Past wars, floods and illnesses have caused states of emergency in Manitoba, but the state of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be the first on record to impact all Manitobans. Despite pleas made to the province to declare a state of emergency and ask for federal aid, only local states of emergency were declared. The City of Winnipeg, for example, issued closures, but my understanding is that this was under the Public Health Act." The EMO was born through Manitoba's Emergency Measures Act, which was passed in April 1951. "There won't be that same consensus that we need to take the same harsh public health measures."

Source: CBC News June 22, 2020 09:56 UTC