Manitoba government aims to limit wage increases, control spending
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government plans to pass a law to control wage increases in the public sector and aims to eliminate dozens of provincial boards and commissions as it tries to bring down a stubborn deficit.
The two measures are among several cost-cutting steps announced Monday in the throne speech, which outlines the government’s agenda for the coming year.
The Progressive Conservatives will introduce legislation “to ensure that the province’s public-sector costs do not exceed Manitobans’ ability to sustain the services they receive in return,” said the speech read in the legislature chamber by Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon.
Premier Brian Pallister revealed few details, but confirmed the proposed law is aimed at capping wage increases inside government and among public institutions such as hospitals and universities.