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Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure () is the provincial government department responsible for managing
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in
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. It is in charge of "the development of transportation policy and legislation, and fthe management of the province’s vast infrastructure network." Manitoba Infrastructure was initially known as Public Works, which changed to Government Services in 1968, when the province expanded the department to include the provision of common services for other governmental departments. In 2016, the department name would be changed to its current one. The department operates under the oversight of the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure (), currently
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, who was appointed to the portfolio on 18 October 2023 by the New Democratic government of
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.


Organization

Manitoba Infrastructure oversees the provision of such services as
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,
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operations,
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flights,
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s,
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of
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, and the security of provincial government buildings. Duties of the Department related to transportation include corporate policy, provincial legislation development, enforcement of motor carrier safety and regulation, carrier permits, and the management of
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ation initiatives. Regarding water control,
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, and management of
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, responsibilities of the Department include the construction, maintenance, and operation of: of
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s, of
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s, and of drains; as well as 75 dams, 61 reservoirs, 41
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s, 24 northern airports, and more than 21,000 bridges and
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s, among others. Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure includes the following agencies and boards: *
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* Disaster Assistance Appeal Board * Land Value Appraisal Commission * Licence Suspension Appeal Board * Medical Review Committee


History


Public Works (1871–1967)

In the beginning, the
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was ''
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'' the minister responsible for
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. The first Minister of Public Works and Agriculture was appointed by the
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on 13 January 1871, as a member of Manitoba's Executive Council, established after the first elections in the newly-established province of
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.Ministry of Public Works and Agriculture
/ref> This new portfolio would carry out the responsibilities of the Board of Public Works and the Committee of Economy from the defunct
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, as well as the responsibility of overseeing the provincial government's involvement in the development and maintenance of roads, bridges, ferries, and related services. In 1874, following the division of the Department of Public Works and Agriculture's functions into two separate departments—and the resignation of Edward Hay as minister Ellis, J. H. ''The Ministry of Agriculture in Manitoba''. p. 54.—the Department of Public Works was established. This new department was responsible for directing all construction, maintenance and repair for all public works of the Province of Manitoba. In its initial years, the Department was primarily concerned with the construction of provincial roads and government facilities. However, in the late 19th century, as Manitoba's population increased significantly, the Department of Public Works became increasingly important in providing services to new arrivals. As Manitoba grew into the
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, drainage projects, bridges, and culverts also became increasingly necessary. The Department would also begin to take on other
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projects, including the drilling of wells; expanding the highways system; building government buildings/institutions and offices; and constructing
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and
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s. Such would also eventually include the management of the
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, the Law Courts and Land Titles Buildings, the provincial prison in Headingly, the Hospitals for Mental Diseases in Brandon and Selkirk, the
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, and various other facilities. In 1930, the ''Highway Traffic Act'' was passed. Between the 1940s and 1950s, the Department put its primary attention towards expanding and maintaining provincial highways, as well as towards the ongoing management and maintenance of government spaces. This increasing concern over highways and roads resulted in the creation of the Highways Branch. With the passage of the ''Public Works Act'' in 1943, the Highways Branch of the Department was formed, under which all functions related to the planning, design, construction and maintenance of Manitoba highways, roads, and bridges were amalgamated and transferred to. In 1959, the Bridge Office (renamed the Bridge Division) was created within the Highways Branch. In 1960, the Branch received its very own designated Assistant Deputy Minister, coinciding with an increase in construction projects and traffic studies, as well as in funding and staff. In this time, the Planning and Design Division was established within the Branch in an attempt to meet the growing challenges related to planning, design and engineering presented by modern highway and bridge construction.


Division into two ministries (1965–99)

