But there’s one debate we should not be having in 2026: whether the union’s safety concerns are really just politics. And yet that’s exactly where Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara has chosen to take this. MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS FILES This week, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said the Manitoba Nurses Union votes on grey-listing hospitals only when the NDP is in power. Winnipeg Free Press | Newsletter Jen Zoratti | Next Wednesdays What's next in arts, life and pop culture. If the health minister wants to end grey-listing, the solution isn’t to accuse the union of political theatre.