The current collective bargaining agreement between Doctors Manitoba and the provincial government will expire on March 31st.
This could lead to a tense situation, as the provincial government passed the Public Services Sustainability Act in 2017 to put all public-sector employees on a wage freeze, but it hasn't been made into official law yet.
The act says that all public-sector employees would undergo a 2-year wage freeze at the end of their collective bargaining agreements.
Canadian courts have ruled in the past that governments have the right to impose wage-restraint legislation as long as it's time-limited and broad-based.