A new ''Public Works Act'' and ''Highway Traffic Act'' were passed in 1965, resulting in considerable changes to the Department's structure. Most notably, Public Works was divided into two separate departments: the Departments of Public Works and of Highways, though both would continue to share a single ministry. The Department of Highways was created out of Public Works' former Highways Branch as an independent department. This new Department continued the role it previously had under Public Works, overseeing the construction and maintenance of Manitoba's road and highway system. Also part of the 1965 Act, the functions related to the acquisition of land for use in provincial works projects were consolidated within the Land Acquisition Branch and the Land Acquisition Commission. In 1968–69, the government of
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further expanded the role of the Public Works department to provide common services needed by all departments, including the "design, construction, acquisition. and maintenance of government buildings and property; the procurement and maintenance of government vehicles and equipment; and the delivery of postal, printing and information services to the government." To signal the change in its operation, the department was intended to be renamed the Government Services; however, the name change would not be affirmed by the legislature, and the Department continued to operate as Public Works until 1978. At the same time, the Minister of Highways was renamed Minister of Transportation. This name was kept by the NDP administration of
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, who assigned
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to the role in 1969, while changing the "Minister of Public Works" to the "Minister of Government Services" with the appointment of
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. In 1970, the functions of the Motor Vehicle Branch, held by the Minister of Public Utilities, was transferred to the Highways minister's portfolio, which included responsibility for the facilitation of road safety and the administration of programs like
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. Later that year, the Department of Highways was formally consolidated with Public Works to create the Department of Public Works and Highways. Nonetheless, both Public Works and Highways continued to operate as independent departments until they were officially separated and restructured in 1977/78.


Highways & Transportation and Government Services

The departmental restructuring in 1978 resulted in the Conservative government of
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dissolving the Departments of Highways and of Public Works departments, to be replaced by two new respective departments, both simultaneously headed by
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in 1978.Department of Government Services
/ref> The new Department of Highways and Transportation () was established as an independent department following the removal of the Highways department from the umbrella of the Public Works and Highways portfolio.Department of Highways and Transportation
/ref> This new department took responsibility over the construction and maintenance of the road and highway system of Manitoba, as well as over the Motor Vehicle Branch (later known as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Division), which looked over highway safety and regulation. Highways and Transportation also adopted the operation of Transportation Services from the Department of Northern Affairs and Transportation Services, which would add transportation-related functions under its purview. This included responsibility over Manitoba's
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and passenger road, rail, and air transportation, as well as over the conducting of highway- and transportation-related land surveys. The latter responsibility, however, would be transferred to the
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in 1994. On the other side, the newly-formed Department of Government Services absorbed the functions of the former Public Works department. This new department was in charge of various central support services to
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and Treasury Board, as well as Manitoba government departments, agencies, boards, corporations, and commissions. In 1980, Government Services began to administer the Emergency Measures Organization, providing overall disaster and emergency planning, training, and coordination in Manitoba. From 1980 to 1982, the Department broadened its functions to include responsibility for two independent bodies who report directly to the Minister: the Land Value Appraisal Commission and the Manitoba Disaster Assistance Board. Also in 1980, the Department temporarily took responsibility over the
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, the Advertising Audit Office, and the Word Processing Consulting Services Branch; these would also be taken out of the Department's portfolio by 1983. In 1981, the Pawley-led NDP government appointed
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as both Minister of Highways and Transportation and of Government Services.


Reconsolidation (1999–present)

In 1999, the incoming government of
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combined the Departments of Government Services and of Highways and Transportation into a single portfolio: Manitoba Highways and Government Services. In January 2001, while the Department formerly changed to Transportation and Government Services, both the Government Services section and the Highways & Transportation continued to operate as individual entities.Department of Transportation and Government Services
/ref> The Highways & Transportation section carried out its mandate through 4 key divisions: * Policy, Planning and Development — policy, planning, design and development of the
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in Manitoba; * Construction and Maintenance — construction and maintenance of provincial highways, bridges, and structures * Engineering and Technical Services — planning and technical support for highway construction in Manitoba; and * Driver and Vehicle Licensing — regulating transportation via
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,
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, etc. The Highways & Transportation section was also in charge of administering the Motor Transport Board, the Highway Traffic Board, the Taxicab Board, the License Suspension Appeal Board, and the Medical Review Committee. In addition to the provision of various support services, Government Services was also responsible for the Land Value Appraisal Commission, the Manitoba Disaster Assistance Appeals Board, and the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization (MEMO). In 2006, the Department would be restructured and renamed once again, this time into Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. A decade later, in 2016, the name was shortened to the Department of Infrastructure by the incoming government of
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, and has retained that name since.


