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First Session, Thirty-Ninth Legislature

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Bill 209

THE HISTORIC TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY ACT


Table of Contents Explanatory Note

(Assented to                                         )

WHEREAS Provincial Trunk Highway No. 44 was part of the first national highway system in Canada before the present Trans-Canada Highway route was completed;

AND WHEREAS Provincial Trunk Highway No. 44 was a key link in the movement of people and goods across the vast territory of Canada;

AND WHEREAS Provincial Trunk Highway No. 44 played an integral role in the economic development of Manitoba and in the population growth of Western Canada;

AND WHEREAS transportation connections promote our national and provincial identity;

NOW THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

Historic Trans-Canada Highway designated

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Provincial Trunk Highway No. 44 is hereby designated the "Historic Trans-Canada Highway".

Regulations

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The minister appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council to administer The Highways and Transportation Act may make regulations respecting the form and location of signs marking the Historic Trans-Canada Highway.

Coming into force

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This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

This Bill designates Provincial Trunk Highway No. 44 as the "Historic Trans-Canada Highway" to commemorate its historical significance to Manitobans.