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November 28, 2025, News Release: Manitoba Government Signs onto National Electricity Grid Memorandum of Understanding
November 27, 2025, News Release: Manitoba Government Adds Doctors to Health Links to Strengthen Care, Reduce Emergency Room Referrals
November 26, 2025, News Release: Manitoba Government Invites Applications for Two Community Development Grant Programs
November 26, 2025, News Release: Manitoba Government Helps Recruit Emergency Medical Responders in Rural Manitoba with Financial Aid, New Community Training
November 26, 2025, News Release: Manitoba Builds more than 5,300 Child-Care Spaces in Last Two Years
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Third Session, Forty-Third Legislature
Government Bills
Introduced
Bill 3 The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la Loi sur la Société d’assurance publique du Manitoba – The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act is amended to clarify that any discount from a premium payable to insure a vehicle must be based on the driver safety rating of the registered owner of the vehicle. Under the regulations, an exception may be made to this requirement.
Private Bills
Introduced
Bill 208 The Retail Sales Tax Amendment Act (Farmer’s Identification Number)/Loi modifiant la Loi de la taxe sur les ventes au détail (numéro d’identification d’agriculteur) – The Retail Sales Tax Act is amended to enable a person engaged in farming to obtain a farmer’s identification number. A person who provides their farmer’s identification number is not required to pay the tax on products and services that are exempt when used in farming. The person must provide a declaration respecting their use of the tax-exempt products or services in farming. A consequential amendment is made to The Tax Administration and Miscellaneous Taxes Act.
Bill 209 The Manitoba Hydro Amendment Act (Net-Metering Agreements)/Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’Hydro-Manitoba (ententes de facturation nette) – The Manitoba Hydro Act is amended to require Manitoba Hydro to enter into a net-metering agreement with a residential customer in certain circumstances. Under a net-metering agreement, a customer provides electricity generated by their solar photovoltaic system to Manitoba Hydro. Manitoba Hydro must award the customer credit, measured in kilowatt-hours, that is equal to the difference between the amount of electricity the customer produced and consumed in a billing period. The credit must be applied to the customer’s future bills.
Manitoba Hydro must enter into a net-metering agreement in the following circumstances:
- a customer with an existing solar photovoltaic system that meets the Act’s requirements requests to enter into such an agreement;
- a customer requests approval of a proposed solar photovoltaic system and, within six months after the approval, installs the system as proposed.
Bill 212 The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Stalking-Related Measures)/Loi modifiant le Code de la route (mesures en cas de harcèlement criminel) – The Highway Traffic Act is amended to impose automatic driver’s licence suspensions on persons convicted of criminal harassment if a vehicle has been used in the commission of the offence. The licence suspensions are in addition to an existing provision under The Domestic Violence and Stalking Act that enables a person who is subject to stalking to request a court order that suspends a stalker’s driver’s licence. Further amendments authorize a peace officer to seize and impound a vehicle if the peace officer discovers a person using the vehicle to commit criminal harassment. When a person who previously committed two or more criminal harassment offences using a vehicle commits another such offence, their vehicle is subject to forfeiture.
Bill 222 The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed Limits on Provincial Roads)/Loi modifiant le Code de la route (limites de vitesse sur les routes provinciales secondaires) – The Highway Traffic Act is amended to enable a local traffic authority to set the speed limits for provincial roads in urban areas within its boundaries. The local traffic authority must comply with the regulations when setting a speed limit, which must not exceed 90 km/h.
Bill 223 The Municipal Councils and School Boards Elections Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la Loi sur les élections municipales et scolaires – The Municipal Councils and School Boards Elections Act is amended to enable non-resident property owners to vote in school board elections. Voting is limited to two non-resident owners per property. A consequential amendment is made to The Public Schools Act.
Bill 224 The Residency Requirements for Elections Act (Various Acts Amended)/Loi sur la période de résidence donnant le droit de participer à des élections (modification de diverses lois) – The Elections Act, The Municipal Act, The Municipal Councils and School Boards Elections Act, The Northern Affairs Act, The Public Schools Act and the Francophone Schools Governance Regulation are amended. The minimum residency period required to participate in provincial, municipal and other local elections and votes is shortened from six months to three months.
Bill 225 The Deaf Awareness Week and Day of Sign Languages Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended)/Loi sur la Semaine de sensibilisation à la surdité et la Journée des langues des signes (modification de la Loi sur les journées, les semaines et les mois commémoratifs) – The Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act is amended to proclaim the last full week of September of each year as Deaf Awareness Week and September 23 of each year as Day of Sign Languages.
Bill 226 The Catholic Schools Week Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended)/Loi sur la Semaine des écoles catholiques (modification de la Loi sur les journées, les semaines et les mois commémoratifs) – The Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act is amended to proclaim the second week of February of each year as Catholic Schools Week.
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