October 1, 2020
Fall Legislative Session to Begin with Speech from the Throne
– – –Protecting Manitobans Agenda will Focus on Health and Financial Security of Families: Pallister
The Manitoba government will unveil its new legislative agenda focused on protecting Manitobans and safely restarting the economy through the global COVID-19 pandemic in a speech from the throne that will be delivered by Lt.-Gov. Janice C. Filmon, on Oct. 7, Premier Brian Pallister announced today.
“COVID-19 has handed us new challenges, even greater than the ones before, but we are determined to face these challenges together as ‘Team Manitoba’,” said Pallister. “Our government is focused on protecting Manitobans and helping everyone stay safe and secure during these unprecedented times. Our ‘Protecting Manitobans Agenda’ for health care, job creation, education, child care, protecting vulnerable Manitobans and the environment will be set out in a new throne speech.”
Legislation, policies and actions will build on the government’s steps taken before and during the pandemic that continue to fix the finances, repair the services and rebuild the economy for all Manitobans, the premier noted.
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