Manitoba

Manitobans have been voicing their ideas to prevent shoplifting, in response to growing frustration over brazen and sometimes violent thefts and robberies at Manitoba Liquor Marts. The Consumers Distr...Learn More

As widely anticipated, Manitobans voted to stay the course, awarding Brian Pallister’s Progressive Conservative Party with a second majority mandate, in expectation that the government will continue...Learn More

The Manitoba government has enacted its second of five accessibility standards, the Accessibility Standard for Employment which will focus on ensuring workplaces have appropriate processes and plans i...Learn More

The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) will announce this Friday, May 3 its intent to issue a surplus distribution, returning $74 million back to Manitoba employers. Members can anticipate r...Learn More

The Manitoba government has made three announcements recently that are relevant to retailers operating in the province. Manitoba Accessibility Standards Improvement: The Manitoba government has releas...Learn More

Manitoba’s 2019 budget was announced on March 7 and featured the delivery of a campaign promise to cut the provincial sales tax to seven percent, a one percentage point reduction. Manitoba PST Reduc...Learn More

A CTV News Winnipeg article outlined the increase in shoplifting in Winnipeg. RCC’s Sonny Brar outlined the different steps retailers are taking to combat it: The Retail Council of Canada works ...Learn More

A reminder that Manitoba’s Accessibly Standard for Customer Service becomes a legal requirement for all Manitoba businesses as of November 1, 2018. The Customer Service standard outlines ways to ens...Learn More

In a surprise announcement yesterday, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister announced that the government will no longer be moving forward with legalisation that would have established a flat $25 a tonne c...Learn More

Yesterday Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade Minister Blaine Pedersen announced an anticipated increase in minimum wage. Effective October 1, 2018 the Manitoba minimum wage will increase 20 cents p...Learn More