Winnipeg Free Press By: Eric Reder Save to Read Later The Manitoba government finally announced it intends to get a new booking system for camping after broad public outcry at its inept rollout of the provincial park campsite reservation systems in recent weeks. This Band-Aid fix misses a fundamental fact: we need more parks. Opinion The Manitoba government finally announced it intends to get a new booking system for camping after broad public outcry at its inept rollout of the provincial park campsite reservation systems in recent weeks. This Band-Aid fix misses a fundamental fact: we need more parks. Starting at 7 a.m. over several days recently, a frustrating fiasco developed as tens of thousands of people waited for hours to try and book a campsite, only to get booted from the system without being able to register. A combination of bad website tech and high demand for campsites heading into another stay-at-home summer created unhappy would-be campers.