Premier Stefanson says comment about son's hockey game was 'misplaced'

Manitoba's premier said her comment about her son's hockey game directly after she was asked about a woman's death was "misplaced."

Manitoba’s premier said her comment about her son’s hockey game directly after she was asked about a woman’s death was “misplaced.”

“First and foremost, my thoughts go out to Krystal Mousseau’s family as they grieve the loss of their loved one. I recognize the timing of my comment about my family was misplaced, and for that I sincerely apologize,” she said in a statement.

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.