The Employment Standards Code is amended to prohibit non-compete agreements. The prohibition does not apply to an employee who is a senior executive or to a person who, after selling a business, becomes an employee of the purchaser of the business.
The mayor of the City of Winnipeg is no longer required to be a member of the board of directors of the Foundation.
Audit information about the Foundation’s financial statements must be published on its website. Currently, information respecting the audit must be published in a newspaper and copies of the auditor’s report must be provided on request.
News ReleaseManitoba Government Will Proclaim Seniors Advocate ActMarch 28, 2025 – The Manitoba government will proclaim the seniors advocate act on Nov. 1, creating a new independent seniors advocate who will represent and advocate on behalf of seniors in Manitoba, Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Asagwara announced today.
Permits are no longer to be issued to exempt a person from the Act’s prohibition on the use of poison to trap, take or kill a wild animal.
In addition, the penalties for unlawfully hunting or trapping an animal of a protected species are increased. A convicted person is subject to a fine ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 and imprisonment for up to one year. A repeat offender is subject to a fine ranging from $20,000 to $200,000 and imprisonment for up to two years.
The right of a convicted person to hold a hunting licence is suspended for two years and a repeat offender’s right to hold a hunting licence is suspended indefinitely.
The list of wild animals that must not be killed or taken for the purpose of defending or preserving private land is expanded to include all protected species.
This Act bars a lawsuit against an occupier of premises for the injury or death of a person who is 12 years of age or older and who trespasses for the purpose of committing a crime. The occupier is liable to a criminal trespasser only if the occupier’s actions are wilful and grossly disproportionate in the circumstances and result in the occupier being criminally convicted.
An amendment is made to The Limitations Act to ensure that the time period for filing a claim against an occupier is extended until after any criminal charges against the occupier have been resolved.
Schedule B — The Occupiers’ Liability Amendment Act
The provision that currently limits an occupier’s duty of care in specified circumstances is expanded to apply to any person aged 12 years or older who enters the occupier’s premises without permission.
Children in kindergarten to grade 3 must be screened twice a year by a teacher using the assessment tool approved by the minister.
The child’s parent or guardian must be informed of their child’s results, and the results must be used to guide decisions concerning any further assessments and the allocation of specialized resources.
News ReleaseManitoba Government Leads Provinces in Calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney for Bail ReformMarch 21, 2025 – Manitoba continues to lead the nation in reforming our bail system by joining with the Council of the Federation to call on Prime Minister Mark Carney to take swift action to keep Manitobans safe, Premier Wab Kinew and Justice Minister Matt Wiebe announced today.
The Minister of Finance must report on the effects of the government’s budget decisions on economic and social inclusion and greenhouse gas emissions in Manitoba.
The Act is amended to prevent a landlord from making such an application unless
the landlord has incurred eligible capital expenditures;
there has been an increase in costs for security services; or
there has been an extraordinary increase in taxes, utilities or similar costs.
The director may order a landlord to phase in an approved increase over a number of years.
Landlords are also prevented from removing or reducing rent discounts for one year after an application for a rent increase above the maximum is made and from applying for a rent increase above the maximum within one year after removing or reducing a rent discount.
Registration is now open for the “Making Rights Matter” public interest advocacy conference, taking place on May 30, 2025.
Throughout the day, you’ll have the chance to attend various panels and keynote presentations led by legal practitioners and advocates in the field. Topics will include the use of evidence in public interest advocacy, multi-tool campaigns and public interest remedies to systemic problems.
The keynote speaker will be Professor Margot Young, an expert on constitutional and social justice law from University of British Columbia. Contributor to the paper collection Litigating Equality and co-editor to the collection Poverty: Rights, Social Citizenship and Legal Activism, Professor Young was also Co-Principal Investigator of the Housing Justice Project. She will speak about the strengths and pitfalls of public interest litigation.
Registration for this event is free, however, donations are being graciously accepted at: legalaid.mb.ca/pilc/donate.
Please register at mrm-conference.eventbrite.ca.
The Manitoba Law Library would like to acknowledge with gratitude that we are situated on Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
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