Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says the legislature will operate more closely to normal when politicians return to the chamber next month, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Progressive Conservative government is trying to move dozens of bills forward that have been stalled since the spring — on topics ranging from electricity rates to Sunday and holiday shopping hours.
The government also has yet to formally pass a bill that implements many measures in the spring budget.
Proceedings in the legislature ground to a halt in the spring when the Opposition New Democrats stalled proceedings for several days.
As the COVID-19 pandemic grew, the legislature recessed and came back briefly, sitting only one day a week with fewer politicians in their seats.
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Pallister says negotiations with the opposition are ongoing, but the aim is to have the legislature sit for full weeks when it reconvenes in early October.
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