Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada and Manitoba Votes – September 28, 2023

Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec Soraya Martinez Ferrada discusses a federal-provincial agreement with Swedish battery manufacturing giant Northvolt to bring a multibillion-dollar electric vehicle battery plant to Quebec. Political observers Susan Smith (Liberal), Tim Powers (Conservative) and Anne McGrath (NDP) weigh in on the political fallout from House Speaker Anthony Rota's resignation over a Nazi-linked Ukrainian veteran's presence in Parliament and the prime minister's subsequent apology on behalf of the House. Mary Agnes Welch, a principal with Manitoba-based polling firm Probe Research, provides an update on voter intentions in the leadup to next week's provincial election.