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Of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba DEBATES And /-.. / ') \ f 1') ' '�"" ' - -t.:-' '... -�\ ' INDEX of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba DEBATES and PROCEEDINGS 39 Elizabeth II Second Session -Thirty-Fifth Legislature which opened the 7th of March, 1991 and prorogued the 25th of July, 1991 Volume XL MG-8048 Printed by the Office of the o.-.sPrinter, Province of Manitoba TABLE OF CONTENTS Legislative Assembly of Manitoba DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS Second Session - Thirty-Fifth Legislature Table of Contents .................................................................. 1 List of Members ..................................................................... 11 Legislative Assembly ............................................................. 111 Introduction ............................................................................ IV Member/Subject Index ....... ...................... .......... .................... 1 Appendices Appendix A: Oral Questions ............................................. 213 Appendix B: Members of Executive Council .................... 247 Appendix C: Standing and Special Committees .............. 249 MANITOBA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Thirty-Fifth Legislature Members, Constituencies and Political Affiliation NAME CONSTITUENCY PARTY . ALCOCK, Reg Osborne liberal ASHTON, Steve Thompson NDP BARRE TI, Becky Wellington NDP CARR, James Crescentwood liberal CARSTAIRS, Sharon River Heights liberal CERILL J, Marianne Radisson NDP CHEEMA, Guizar The Maples liberal CHOMIAK, Dave Kildonan NDP CONNERY, Edward, Hon. Portage Ia Prairie PC CUMMINGS, Glen, Hon. Ste. Rose PC DAC OU AY, louise Seine River PC DERKACH, leonard, Hon. Roblin-Ru ssell PC DEWAR, Gregory Selkirk NDP DOER, Gary Concordia NDP DOWNEY, James, Hon. Arthur-Virden PC DRIEDGER, Albert, Hon. Steinbach PC DUCHARME, Gerry, Hon. Riel PC EDWARDS, Paul St. James liberal ENNS, Harry, Hon. lakeside PC ERNST, Jim, Hon. Charleswood PC EVANS, Clif Interlake NDP EVANS, leonard S. Brandon East NDP FILMON, Gary, Hon. Tuxedo PC FINDLAY, Glen, Hon. Springfield PC FRIESEN, Jean Wolseley NDP GAUDRY, Neil St. Boniface liberal GILLESHAMMER, Harold, Hon. Minnedosa PC HARPER, Elijah Rupertsland NDP HELWER, Edward R. Gimli PC HICKES, George Point Douglas NDP LAMOUREU X, Kevin Inkster liberal LATHLIN, Oscar The Pas NDP LAURENDEAU, Marcel St. Norbert PC MALOWAY, Jim Elmwood NDP MANNESS, Clayton, Hon. Morris PC MARTINDALE, Doug Burrows NDP McALPINE, Gerry Sturgeon Creek PC McCRAE, James, Hon. Brandon West PC MciNTOSH, linda Assinlboia PC MITCHELSON, Bonnie, Hon. River East PC NEUFELD, Harold, Hon. Rossmere PC ORCHARD, Donald, Hon. Pembina PC PENNER, Jack, Hon. Emerson PC PLOHMAN, John Dauphin NDP PRAZNIK, Darren, Hon. lac du Bonnet PC REID, Daryl Transcona NDP REIMER, Jack Niakwa PC RENDER, Shirley St. Vital PC ROCAN, Denis, Hon. Gladstone PC ROSE, Bob Turtle Mountain PC SANTOS, Conrad Broadway NDP STEFANSON, Eric Kirkfield Park PC STORIE, Jerry Flin Flon NDP SVEINSON, Ben La Verendrye PC VODREY, Rosemary Fort Garry PC WASYLYCIA-LEIS, Judy St. Johns NDP WOWCHUK, Rosann Swan River NDP II LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBL V Lieutenant-Governorof Manitoba ............................. Hon. Dr. GeorgeJohnson Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ....................... Hon. Denis C. Rocan, M.L.A. Deputy Speaker and Chairman Committee of the Whole ........................................... Mrs. Louise Dacquay, M.L.A. Deputy Chairman of Committee of the Whole ........................................... Mr. Marcel Laurendeau, M.L.A. Government House Leader ...................................... Hon. Clayton Manness, M.L.A. Opposition House Leader ......................................... Mr. Gary Doer, M.L.A. Second Opposition House Leader ........................... Mr. Reg Alcock, M.L.A. GovernmentWhip .................................................... Mr. Edward Helwer, M.L.A. Opposition Whip ...................... ................................. Mr. George Hickes, M.L.A. Second Opposition Whip .......................................... Mr. Kevin Lamoureux, M.L.A. Clerk of the Legislative Assembly ............................ Mr. W. H. Remnant Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly ................ Ms. Beverley Bosiak Clerk of Committees................................................. Ms. Patricia Chaychuk-Fitzpatrick Ms. Bonnie Greschuk Legislative Counsei ..................................................Shirley Strutt Sergeant-at-Arms ..................................................... Mr. Dennis Gray Chief of Hansard Services ........................................ Suzanne L. Dion Hansard Indexer ....................................................... Ms. Brenda L. Walker Ill INTRODUCTION The Hansard Index is designed to provide easy access to topics disc us sed in the Legislative Assembly. For this reason it corresponds strictly to the text of the Manitoba Hansard. FORMAT The Index is in two sections : (1) Subject Index, and (2) Appendices. Subject Index: Main entry in this section is a subject heading which may be subdi vid ed. Following the main entry are secondary headings, "s ee " and "see also " references, and a listing of individ uals who spoke on that subject. Appendices: Incl uded in this section is a complete listing of Oral Questions by department,Bills, Members of the Exec utive Co uncil, and Chairmen of Standing and Special Committees. FILING ARRANGEMENT The basic filing principle is alphabetical, letterby letter. The seq uence is as follows : a) numbers are fil ed atthe beginning ofthe alphabet, if they are the first character in the filing element; b) initials separated by punct uation, abbreviations, acronyms witho ut interior punct uation are filed at the beginning of their alphabetic gro up. SAMPLE ENTRY Amusements Amendment Act (Bill 2) Projectionist licensing Miron uk 128-9 Abbreviations 1 r .......................................First Reading 0/C ..............................Or der-in-Co uncil 2r .................. ..... ...........Second Reading P/0 ..................................Po int of Order 3r........... ................ ...........Th ird Reading RIR .......... ............... Read and Received Amdt ...................................Amendment RIA.......................... ......... .Ro yal Ass ent C/W...... ........ ....Committ ee of the Whole RIS.. ................................. .Report Stage (M) ............. ............................. .... Mo tion S.P .. ............................. Se ssional Paper T.P .... ....................................Tabled Paper IV Hansard Index 4-H Clubs ABI Biotechnology - Cont. Petition regarding funding (T.P. 95) Re search commitment Plohman 2362 Car stairs491 4; Stefan so n 4914 Programfunding ACCESS program Car stair s 1107, 3748-50; Findlay 1107, 2362-3, 2756, 3743-51 ; Plohman 2362, 3746-7, 3750-1 ; Continuation Wowchuk 2756, 3743-5 Derkach 20; Hicke s20 Funding notification 55-Plus Program Derkach 20; Hicke s20 Funding reduction s De indexing Derkach 3039; Hicke s 3039 Ducharme 654, 1931 , 261 9-26, 2790-1; Letterregard ing funding dated April 22, 1991 L. Evan s2264; Rlmon 580, 891 , 3840; (T.P. 117) Gaudry 580, 1466,2790; Hicke s3039 Gille sh ammer 851 -2, 1466, 2264 See also Private Members' Business - Educational Martindale 851 , 891 , 2619-22, 2790; programs Santo s654, 1930-1 , 3840 French language se rvice s ACRE Ducharme 2625; Gaudry 2625 Storage si te s Funding redirection Cumming s 1798, 4572; Edward s4572; Rlmon 892; Martindale 892 Wowchuk 1798 Manitoba Society of Senior s Fire s Recommendation s Cumming s4573; Edward s4573 Rlmon 580-1 ; Gaudry 580 Standard s Mini ster' s st atement s Cumming s4573; Edward s4572-3 L. Evan s2263-4; Gille shammer 2263-4 New s relea se regarding implementation AIDS dated May 23, 1986 (T.P. 86) Advi sorycomm ittee L. Evan s2263 Cheema 3788; Wa sylycia-Lei s 3788 Public con sultation s Ho spice care Filmon 891-2; Martindale891 Cheema 3779-80; Orchard 3779-80 Single su pplement Education program s, aboriginal Ducharme 528; Santo s528 Cheema 3780-1 ; Orchard 3780-1 Statu sreport Education program s, fu nding Alcock 5179-81 ; Gille shammer 5179-81 Cheema 3789-91 ; Wa sylycia-Lei s 3789-91 See a/so Petitions HIV se roprevalence (T.P. 83) Wa sylycia-Lei s2235 1991 Census Prevention program s See Ministeria l Statements Government initiative s Cheema 3777-9; Orchard 581-2, 2234-5, A. E. McKenzie Co. Ltd. 3777-9; Wa sylycia-Lei s581 -2, 2234-5 Auditor' s Report, 1990 (S.P. 90) STD sc reening Downey 3240 Orchard 2235-6; Wa sylycia-Lei s2235 Stati stics ABI Biotechnology Infection rate Excerpt from Toronto Star regarding Orchard 540, 581-2; Rh In stitute (T.P. 173) Wa sylycia-Lei s540, 581 Car stairs491 4 See also Non-Political Statements 1 Hansard Index ARDA agreement Aboriginalprograms - Cont. Replacement Reductions Downey 2571 ; Downey 2571 Ashton 470; Film on 470 Abltlbi·Prlce Aboriginal self-government Pine Falls plant closure Government commitment Stefanson 1254;Storie 1254 Carstairs 1510; Filmon 1510-1 Government position Aboriginal Centre Doer 1385; Filmon 1385 Funding Filmon 215; Downey 216; Hickes 21 5-6 Aboriginal women Funding - Federal Incarceration costs Downey 3356;Friesen 3355 Lathlin 1407; McCrae 1407-8 Government support Incarceration statistics Downey 3039; Hickes 3039 Lathlin 1407; McCrae 1407 Tri-level discussions Filmon 215; Hickes 215 Access Assistance program Aboriginal education Review Edwards 4197-8; McCrae 4198, 41 99 See Education, aboriginal Aboriginal health care Accreditation, professional and technical See Health care, aboriginal See Private Members' Business AboriginalIssues
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