Sweeping changes to the Family Law Act meant to extract millions of dollars in overdue child support payments from Manitoba deadbeats never happened and now parents are feeling the pinch. What's more, the amount of arrears owed by debtors as reported by the Maintenance Enforcement Program has ballooned to $66.8 million. Bill 33, the proposed Family Law Reform Act, was supposed to give greater powers to the Manitoba Maintenance Enforcement Program, but it died when the provincial election was called. "The Maintenance Enforcement Program continues to review processes and work with reciprocating partners to improve the collection of support payments. Andrew Swan, now NDP Justice critic, introduced a bill in 2015 calling for increased collection measures for the provinces Maintenance Enforcement program.

Source: CBC News October 04, 2016 09:56 UTC