The Province issued a news release on Friday morning advising of the introduction of proposed legislation that would remove shopping hour restrictions that are in place in Manitoba on Sunday as well as certain holidays.
Currently in Manitoba, retail businesses with more than four employees are restricted to hours of 9am - 6pm on Sundays. Under the proposed changes, individual municipalities would have their own ability to pass bylaws maintaining restricted hours should they wish to do so. Changes would not impact current restrictions in place on Remembrance Day and retail workers would maintain their right to refuse work on Sundays.
The legislation must still be passed, meaning that no change to rules is yet in place.
The topic of Sunday shopping hours was a topic of discussion earlier this year when North Dakota to the immediate South voted to remove its own restrictions. Saskatchewan and Alberta also have no such restriction.