[2] These corporations must abide by the following principal reporting requirements: a roles and responsibility record, annual business plans, and quarterly and annual financial reports.
[2] Oversight over Manitoba's crown corporations was previously the responsibility of an 8-member panel called the Crown Corporations Council,[3] which was dissolved in 2016.
[4] The Secretariat consists of two units:[2] The Crown Corporations Public Review and Accountability Act was enacted in 1989 to ensure that public confidence in Manitoba's Crown corporations is maintained and to strengthen the accountability mechanisms for Manitoba's Crown corporations.
This Act established the Crown Corporations Council as a corporation responsible to the Minister of Finance, who was charged with the administration of the Act.
[3] In 2016, Manitoba's Progressive Conservative administration introduced legislation to repeal the Crown Corporations Public Review and Accountability Act and scrap the Crown Corporations Council.