Department of Infrastructure (Manitoba)

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure
Agency overview
JurisdictionManitoba
Employees1,960 FTE (2019/20)[1]
Annual budget$649.2 m CAD (2019/20)[1]
Minister responsible
  • Lisa Naylor, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Ryan Klos, Deputy Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
Key document
Websitegov.mb.ca/mti/index.html

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure (French: Transportation Infrastructure Manitoba) is the provincial government department responsible for managing infrastructure in Manitoba. It is in charge of "the development of transportation policy and legislation, and [of] the management of the province’s vast infrastructure network."[2]

Manitoba Infrastructure was initially known as Public Works, which changed to Government Services in 1968, when the province expanded the department to include the provision of common services for other governmental departments.[3] In 2016, the department name would be changed to its current one.[4]

The department operates under the oversight of the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure (Ministre des Transports et de l’Infrastructure), currently Lisa Naylor, who was appointed to the portfolio on 18 October 2023 by the New Democratic government of Wab Kinew.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b https://www.gov.mb.ca/mti/reports/annual/pdf/2019_2020_annual.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "About the Department". Manitoba Infrastructure. Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. ^ Weir, Walter. "Statement by Premier Weir on government changes at press conference" (PDF). News Archive. Manitoba Government. Retrieved 28 July 2017. In order that these program, or line, departments can operate more effectively and efficiently, the department of public works has been expanded to provide additional services common to all departments. Its new name is the Department of Government Services.
  4. ^ "A breakdown of provincial cabinet changes". Winnipeg Free Press. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Brian Pallister sworn in as Manitoba premier". CBC News. May 3, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  6. ^ "Meet Manitoba's new government cabinet members". CBC News. May 3, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-18.