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3rd Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 75

THE PATH TO RECONCILIATION AMENDMENT ACT


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(Assented to                                         )

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

C.C.S.M. c. R30.5 amended

1

The Path to Reconciliation Act is amended by this Act.

2

The seventh paragraph of the preamble is amended by adding "and the calls for justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls" at the end.

3

Clauses 4(a) and (d) are amended by adding "and the calls for justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls" at the end.

Coming into force

4

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

Explanatory Note

This Bill amends The Path to Reconciliation Act to include references to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

In addition to the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the calls for justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls are to guide the Government of Manitoba's commitment to reconciliation.