"We need to show Manitobans that picture because that's how that's how we'll motivate Manitobans to get their vaccinations and that's how we'll create a sense of hope where people need it."
Pallister says he admires Saskatchewan's forward-thinking reopening roadmap and says vaccines are offering hope to people who are disappointed with a third lockdown.( Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press files)
Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin added that Manitoba's plan will be very similar to Saskatchewan's, but will also look at the province's hospital capacity and epidemiology.
The potential timeline for the reopening plan in Saskatchewan — with the rules being increasingly relaxed or removed in the last week of May, the third week of June and finally in the second week of July — is "subject to change if vaccination targets are not met," the province said.