Responses are rolling in after Manitoba's premier announced he was leaving office this week, commenting on his healthcare and poverty approaches.

Premier Brian Pallister says he is "immensely proud" of the economic work done, saying his government introduced its first balanced budget in 11 years.

"The greatest honour of my life has been serving as Manitoba’s 22nd premier," Pallister says in a Monday morning statement. "I am incredibly optimistic about our future as a province and that is why I say to you: the only thing better than today in Manitoba, is tomorrow in Manitoba."

In the statement and an interview with the Canadian Press, Pallister says he is leaving Wednesday to avoid influencing the election to choose his successor.

After the interview with Pallister, Opposition Leader Wab Kinew with the NDP took to Twitter saying the premier "is really showing his true colours in his exit interview."

"He still doesn’t understand that people in Manitoba suffered, and continue to, because of his health cuts."

The Liberal party leader had plenty more to say. On Facebook, Manitoba Liberal party's leader Dougald Lamont writes about the PC approach to unemployment and poverty.

"We shouldn’t mistake the judgment of the market for the Mandate of Heaven," Lamont says.

Commenting on poverty, Lamont compares the Gen X generation to Pallister and the Baby Boomer generation. The politician points to comments made in his exit interview with the Canadian press, drawing attention to a story Pallister told about visiting a voter's home, telling the man using income assistance that he will kick him out of the door to look for work.

"People living in poverty are shamed for it. They are cast out. When people’s business ventures fail, they are considered losers, not unlucky."