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Last week as the Minister of Health, Seniors and Active Living, I had the opportunity to recognize the efforts of paramedics across the province with my colleague Ron Schuler, Minister of Crown Services. In Manitoba, there will now be a member-based specialty licence plate available to qualifying Manitoba emergency medical services (EMS) providers.

Paramedics play an incredibly important role in delivering emergency medical services to Manitobans. This specialty licence plate is a unique way to recognize the dedication and commitment of these front-line emergency medical service providers and is a symbol of pride for their public service. Manitoba’s paramedic plate will be blue in colour, with a red EKG line crossing the bottom of the plate as well as the phrase ‘Responding for Life’. The symbol chosen for the plate contains the paramedic Star of Life atop a red maple leaf. The plates will cost $70, with $30 from each purchase going toward the Canadian Mental Health Association (Manitoba and Winnipeg region).

Licence plate applications can be downloaded from www.mpi.mb.ca. The new plate series is available to current and retired licensed emergency medical services providers, as well as their immediate families, and family members of fallen paramedics. For paramedics across the province, this new licence plate is a distinctive way for active and retired paramedics to demonstrate the bonds that unite them, and recognizes the valuable contribution that paramedics make to the lives of Manitobans each and every day.