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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Around five hundred signs have been placed on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative building during a protest being held by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and First Nations Family Advocate Office. They are announcing that they are going to hold an ongoing relay fast outside the Manitoba Legislature to oppose a clause in the PC government’s Budget Implementation Tax Statutes Act. Dumas and members of the Manitoba NDP and Manitoba Liberal party attend offering their support in denouncing section 84 of Bill 34, which would give the PC government legal protection against current, future and retroactive lawsuits regarding the clawback of Child and Family Services Children’s Special Allowance between 2005 and 2019. There is currently a $338 million lawsuit filed by First Nations children in care. They have said that the fast will continue until a decision on the bill is made. 201007 - Wednesday, October 07, 2020.