When the community engagement sessions were initiated, there was no forewarning as to how the recommendations would be rolled up and presented in a solution format, whether by way of changes to regulations within the Manitoba region, or by way of a new law that would apply in Manitoba only. There was no contemplation that it would be rolled up and projected across the nation as a new legislated solution. I recall specifically sitting at the AMC having a discussion as to the implications of the exercise and what the government was going to do with the information once it received it.
On November 19th, 2013. See this statement in context.