MB introduces Bill 41 to expand continuing education requirements for judges

The Government of Manitoba has introduced Bill 41, which would expand the continuing education requirements for prospective provincial court judges and judicial justices of the peace. This proposed legislation would require candidates for appointment as provincial court judges to continue their education in three areas: intimate partner violence, coercive control in intimate partner and family relationships, and the experience of Indigenous persons and 2SLGBTQIA+ persons in the justice system and in society in general. Global News reports that this legislation also outlines funding for the continuing education.