Blog Round-up January/February 2022

by | Feb 17, 2022 | Blogs, Current Awareness

A round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community from January and February 2022.

Brodsky Amy & Gould
Clarke Immigration Law
MLT Aikins
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Taylor McCaffrey Lawyers

Turf Wars – The Supreme Court in the Horrocks Decision Provides Much Needed Guidance when Labour Arbitrators Have Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Complaints in a Unionized Workplace February 1, 2022

TDS Law

Legal Reform as a Catalyst for Social Enterprise: An International Social Enterprise Law & Policy Report January 26, 2022

Together – a collaborative family law blog

Am I legally separated? It depends on what you mean by that January 6, 2022

Great Library Reopening!

by | Feb 16, 2022 | Law Library Life, Library Hours

In accordance with the lifting of provincial Public Health measures, the library will be reopening to our members as of Wednesday, February 16, 2022.

Our hours are Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The doors will be open and no you will no longer need to call for access. 

Attendees will be asked to check in at the front desk to provide their name and contact information for contact tracing.

Anyone using the library will still be required to wear masks when in shared workspaces. We’re looking forward to welcoming more of you back soon.

New Notices: Stony Mountain Institution Charges

by | Feb 14, 2022 | Notices, Provincial Court

Notice – Stony Mountain Institution Charges (February 10, 2022)

“Effective immediately, all criminal charges originating from Stony Mountain Institution will be dealt with in Winnipeg and will no longer appear on the Stonewall Provincial Court docket. This change reflects the public interest in ensuring matters requiring a heightened level of security are heard in the most appropriate court venue. This Notice applies to all appearances including trials, preliminary hearings and dispositions.”

Additional protocols and information are available in the notice.

All Provincial Court news and announcements are available here.

New MLRC Report on Presumed Consent Organ and Tissue Donation

by | Feb 10, 2022 | Manitoba Law Reform Commission

An image of the cover of the final report titled Presumed Consent Organ and Tissue Donation

The Commission has released its final report on Presumed Consent Organ and Tissue Donation.

Under Manitoba’s current organ and tissue donation legislation, individuals cannot be after-death organ or tissue donors without express consent. Recent changes to legislation in other jurisdictions have shifted towards opt-out organ donation, moving from an express consent to a presumed consent system.

Manitoba is also considering making this shift, and the report makes 19 recommendations about giving consent and refusal of organ and tissue donation under a presumed consent framework. The recommendations also cover exceptions to presumed consent and the role of proxies who consent or refuse on someone else’s behalf.

For more information on the Commission visit the MLRC site.

Legislative Update – New Proclamation

by | Feb 8, 2022 | Legislation, Proclamations

The Government has issued the following Proclamation:

The Public Schools Amendment and Manitoba Teacher’s Society Amendment Act, S.M. 2021, c. 39

This Bill amends The Public Schools Act to establish centralized collective bargaining for teachers who are employed in the public school system. 

[…] The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Act is amended to require the society to establish a negotiating committee to carry out the society’s duties and powers for centralized collective bargaining for teachers.

The legislative amendments create a streamlined bargaining framework where all items are negotiated at a central table between the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) on behalf of all teachers’ associations and the employer bargaining representative on behalf of the employers’ organization.

For a current list of all proclamations, see here.