The Manitoba government announced plans to support victims of domestic violence, increase the number of personal care home beds, and advancing the construction of the Lake Manitoba Outlet.
The speech from the throne at the legislature took place this afternoon at 1:30.
Other priorities for the government this year include:
- bringing forward a new Referendum Act to restore the rights of Manitobans to vote on major tax increases, and provide a framework for calling and conducting a referendum;
- implementing a plan to reduce wait times for procedures such as joint replacement, cataracts and diagnostic imaging;
- bringing forward regulations to better plan the use of water resources and enhance drainage, conserve wetlands and store water within local watershed districts;
- launching the Commission on Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education and conducting the first in-depth review of Manitoba’s child education system in decades;
- developing Manitoba’s first ever provincial Clinical and Preventive Services Plan;
- delivering a renewed Travel Manitoba tourism strategy;
- supporting seniors by constructing 1,200 additional personal care home beds by 2025;
- helping keep children and families together and bringing forward legislative changes to The Child and Family Services Act and The Child and Family Services Authorities Act;
- improving accountability for results in the justice system and beginning in 2019, reporting annually on key measures such as recidivism rates, time to disposition of offences and custody counts;
- introducing an Immediate Roadside Prohibition Program to allow police to address lower-level alcohol-related cases more quickly using administrative penalties;
- bringing forward legislative amendments to allow the safe testing of autonomous vehicles on provincial roads.
