Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister will be facing a new opposition leader and criticism of his health-care and education reforms when the legislature reconvenes today.
Student groups are planning an opening-day protest against legislation that would ease restrictions on annual tuition increases at colleges and universities.
The Opposition New Democrats are expected to focus much of their question period efforts on health-care changes, including closure of three of Winnipeg's six hospital emergency rooms.
Pallister's Progressive Conservatives have promised to reduce the deficit they inherited from the former N-D-P government.