Minister of Infrastructure

The Minister of Infrastructure () is the cabinet position in the government of
Manitoba Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...
charged with oversight of the province's Department of Infrastructure. The current Minister of Infrastructure is
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, who was appointed to the portfolio on 18 Oct 2023 by the New Democratic government of
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. Between 1871 and 1967, the portfolio (then titled Minister of Public Works) held oversight over roads and government buildings. Between 1967 and 1999, the portfolio was divided into two positions: Minister of Public Works and the Minister of Highways, both remaining distinct through various administrations and name changes. On occasion, both portfolios were held by the same individual at the same time. In 1999, the two ministries were once again united.


Minister history

In the beginning, the
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was ''
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'' the minister responsible for
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. The first Minister of Public Works and Agriculture was appointed by the
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on 13 January 1871, as a member of Manitoba's Executive Council, established after the first elections in the newly-established province of
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. The portfolio would carry out the responsibilities of the Board of Public Works from the defunct
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, and the minister was responsible for overseeing the Manitoba government's involvement in the development and maintenance of roads, bridges, ferries, and related services. Manitoba's first Minister of Public Works and Agriculture was Thomas Howard, who resigned from the position after only ten days in order to exchange portfolios with Provincial Secretary
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. In December 1874, the ministry was divided, creating a separate Minister of Public Works and a Minister of Agriculture. In the late 19th century, as Manitoba's population increased significantly, the Department of Public Works became increasingly important in providing services to new arrivals. During the premiership of
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(1900–15), the Department became especially powerful as a tool of government patronage. Minister Robert Rogers, who held the portfolio for 11 years, was sometimes regarded as the second-most-important figure in the Roblin government. In the latter part of 1914, Public Works Minister Walter Humphries Montague was forced to announce that expenditures for the province's new legislative buildings would be exceeded by 50%. Roblin was forced to appoint a Royal Commission to study the controversy, and his government resigned from office the following year after the commission report identified instances government corruption and kickbacks. Montague was
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on fraud charges, but died before legal proceedings could begin. In later years, however, specific government works were taken away from the Public Works ministry and allocated to separate portfolios. The position gradually came to have less authority, though it remained responsible for road construction and related projects in mid-century. Upon the establishment of an all-party coalition government in 1940, Progressive Conservative (PC) leader Errick French Willis was appointed as Minister of Public Works under a
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premier, holding the position for 10 years, until the PCs left the coalition. In 1967, the Department of Highways was created and the Public Works minister at the time,
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, changed his title to Minister of Highways. However, the Public Works portfolio still remained, and was appointed to Stewart McLean later that year, while Weir continued in the Highways position until his election as premier of Manitoba. In 1968, the Weir government expanded the role of the Department of Public Works to provide common services needed by all departments. To signal the change in its operation, the department was thereby renamed the Government Services, headed by
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, who kept the "Minister of Public Works" title. Also that year, the Minister of Highways was renamed Minister of Transportation, to which McLean was appointed. This name was kept by the NDP administration of
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, who assigned
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to the role in 1969, while changing the "Minister of Public Works" to the "Minister of Government Services" with the appointment of
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. In 1970,
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became Minister of Highways (re-renamed from Min. Transportation) after Borowski left the portfolio to become Minister of Public Works (re-renamed). In 1970, the Department of Highways was formally consolidated with Public Works to create the Department of Public Works and Highways. Nonetheless, both Public Works and Highways continued to operate as independent departments until they were officially separated and restructured in 1977/78. This restructuring resulted in the Conservative government of
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dissolving both, to be replaced by the Departments of Government Services and the Department of Highways and Transportation, the two simultaneously headed by
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in 1978. In 1981, the Pawley-led NDP government appointed
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as both Minister of Highways and Transportation and of Government Services. In 1987, Highways and Transportation was re-renamed to just the Department of Highways. In 1999, the departments of Highways and Transportation merged with that of Government Services; this new portfolio was called the Ministry of Highways and Government Services. Its name was changed to the Ministry of Transportation and Government Services on 17 January 2001, and then to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation on 21 September 2006. After the provincial general election of 2016, the Manitoba cabinet was re-organized: the ministry's infrastructure responsibilities were assigned to the new Ministry of
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under the direction of
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, whereas transportation policy formed part of the new ministry of Growth, Enterprise and Trade under the direction of Cliff Cullen. The transportation portfolio today, however, remains part of the Department of Infrastructure.


List of ministers


1871–1967


1967–99


1999–present


Notes


References


External links

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