Pallister cuts to heart of what is needed in public health by cutting help for women who want to breastfeed

Many, many women, children and health professionals gathered at the Manitoba Legislature today to protest against the Pallister government's cuts to breastfeeding services. Lactation consultants who provide breast feeding advice are at the very core of good public health services. Breastfeeding can make a difference to children, a difference which lasts a lifetime. It can help with attachment between mother and child. It can help in reducing diabetes later in life. It can help in reducing infections and other health issues in the first year of life. And, as I heard from one of the women at the rally today, advice on breastfeeding is vital. Breastfeeding is hard for a first time mother. Help from an experienced lactation consultant can make a big difference. Help from an experienced lactation consultant can save a lot of dollars in health care and other costs in the future. The Pallister is not just cutting around the edges. This is a core service, and one which is absolutely vital to mothers and children and to our society as a whole. I was glad to see so many out today. Thank you all for coming. I will be with you fighting this awful Pallister government every step of the way.

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Comparison between Manitoba and South Dakota shows dramatic impact of Physical Distancing

Manitoba implemented physical distancing measures in mid-March. South Dakota has still not made physical distancing mandatory. The result is a dramatic difference in the incidence of covid-19 viral infections between the two jurisdictions. This graph shows the number of people with Covid-19 infections from March 27 to April 14. Manitoba ( red line ) started leveling off about April 4 and has seen only a small increase in Covid-19 infections since then. South Dakota ( blue line ) has seen a dramatic increase in Covid-19 infections since April 4. Those who are skeptical of the impact of physical distancing in Manitoba should look at this graph! Data are from the Johns Hopkins daily tabulations

Pushing for safe consumption sites and safe supply to reduce overdose deaths

On Monday June 20th, Thomas Linner of the Manitoba Health Coalition, Arlene Last-Kolb Regional Director of Moms Stop the Harm and Winnipeg City Councillor Sherri Rollins were at the Manitoba Legislature to advocate for better measures to reduce deaths from drug overdoses, most particularly for safe consumption sites and for a safe supply, measures which can reduce overdose deaths.

Dougald Lamont speaks out strongly against the "reprehensible", "legally and morally indefensible" Bill 2

Early in the morning, just after 3 am, on November 6th, Dougald Lamont spoke at third reading of Bill 2, the Budget Implementation and Statutes Amendment Act. He spoke strongly against the bill because it attempts to legitimize a historic injustice against children in the care of child and family services. As Dougald says this bill is " the betrayal of children, First Nations and the people of this province. " Mr. Dougald Lamont (St. Boniface): These are historic times. This is an historic budget, for all the wrong reasons. I was thinking of the Premier's (Mr. Pallister) comments about D-Day today and my relatives who served in combat in the First and Second World War. I had a relative who played for the Blue Bombers and served at D-Day with the Winnipeg Rifles because he was an excellent athlete, he made it quite a long way up the beach. And had he lived until last year, he might have been one of the veterans the Premier insulted by not showing up at a

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