​The Manitoba government is moving to cut the number of mandatory public inquests when someone dies while in the care of a government agency or police. A bill now before the legislature would create exceptions, such as when a chief medical examiner determines the death was due to natural causes and was not preventable. Some provincial court judges have called for the changes, citing the need to save time and resources in the court system. In most cases, the chief medical examiner's office would still have the authority to call an inquest if it felt one was needed. Inquests can run for months and involve dozens of witnesses in provincial court.

Source: CBC News March 09, 2017 00:00 UTC