Liberal leader fit to be tied after breaking Leg dress code – Winnipeg Sun

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Manitoba Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont cites a case of the Mondays for breaking dress code requirements in the legislature on Monday.

The St. Boniface MLA rose at the start of the sitting on a matter of contempt, but Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Myrna Driedger refused to recognize Lamont as he was not wearing a tie a requirement as part of the dress code.

He left the chambers and returned a few minutes later with a red tie.

Maybe Ill have a word with speaker or maybe Ill put forward a motion to see if this place can run a little more like a restaurant so when youre coming in and you dont have the right tie or jacket theyll give you a clip on or maybe I just have to screw my head on properly and make sure I have my tie on before I walk in, he said while breaking down into a strange emotional laugh when questioned about it in a scrum after question period.

After returning to sitting, he rose once again to raise the matter of contempt, but was shut down by the Speaker again as she is already considering the issue on a point of order and Lamont was bringing in evidence she said she could not consider. Driedger stopped a similar motion last week by the Liberal leader on the grounds she was already considering the matter.

Lamont was protesting the use of placeholder bills by the government during the fall sitting to meet a deadline.

This is the second time he has been called out for being in breach of the dress code. In 2018 he was sent out of the house after wearing jeans.

The province tables three of their previously undisclosed 19 bills on Monday.

Bill 51, the Limitations Act, will set a consistent statute of limitations on all civil claims. Current legislation has a range of times from two to 10 years while the new act puts it at two years which begins to run from the day the claim is discovered, even if a claim has not been discovered within 15 years of the event, the clock will run out. The new act also lists a number of proceedings for which there are no limitations, including sexual assault.

Bill 46, the Court Practice and Administration Act makes a number of regulatory changes, including the eligibility of jurors. A person charged or convicted of a criminal act will no longer be barred from being a juror, as well a provision that prevented jurors from being paid for the first 10 days of jury duty is being repealed.

Bill 52, the Minor Amendments and Corrections Act, makes adjustments to 35 different pieces of legislation.

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