From Promise to Progress: Manitoba Government Presents Throne Speech

Press Release

November 18, 2025

The Manitoba government was joined by members of the public and community leaders from across the province at the reading of the speech from the throne, which outlines what Manitobans can expect from their government this new session, Premier Wab Kinew announced today.

“Over the past two years, our government has worked to deliver results for you, with more health-care workers joining the front lines, lower costs for housing, heating and gas, and lower crime rates,” said Kinew. “We’re redefining Manitoba’s place in the world, building up Churchill as a trading hub with national importance and charting a course to make Manitoba a have province – so we can build on the progress we’ve made and keep delivering results for Manitoba families.”

Manitobans were welcomed to the Legislative Building to hear Lt.-Gov. Anita Neville deliver the speech from the throne.

The speech outlines the government’s plan to build on its progress over the past two years, with new commitments to improve health care, lower costs, create good jobs to grow the economy and keep communities safe.

The premier said among the commitments made in the throne speech are:

• introducing three pieces of legislation to improve patient safety by creating a patient safety charter, ending mandatory overtime starting with nurses on the front lines and legislating staff-to-patient ratios in priority areas of the health-care system;
• launching digital health cards and a new patient portal in 2026;
• expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice so they can provide birth control and treatment for urinary tract infections (UTIs) and other common ailments;
• building on Manitoba’s protective care legislation to get people on meth off the street and get them the care they need, with new detox beds for people leaving the Protective Care Centre, and investments in housing and wraparound supports for those struggling with addiction;
• conducting a targeted meth sweep focusing on those producing and distributing meth and standing up a task force on drug enforcement;
• advancing a potential Churchill trade corridor project in partnership with Indigenous nations, with new legislation to enshrine the Manitoba Crown-Indigenous Corporation into law;
• building four new schools and adding more than 400 child-care spaces in River East, Pembina Trails, Seven Oaks and Brandon;
• conducting the most comprehensive after-action wildfire review ever undertaken in Manitoba; and
• updating the Accessibility for Manitobans Act and expanding French legal services.

Manitobans can read the full text of the speech and watch it being read at: www.gov.mb.ca/thronespeech/index.html.

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• Public information, contact Manitoba Government Inquiry: mgi@gov.mb.ca or 1-866-626-4862 or 204-945-3744.
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