December 4, 2025
Third Session Adjourns With Important Legislation to Keep Communities Safe, More Inclusive
– – –Third Session of 43rd Manitoba Legislature Adjourns Until New Year: Fontaine
The third session of the 43rd legislature will adjourn until March 4, 2026, with several important bills moving forward, government house leader Nahanni Fontaine announced today.
“Manitobans elected our government because they want to be able to build a good life,” said Fontaine. “Every day, our government works toward that goal, by creating good jobs, improving health care and keeping our communities safe. Manitobans put their trust in us and we are going to keep delivering results for Manitobans.”
This session began with the reading of the throne speech, which for the first time in Manitoba’s history was published in Anishinaabemowin. The speech outlines the Manitoba government’s agenda to build on its progress over the last two years, with new commitments to keep communities safe, improve health care, lower costs and create good jobs to grow the economy.
The Manitoba government also introduced three important pieces of legislation:
- The Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Amendment Act would help keep children safe by holding people who share non-consensual images accountable and by giving courts the authority to order internet intermediaries to remove non-consensual images.
- The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Amendment Act would keep costs down by maintaining Manitoba Public Insurance’s current vehicle registration model.
- The Sign Languages Recognition Act would officially recognize sign languages, including American Sign Language, Quebec sign language, Indigenous sign languages and tactile sign languages, as the primary languages for communication for Deaf and Deaf-Blind communities in Manitoba, helping build a more inclusive province.
The Manitoba government will return in the spring with a full legislative agenda, including bills to protect whistleblowers, establish a Manitoba Crown-Indigenous Corporation, create a patient safety charter to improve patient safety, end mandatory overtime for nurses and many others, the minister added.
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