Manitoba sports organizations would track under-represented groups under new bill
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Digital Subscription
One year of digital access for only $205*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*First annual payment billed as $205.00 + GST for one year. This annual subscription will automatically renew at $233.00 + GST every 52 weeks (10% off the regular annual price of $259.35). Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
WINNIPEG – Provincial amateur sports organizations in Manitoba may soon be required to track demographics and show efforts to make their sport more inclusive.
A bill now before the legislature would require bodies that govern sports to obtain demographic information on participants and report each year on efforts to boost participation from under-represented groups.
Sport Minister Nellie Kennedy says the aim is to see whether barriers — financial or otherwise — are preventing people from joining sports teams.
Kennedy says details of the plan are still being worked out, and did not say how it might be enforced.
She says the government’s intent is to signal that inclusion is a priority.
The Opposition Progressive Conservatives say the government appears to be requiring groups to put in more work without any additional support.
“Now you’re putting another … responsibility and duty on sports organizations that are already struggling,” Tory Leader Obby Khan said Monday.
Kennedy said sports groups are already working on being more inclusive.
“They want participation in their sport. They want to ensure that children have the ability to take part,” she said.
“I think sporting organizations will be inclined to do this because they do want participation for children.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 16, 2026.