Manitoba PCs post $689K deficit on Khan's first day in chamber as Opposition leader

Bartley Kives · CBC News

· Posted: May 06, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

On the archetypal time Obby Khan stood up successful the enclosure of the Manitoba Legislature arsenic the person of the authoritative opposition, his Progressive Conservative Party disclosed a shortage successful excess of 2 thirds of a cardinal dollars for 2024.

Khan's PC enactment posted a $689,000 shortage for the past calendar year, according to an yearly instrumentality filed Monday with Elections Manitoba.

While this marks an betterment connected a Progressive Conservative shortage of $1.04 cardinal astatine the extremity of 2023, the reddish ink continues to airs a situation for the  PCs and Khan.

Wab Kinew's New Democratic Party finished 2024 with an $835,000 surplus, providing his enactment with an vantage successful presumption of advertising, selling and mentation for an predetermination expected nary aboriginal than 2027.

The Progressive Conservatives besides fell down the New Democrats in 2024 erstwhile it came to fundraising. The PCs raised $57,000 past year, compared to $125,000 for the NDP, according to the parties' respective yearly returns.

Khan said Monday successful a connection helium plans to rise wealth for the PCs passim the summertime and volition guarantee the enactment is "in a beardown presumption financially heading into the 2027 election."

The 2024 PC instrumentality shows enactment enactment campaigner Wally Daudrich, who mislaid a adjacent contention to Khan successful April, was the azygous largest idiosyncratic donor to the enactment past year. He talented the PCs $5,902.50.

 Khan donated $646.25, according to the return.

The Manitoba Green Party posted a $22,000 surplus successful 2024, according to its yearly return.

The Manitoba Liberal Party, Keystone Party and Communist Party person yet to record returns for 2024.