Manitoba premier facing criticism after ignoring question about woman's death, bringing up son's hockey game

Manitoba’s premier is facing criticism after she ignored a question about a woman’s death and instead brought up her son’s hockey game.

Manitoba’s premier is facing criticism after she ignored a question about a woman’s death and instead brought up her son’s hockey game.

The comments were made earlier this week at the Manitoba Legislature when NDP Leader Wab Kinew brought up the death of Krystal Mousseau.

Mousseau died in May 2021 after an attempt to transport her out of the province from a Brandon ICU. CTV News Winnipeg reported that the NDP had called for an inquest into her death.

“We now know that the government will not call an inquest into her death,” Kinew said at the legislature on Tuesday.

He said that new information has come to light from the critical incident investigation into her death.

Kinew said the company the province contracted to transport Mousseau used staff that did not have the proper training and used vehicles that did not have the proper equipment to care for ICU patients.

“Does the premier agree that a team transporting ICU patients should have the necessary training and equipment to do so safely?” Kinew asked Premier Heather Stefanson.