Wab Kinew says the New democrats would like to see the PCs invest more in schools  such as renting or building more spaces for classrooms, capping the maximum number of students at 15 and having more buses on the road so students can get to and from school safely.

Kinew explains access to technology is another aspect the government should be giving more attention to especially in the north. He notes there’s a real divisional divide in our province and in some cases it exists because of poverty, maybe people cannot access a device or not enough devices because maybe there’s only a laptop with five kids and that means not every child can get an online class at the same time when they need to.  He adds geography is also an issue in the lack of investments in reaching rural and northern communities with broadband and with cell phone coverage which also contributes and northern Manitoba is worse than anywhere else in the province.

Kinew goes on to say that the government can act through the school divisions to ensure every student has access to technology should remote learning resume this upcoming school year.