Healthcare announcements were the story of the day Monday on the provincial election campaign.
Progressive Conservatives promised to spend $ 120 million over the next four years to recruit healthcare workers if they are re-elected on October 3rd.
They also announced $ 10 million for a new First Nations-operated addiction centre.
Meanwhile, New Democrats pledged to add more beds at Grace Hospital in Winnipeg to reduce emergency room wait times.
They also promised to tackle the surgical backlog by consulting with surgeons and implementing their ideas.
Earlier in the day, the three main party leaders all said they were not in favour of including mandatory addiction treatment in their platforms.
During a radio debate in Winnipeg, PC leader Heather Stefanson said her party is looking at a preventive model and doesn’t support sending drug users to treatment without their consent.
Wab Kinew of the NDP said supervised consumption sites should be considered, while Liberal leader Dougald Lamont said involuntary drug treatment doesn’t work in the long run.
