Manitoba premier says he recently considered early election, could still happen

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly in Winnipeg, Wednesday, September 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is not ruling out an early election, ahead of the scheduled date of Oct. 5, 2027.

Kinew says he was close to calling an early vote very recently — when it looked like a NDP government bill to detain highly intoxicated people for up to 72 hours looked like it might not pass.

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