Current Projects

The Manitoba Law Reform Commission has noted that franchising is a growing and relatively unregulated field of business activity; there has been occasional media attention focusing on the inequality between franchisors and franchisees and recently, on alleged franchising frauds in Manitoba. In recent years, three provinces and several countries have enacted new or revised franchise legislation. In January 2006, the Commission received a suggestion that a review of possible reforms to franchise law would be valuable in Manitoba, and the Commission agreed to undertake the project.

Read the May, 2007 consultation paper (pdf format, 60 pages, 0.5 MB)

The deadline for submissions to this project has been extended from July 31, 2007 to August 20, 2007.

This is a joint project of the law reform agencies of the Western Provinces. A consultation paper entitled Enduring Powers of Attorney: Areas of Reform was released in April 2004. Throughout the Spring and Summer of 2005, the agencies held focus group discussions on options for reform and issues arising from the consultation process. The agencies are now working on draft proposals for reform for review by our members.