Manitoba would not be the only jurisdiction to establish a film censor board in the wake of cinema:[3] The proliferation of film censor boards in Canada in the quarter century following the birth of the cinema mirrored, to a degree, the situation in the United States where, from 1907 onwards, state and city bodies sought to control the content of motion pictures.
By 1933, "permissiveness on the screen had reached a peak with the phenomenal popularity of Mae West, whose dialogue was peppered with innuendo and double entendres.
"[3] Until 1934, the Board fell under the Treasury Department, forming part of the section devoted to collecting the amusement taxes.
[3] On 1 June 2005, through the Amusement Amendment Act, the MFCB would gain the power to regulate and enforce age restrictions on video and computer games sold in Manitoba.
Under these regulations, video and computer games classified by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) were adopted and some age restrictions were now enforced in Manitoba.
Thereafter, it would be against the law to sell or rent video and computer games classified as M (mature) 17+ to anyone under the age of 17, or as AO (Adults Only) 18+ to people under 18.