Manitoba Legislature is being recalled for an emergency sitting today to hurry along the $1 billion in assistance to fight COVID-19.
Premier Brian Pallister says the Manitoba Protection Plan is meant to protect our province's most vulnerable.
“This is about doing the right thing to ensure our resources are there where they are needed, when they are needed most.”
The Estimates of Expenditure documents tabled today breaks down the $1 billion of COIVD-19 pandemic-related spending as follows:
• $500 million for the Health Services Insurance Fund,
• $400 million for the internal service adjustments appropriations of government, and
• $100 million for emergency expenditures.
The provincial government will also introduce other new bills, and will look to speed up the passage of several existing bills to help Manitoba address the impacts of the coronavirus.
In order to ensure two-metre social distancing measures, legislature will be limited to one-third of its regular attendance.
You can watch the sitting online here.
