Canadian Press-Tackling high grocery prices, freezing hydro electricity rates and commissioning a new statue reflecting Manitoba’s past and present are some of the priorities for the coming year the NDP government highlighted Tuesday in its second throne speech. The speech largely repeated the government’s efforts to address health-care system challenges, public safety and affordability. The government is looking at introducing legislation to address anticompetitive contracts that Premier Wab Kinew said drive up the cost of groceries. Kinew said the legislation could ban the use of restrictive covenants, a type of contract often used in real estate transactions that can prevent competitors from taking over a space or from opening a space nearby. “Right now, big grocery store chains when they set up a location in the province, can basically draw… <\/p>\n
Canadian Press-Tackling high grocery prices, freezing hydro electricity rates and commissioning a new statue reflecting Manitoba’s past and present are some of the priorities for the coming year the NDP government highlighted Tuesday in its second throne speech. The speech largely repeated the government’s efforts to address health-care system challenges, public safety and affordability. The government is looking at introducing legislation to address anticompetitive contracts that Premier Wab Kinew said drive up the cost of groceries. Kinew said the legislation could ban the use of restrictive covenants, a type of contract often used in real estate transactions that can prevent competitors from taking over a space or from opening a space nearby. “Right now, big grocery store chains when they set up a location in the province, can basically draw... <\/p>\n