Proposed law removes queen references
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MANITOBA has introduced legislation to accommodate the reign of King Charles.
Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen introduced the Demise of the Crown Act (Bill 5) to amend several pieces of legislation that refer to Queen Elizabeth.
“Her Majesty” would be replaced with “His Majesty,” the oath of allegiance for MLAs would be changed, the legal designation King’s Counsel would replace Queen’s Counsel.
The legislation allows the chief legislative counsel to revise language and punctuation in laws in the future without a new bill being introduced.
Goertzen also introduced a bill to ensure seniors who have seasonal, casual or temporary employment, or who have a job offer, receive income replacement from Manitoba Public Insurance if they are in a car accident.
Currently, the law guarantees an income replacement indemnity to seniors (65 and older) who are employed at the time of an accident.
Bill 6 would also relieve MPI from having to pay benefits to people who are not Manitoba residents if there is an inter-jurisdictional agreement that exempts the corporation from providing benefits.
It authorizes MPI to pay funds in trust to a person on behalf of a victim with impaired cognitive functioning.
The Crown corporation would be allowed to pay funds even if a substitute decision maker or committee has not been formalized for the victim.