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Learn more about how Bill 64 is a threat to public education in Manitoba.

In January 2019, the Pallister government announced a review of the Kindergarten to Grade 12 public education system. The clear goals were to reduce democracy and public participation in education governance and to reduce taxes and the public education budget. The review was conducted to hide a power grab against Manitoba’s public education advocates.

The K-12 Education Review, also called the Better Education Starts Today (BEST) report, was released on March 15, 2021. The report contains recommendations in 10 areas, called “imperatives” in the report. These imperatives contain positive goals, but the report and the implementing legislation use these goals to move education policy backwards.

Bill 64, The Education Modernization Act that accompanies the review, would reduce local democracy and public participation, make it harder for parents, students and communities to be heard, make it harder for schools to work together to innovate in education, cause chaos for education workers and their unions, and continue cuts to the provincial education budget.