day for those who support orange. Wab Kinew said in a social media post that he looks forward to continued work building Canada with Carney’s federal government. In a separate post, he offered well wishes to Jagmeet Singh, who stepped down as NDP leader after losing his B.C. seat of Burnaby Central. “Thank you, Jagmeet Singh, for your years of service and for standing up for working people,” wrote Kinew. “You led with the value we both share: fairness, justice and compassion.” During the five-week snap election, Kinew was pressed on whether he supported Singh as prime minister. Kinew declined

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