Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew joined MLA Tom Lindsey in Flin Flon yesterday.  He says he sees the importance of the north in the province….

“How much of Manitoba’s economy over the years has been driven by mining, has been driven by Manitoba Hydro, by timber, by the other resource industries and by the people who live in the north and the answer is a ton and if we look ahead to the future of Manitoba a big chunk of our future economy is going to be reliant on us making sure that the mining industry can be successful.  We’re talking to the United States about critical minerals, we’re talking to potential export partners in Europe and the long and the short of it is there’s a ton of opportunity in the future but we have to invest in northern communities like Flin Flon so we’ll be able to ensure that when those opportunities do get developed we’ll be able to make sure the jobs and the opportunities benefit people at home”

Kinew adds if we want people to stay or come to the north we need services such as health care especially in having the staff needed to provide the service for the whole region with Flin Flon as a regional hub that includes the nearby Saskatchewan communities.