When Premier Wab Kinew met federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh at the legislature in Winnipeg on Tuesday night, the cameras captured a Manitoba-friendly greeting, but not a public endorsement for Singh’s national campaign.
That doesn’t mean, however, that Kinew’s party doesn’t support Singh’s team. When CBC News asked Elmwood–Transcona candidate Leila Dance at Singh’s event the next morning whether she’s supported by her provincial counterparts, she said Manitoba New Democrats have turned up and helped out.
Kinew endorsed Dance when she first ran in a byelection last September. Not a shock perhaps: the previous MP for the riding, Daniel Blaikie, left his seat to work as an adviser to the premier. So: would Kinew endorse her again?
“It’s still early days. You never know what’s going to come up!” Dance said, not literally winking and nudging, but seeming confident nevertheless.