Our local MLA Amanda Lathin spoke to Arctic Radio News to talk about the upcoming early provincial election and what she hopes to accomplish if she is re-elected.

Lathlin is the first indigenous woman to be elected in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly and she has been on her feet during question period to address and demand answers on issues such as the cancelation of the building of The Pas Clinic, the possible paper mill closer, the Grace Lake Airport eviction notice, cuts to the northern patient transfer program, the suing of The Pas Fire Fighters, and cuts to the northern health care system and the Northern regional health authority.

She wants work together to end provincial cuts to health care, to invest in Northern Classrooms to ensure that students have an opportunity to succeed, to keep Manitoba Hydro Public, and address climate change and its impact on Northern Communities while protecting mining workers in the North.

Lathlin plans to visit Easterville and Grand Rapids to introduce herself to the community and to inform locals of the boundary changes and that she will be running for their riding in the provincial election.