An NDP MLA here in northern Manitoba says that when the Legislature resumes sitting, he’s going to keep pressing the Pallister Government on labour and the north as a whole.

Flin Flon MLA Tom Lindsey, who serves as the Manitoba NDP’s labour critic, spoke to Arctic Radio News and said that it’s time for the Pallister Government to look at what’s happening with jobs in the region. 

Lindsey suggested that the governing PC’s should look at how the Mining Community Reserve Fund could be used to create mining jobs, and that having the rail line to Churchill closed hasn’t helped at all. He also said that exploration needs to take place, and that consultation is in place with First Nations communities to allow the north as a whole to grow together. 

Lindsey added that the current administration has made it harder for a working person to get ahead by freezing the minimum wage and making harder to join a union. 

The Manitoba Legislature is set to resume their sitting on October 3rd.