Legislative Updates
Fourth Session, Forty-First Legislature
New Bills
Government Bills:
Private Member’s Bills:
- Bill 244: The Waste Reduction and Prevention Amendment Act (Reducing Single-Use Plastics)
- Bill 245: The Prompt Payments in the Construction Industry Act
Concurrence and 3rd Reading
- Bill 31: The Tobacco Tax Amendment Act
- Bill 207: The Manitoba Conservation Officers Recognition Day Act
- Bill 226: The Presumption of Death and Declaration of Absence Act and Amendments to The Insurance Act
- Bill 228: The Sikh Heritage Month Act
- Bill 240: The Elections Amendment Act
Passed
- Bill 2: The Municipal Amendment Act (Strengthening Codes of Conduct for Council Members) (in effect by Specific Date) * amendment(s) adopted at Committee Stage
- Bill 5: The Mental Health Amendment and Personal Health Information Amendment Act (in effect by Royal Assent)
- Bill 6: The Statutes Correction and Minor Amendments Act, 2018 (by Royal Assent/Specific Date)
- Bill 7:The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Immediate Roadside Prohibitions) (by Proclamation)
- Bill 8: The Referendum Act (by Proclamation)
- Bill 9: The Family Law Modernization Act (by Royal Assent/Proclamation) * amendment(s) adopted at Report Stage
- Bill 11: The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Amendment Act (Cider and Cooler Sales at Beer Vendors) (by Royal Assent)
- Bill 13: The Private Vocational Institutions Act (by Proclamation)
- Bill 14: The Reducing Red Tape and Improving Services Act, 2019 (by Royal Assent/Proclamation)
- Bill 15: The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Amendment Act (Cannabis Possession Restrictions) (by Proclamation)
- Bill 16: The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (by Royal Assent/Proclamation) * amendment(s) adopted at Committee Stage
- Bill 17:The Police Services Amendment Act (Institutional Safety Officers) (by Proclamation)
- Bill 19: The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (by Royal Assent)
- Bill 20: The Courts Modernization Act (Various Acts Amended) (by Royal Assent/Proclamation) * amendment(s) adopted at Committee Stage
- Bill 21: The Legislative Building Centennial Restoration and Preservation Act (by Royal Assent)
- Bill 31: The Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (by Specific Date)
- Bill 33: The Interim Appropriation Act, 2019 (2) (by Royal Assent)
- Bill 207: The Manitoba Conservation Officers Recognition Day Act (by Royal Assent)
- Bill 226: The Presumption of Death and Declaration of Absence Act and Amendments to The Insurance Act (by Royal Assent)
- Bill 228: The Sikh Heritage Month Act (by Royal Assent)
- Bill 240: The Elections Amendment Act (by Royal Assent)
Contents Update – Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal
2019 – Volume 21, Number 2
Table of Contents
Precarious Work, Uncertain Rights and the Role of Workplace Law: Papers from the 2017 Labour Law Lecture & Conference, Western University, November 3-4, 2017
Inequality and the Fissured Workplace – David Weil
The Political Economy of Precariousness in an Era of Artificial Intelligence: Precarious Work, or None At All? – Wayne Lewchuk
A Tattered Quilt: Exemptions and Special Rules under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act – Leah F. Vosko, John Grundy, Rebecca Casey, Andrea M. Noack & Mark P. Thomas
Sexual Harassment and the Precarious Worker – Sandra F. Sperino
The nature of the Fundamental Freedoms and the Sui Generis Right to Collective Bargaining: The Case of Vulnerable and Precarious Workers – Benjamin J. Oliphant
A Bridge Too Far? Using Internal Workplace Committees to Ensure Employment Standards Compliance and Plug the Representation Gap in the Wagner Act Model – Rafael Gomez & Sean O’Connor
Globalization in Transition: The Canadian Perspective – Brian Burkett
Sectoral Regulation in Subcontracting Relationships: The Impact of Collective Agreement Decrees on Employment Conditions – Martine D’Amours & Frederic Hanin
Canada’s Statutory Strike Models and the New Constitutional Landscape – Alison Braley-Rattai
Book Review
Unions in Court: Organized Labour and the Charter Rights and Freedoms – Reviewed by Roy J. Adams
If you would like a copy of any of these articles please email library@lawsociety.mb.ca (only available for members of the Law Society of Manitoba).
Legislative Updates
Fourth Session, Forty-First Legislature
New Bills
Private Member’s Bills:
- Bill 217: The Manitoba Hydro Amendment Act
- Bill 219: The Protecting Communications on Public Interest Matters Act (Court of Queen’s Bench Act and Defamation Act Amended)
- Bill 233: The Wildlife Amendment Act (Protecting Property from Water and Wildlife Damage)
- Bill 234: The Mining Tax Amendment Act
- Bill 235: The Emergency Medical Response and Stretcher Transportation Amendment Act
- Bill 241: The Public Health Amendment Act (Banning Cosmetic Eye Tattooing and Eye Jewellery)
2nd Reading
- Bill 31: The Tobacco Tax Amendment Act
- Bill 32: An Act concerning the Leasing of 800 Adele Avenue, Winnipeg
- Bill 240: The Elections Amendment Act
Committee/Reported
- Bill 207: The Manitoba Conservation Officers Recognition Day Act
- Bill 226: The Presumption of Death and Declaration of Absence Act and Amendments to The Insurance Act
- Bill 228: The Sikh Heritage Month Act
- Bill 240: The Elections Amendment Act
Defeated
- Bill 236: The Celebrating Manitoba 150 Act
Check the Bill Status daily to follow the legislative process.
Save the Date – CPD Programs in the Works
Central Bar Annual CPD and Meeting | August 23, 2019 – Portage la Prairie (Morning)
Western Bar Annual CPD | September 6, 2019 – Clear Lake (Morning)
Bills of Exchange | October 3, 2019 ( 12pm – 1: 30 pm)
2019 Pitblado Lectures | November 8, 2019 (Full day)
Annual Child Protection Program | November 29, 2019 (Full day)