Manitoba bills

This Manitoba bill establishes a regulatory framework governing how public sector entities use artificial intelligence systems and manage cybersecurity, requiring transparency, accountability frameworks, risk management, and compliance with technical standards set by regulation.

This Manitoba bill amends the Adult Learning Centres Act to allow First Nation band councils to operate adult learning centres independently (without a partner institution), grant union-operated training centres similar standalone operating rights, and update annual reporting requirements to reference audited financial statements from the most recently completed fiscal year.

This bill requires the Manitoba Farm Products Marketing Council to publicly publish any milk price orders on a website, and to clearly communicate the consumer-facing prices in plain language.

This Manitoba bill strengthens whistleblower protections for public sector employees by closing gaps in how disclosures are handled when wrongdoing involves senior officials, invalidating non-disclosure agreements that would prevent protected disclosures, and shifting the burden of proof in reprisal complaints onto the accused party.

This bill amends Manitoba's Drinking Water Safety Act to give the director broader authority to classify water systems as private, public, or semi-public, and to order landowners to take responsibility for water systems when no owner can be identified.

This Manitoba bill creates a 'farmer's identification number' system under the Retail Sales Tax Act, allowing registered farmers to purchase tax-exempt goods and services without paying retail sales tax upfront, provided they declare the purchases are for exempt farming use.

This Manitoba bill amends the Business Practices Act to regulate personalized algorithmic pricing — where retailers use consumer data and algorithms to charge individual customers higher prices than others. It also sets new rules for online retailers, online distributors, and businesses using electronic shelf labelling systems.

This Manitoba bill requires the provincial government to develop and implement programming for remanded inmates (those held in custody but not yet convicted or sentenced), and to report annually to the Legislature on the status and effectiveness of that programming.

This bill sets a fixed date of March 14, 2027 for Manitoba to permanently end the seasonal switch between standard time and daylight saving time, replacing the previous open-ended proclamation approach.

This Manitoba bill amends three provincial statutes to regulate driver training schools (requiring written contracts, cancellation rights, and public reporting), clarify farm truck usage rules, and expand Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation (MPIC) counselling coverage to witnesses and family members of serious accident victims.

This Manitoba bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to impose a 30-year driver's licence suspension for a first conviction of an impaired driving offence involving bodily injury or death, and a lifetime suspension for a second such conviction.

This Manitoba bill creates the Criminal Trespassers Act and amends the Occupiers' Liability Act to bar civil lawsuits against property occupiers when a trespasser aged 12 or older is injured or killed while on the premises for the purpose of committing a crime, except where the occupier's response was wilful, grossly disproportionate, and results in a criminal conviction.

This Manitoba bill requires all new school buses manufactured after 2026 to be equipped with three-point seat belts for passengers, and mandates that school divisions, school districts, and independent schools create and enforce student seat belt use policies with progressive discipline for non-compliance.

This Manitoba bill establishes a provincial objective to eliminate mandatory overtime for nurses by allowing the minister to set benchmarks and requiring health authorities and health care organizations to develop plans to meet those benchmarks. It also protects nurses who refuse mandatory overtime outside of genuine emergencies from being found guilty of professional misconduct.

This Manitoba bill makes minor technical corrections, language updates, and small substantive tweaks across roughly 87 provincial laws, fixing drafting errors, updating terminology (such as replacing 'child pornography' with 'child sexual abuse and exploitation material'), harmonizing French and English versions, and repealing five obsolete private Acts.

This bill amends Manitoba's Municipal Assessment Act to increase the maximum property size eligible for a school tax exemption — from 0.81 hectares to 5 hectares — for properties used to provide residential care, housing, or support services for seniors and other persons.

This Manitoba bill amends the Elections Act to move provincial general election day and by-election day from Tuesday to Saturday, with the next fixed general election scheduled for Saturday, October 2, 2027.

This Manitoba bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to add new penalties for using a vehicle to commit criminal harassment (stalking), including mandatory vehicle seizure and impoundment, automatic driver's licence suspensions, and vehicle forfeiture for repeat offenders.

This bill amends the Manitoba Hydro Act to require Manitoba Hydro to enter into net-metering agreements with residential property owners who operate solar photovoltaic (solar panel) systems, allowing them to receive kilowatt-hour credits when their system produces more electricity than they consume.

This Manitoba bill requires government ministers to cut off funding to any organization or person receiving public money if they are found to have violated employment standards, human rights, labour relations, or workplace safety laws. Funding can only be reinstated if the minister decides it's in the public interest, and the reasons must be made public.