Manitoba Public Insurance and MPI

MPI: The new program breaks down a host of barriers new Canadians face when applying for their licenses from obtaining ID and filling out the paperwork to taking written exams and getting real-world practice before they take their road test. , according to CBC. Until now, MPI has only offered a high-school driver ed program. 26-year-old Neetika Sharma immigrated to Canada from India two years ago and soon realized she needed a license for her job as an early childhood educator. Manitoba Public Insurance has launched a pilot program to help prepare newly arrived Canadians figure out how to drive on the province often icy, snow-covered roads. These are folks, depending where they re coming from, may never have driven a vehicle, may not have had access to driver training even if they did would not know our rules of the road or know how to drive in our weather conditions, said Ward Keith, MPI registrar of motor vehicles. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.