Brian Pallister’s government is trying to rush through legislation unrelated to COVID-19 relief that was introduced before the economic shutdown.

As quoted in CBC News by Ian Froese,

"The government is trying to take advantage of the pandemic and they're using the fact that there's a crisis to try and rush through a bunch of bills into law, and stifle debate on them," NDP Leader Wab Kinew said.

"I'm concerned because democracy is an essential service and we shouldn't be taking any shortcuts."

The measures of these bills include removing the public's say on Manitoba Hydro electricity rates, threatening the rights of current and former children in CFS care, restricting public sector employees to "modest increases" in wages, privatizing the issuance of licenses or permits for provincial parks (sharing of citizen data), and more.

We want an opportunity to debate these bills with appropriate consultation and time spent, rather than have them be rushed through the legislature with due democratic process denied and stolen from Manitobans.

Stop taking advantage of crises to advance your political agenda and be accountable to the people of your province.