WINNIPEG — Before Wab Kinew won the Manitoba NDP leadership in 2017, opponent Steve Ashton warned that the next provincial election would inevitably focus on Kinew’s troubled past instead of policy issues. Draft versions of upcoming NDP campaign ads were inadvertently posted online on the weekend before being pulled. It’s unusual for an Opposition party to be playing defence this far out from an election, said one political analyst. But even with that kind of material to work with, Thomas said, the NDP will likely continue to address questions about Kinew. But on the other hand, he seems to be giving more profile to the issue just by running the ads.”

Source: National Post June 24, 2019 19:52 UTC