Opinion

The first problem for Premier Wab Kinew is that he would not own the words he had just spoken in the Manitoba legislature.

On Tuesday, after Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan criticized the Kinew government for the release of trucker Navjeet Singh — accused of causing a November 2024 highway collision that killed a Manitoba woman and her eight-year-old daughter — Kinew offered harsh advice to judges.

After the collision, Singh failed to show up for a police interview and fled to India. He was the subject of a Canada-wide warrant until August, when he returned to Canada and was taken into custody by police.

At an Aug. 28 bail hearing, the Crown attorney argued Singh should be kept in custody because he had fled Canada and releasing him on bail would “endanger public conf

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