Manitoba
Construction Business
Permit turnaround times firming up in Manitoba
Manitoba's performance standards regulation sets maximum timelines for building authorities to process permit applications and conduct inspections, coming into force next March.
REMI Network
Manitoba offers grants to expand childcare facilities
More than 640 licensed non-profit child-care centres in Manitoba are eligible to apply for a renovation expansion grant.
Canadian Property Management
Slip-and-fall injury bill stranded in Manitoba
Manitoba's legislative term expired soon after the government introduced proposed amendments to the Occupiers' Liability Act similar to changes already adopted in Ontario.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Manitoba to convert forfeited houses into affordable dwellings
The Manitoba government announced that six forfeited houses in the Point Douglas neighbourhood will be converted into affordable housing units for low income families.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Manitoba MLA advocates new lease-breaking option
A recent private member's bill proposes an expanded definition of the types of violence tenants might face that would necessitate the need to relocate.
REMI Network
Manitoba launches review of accessibility law
The Manitoba government is seeking public input on its Accessibility for Manitobans Act as part of a five-year review of the legislation.
Construction Business
Manitoba moves closer to prompt payment
Manitoba has introduced amendments to the Builders’ Liens Act to make prompt payment a reality.
Canadian Property Management
Manitoba reaffirms energy equipment tax credits
The 2023-24 Manitoba budget announces ongoing extension of tax credits for geothermal, solar thermal and biomass system equipment, which had been scheduled to expire this summer.
REMI Network
Childcare providers in Manitoba to receive $60-mil for facility upgrades
Early learning and child care providers in Manitoba will receive $60 million to carry out facility infrastructure improvements, curriculum development, and workforce retention.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Cosmetic pesticides okayed for use in Manitoba
Manitoba has repealed a prohibition that had been in place since 2014 and is again allowing the application of cosmetic pesticides on private green space, municipal sidewalks and boulevards.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Residential renters offered Manitoba tax credit
Manitoba's new Renters Tax Credit is a renamed version of its previously available education property tax credit, which has now also been extended to tenants in subsidized housing.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Virtual hearings ahead for Manitoba rent panels
Manitoba’s Residential Tenancies Commission should soon have flexibility to hold virtual hearings or to link in some appeal panel participants from remote locations.
Canadian Property Management
New property valuation board slated for Manitoba
Manitoba is moving to establish a single entity to deal with property tax assessment appeals, compensation for land expropriation and applications for surface rights.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Manitoba to remould scrap metal transactions
Proposed legislation would require sellers to provide personal identification and account for the source of their wares, while purchasers would take on monitoring and record-keeping obligations.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Manitoba tax rebate comes with rent freeze
About $248 million from the education levy will be returned to property taxpayers this year through 25 per cent rebates to residential/farm ratepayers and 10 per cent rebates to commercial/industrial ratepayers.
Canadian Property Management
Manitoba to redefine trespass violations
Construction sites are not specifically identified for limited occupiers' liability provisos, but an associated proposed amendment defines unauthorized entry onto a construction site as a criminal act.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Manitoba aims to elevate waste diversion rates
A provincial review and public consultation has been launched to seek input on current industry-funded stewardship programs and potential new recycling and recovery technologies.
