Around the legislature

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This article was published 26/10/2022 (1086 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Poppy plates expanded

MORE veterans will be able to obtain specialty licence plates bearing the image of a poppy, after a private member’s bill was passed Tuesday by the Manitoba legislature.

Bill 237 (Drivers and Vehicles Amendment Act) expands the list of eligible veterans for poppy license plates to include active members of the Canadian Armed Forces who have honourably served for at least one year, been honourably discharged, or are a former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who voluntarily resigned in good standing.

The bill introduced by Brandon East MLA Len Isleifson comes into force when it receives Royal Assent next month.

Pushing for Iranian support

MANITOBA’S legislature passed a resolution asking the federal government to stand with Iranians experiencing oppression in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Following the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, after her arrest by the so-called morality police for improperly wearing a head scarf, protests erupted in Iran and around the world, calling out the Islamic republic for human rights violations.

Its regime cracked down on protesters, leading to 12,500 arrests and nearly 250 killed since the street protests began in the Middle East country, the Centre for Human Rights in Iran reported Oct. 21.

The resolution introduced by Progressive Conservative MLA Obby Khan (Fort Whyte) calls on the federal government “to stand with the people of Iran and adequately support Iranians and work to protect the people of Iran.”