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Fourth Session – Forty-First Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba DEBATES and PROCEEDINGS Official Report (Hansard) Published under the authority of The Honourable Myrna Driedger Speaker Vol. LXXII No. 10B - 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 4, 2018 ISSN 0542-5492 MANITOBA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Forty-First Legislature Member Constituency Political Affiliation ALLUM, James Fort Garry-Riverview NDP ALTEMEYER, Rob Wolseley NDP BINDLE, Kelly Thompson PC CLARKE, Eileen, Hon. Agassiz PC COX, Cathy, Hon. River East PC CULLEN, Cliff, Hon. Spruce Woods PC CURRY, Nic Kildonan PC DRIEDGER, Myrna, Hon. Charleswood PC EICHLER, Ralph, Hon. Lakeside PC EWASKO, Wayne Lac du Bonnet PC FIELDING, Scott, Hon. Kirkfield Park PC FLETCHER, Steven, Hon. Assiniboia Man. FONTAINE, Nahanni St. Johns NDP FRIESEN, Cameron, Hon. Morden-Winkler PC GERRARD, Jon, Hon. River Heights Lib. GOERTZEN, Kelvin, Hon. Steinbach PC GRAYDON, Clifford Emerson Ind. GUILLEMARD, Sarah Fort Richmond PC HELWER, Reg Brandon West PC ISLEIFSON, Len Brandon East PC JOHNSON, Derek Interlake PC JOHNSTON, Scott St. James PC KINEW, Wab Fort Rouge NDP KLASSEN, Judy Kewatinook Lib. LAGASSÉ, Bob Dawson Trail PC LAGIMODIERE, Alan Selkirk PC LAMONT, Dougald St. Boniface Lib. LAMOUREUX, Cindy Burrows Lib. LATHLIN, Amanda The Pas NDP LINDSEY, Tom Flin Flon NDP MALOWAY, Jim Elmwood NDP MARCELINO, Flor Logan NDP MARCELINO, Ted Tyndall Park NDP MARTIN, Shannon Morris PC MAYER, Colleen, Hon. St. Vital PC MICHALESKI, Brad Dauphin PC MICKLEFIELD, Andrew Rossmere PC MORLEY-LECOMTE, Janice Seine River PC NESBITT, Greg Riding Mountain PC PALLISTER, Brian, Hon. Fort Whyte PC PEDERSEN, Blaine, Hon. Midland PC PIWNIUK, Doyle Arthur-Virden PC REYES, Jon St. Norbert PC SARAN, Mohinder The Maples Ind. SCHULER, Ron, Hon. St. Paul PC SMITH, Andrew Southdale PC SMITH, Bernadette Point Douglas NDP SMOOK, Dennis La Verendrye PC SQUIRES, Rochelle, Hon. Riel PC STEFANSON, Heather, Hon. Tuxedo PC SWAN, Andrew Minto NDP TEITSMA, James Radisson PC WHARTON, Jeff, Hon. Gimli PC WIEBE, Matt Concordia NDP WISHART, Ian Portage la Prairie PC WOWCHUK, Rick Swan River PC YAKIMOSKI, Blair Transcona PC 353 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Tuesday, December 4, 2018 The House met at 1:30 p.m. necessary to prevent or lessen a serious risk of harm to the mental or physical health of the patient or another Madam Speaker: Good afternoon everybody. Please person, and it will also amend The Personal Health be seated. Information Act to enable disclosure of personal health ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS information by a trustee, as defined under the act, if the trustee reasonably believes the disclosure to be INTRODUCTION OF BILLS necessary to prevent or lessen a risk of serious harm to Bill 6–The Statutes Correction and Minor the health or safety of the individual or to the public or Amendments Act, 2018 to public safety. Hon. Cliff Cullen (Minister of Justice and Attorney The amendments are to address concerns that the General): I move, seconded by the Minister of legislation has prevented health-care providers from Health, that Bill 6, The Statutes Correction and Minor notifying an individual's family members or support Amendments Act, 2018, be now read a first time. network of information that could have prevented Motion presented. tragedies, such as a person taking their own life after being discharged from a health-care facility, while still Mr. Cullen: I am happy to rise today in the House to respecting the autonomy and privacy rights of the introduce Bill 6, the statutes correction and minor individual to the fullest extent possible. amendments act. This bill is a long-standing tradition in the Madam Speaker: Is it the pleasure of the House to Manitoba Legislative Assembly. Each year, SCAMAA adopt the motion? [Agreed] shows our respect for the rule of law by correcting Bill 210–The Insurance Amendment Act various typographical, numbering and minor drafting and translation errors identified by the hard-working Hon. Steven Fletcher (Assiniboia): I move, seconded legislative drafters in the Legislative Counsel division. by the member from River Heights, that Bill 210, The This bill also contains minor amendments to a variety Insurance Amendment Act, be now read a first time. of acts. Motion presented. Madam Speaker, I look forward to quick passage of this legislation by members of the House. Mr. Fletcher: This bill is designed to plug a potential Madam Speaker: Is it the pleasure of the House to loophole in the insurance law. There's been a adopt the motion? [Agreed] significant change from a–from–in the Criminal Code regarding medical assistance in dying, and this bill is Bill 5–The Mental Health Amendment and designed to ensure that anyone who uses medical Personal Health Information Amendment Act assistance in dying is not in any way denied any Hon. Cameron Friesen (Minister of Health, Seniors benefits or their estates denied compensation, such as and Active Living): I move, seconded by the life insurance. Minister of Justice, that Bill 5, The Mental Health Amendment and Personal Health Information If they were to use MAID right now, it could be Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur la santé plausible that it could be considered as suicide, for mentale et la Loi sur les renseignements médicaux example, and that is not the intent of the federal personnels, be now read a first time. legislation, and I'm sure it's not the intent of the provincial legislation, but who knows what the intent Motion presented. of an insurance company is. So this just clears it up. Mr. Friesen: This bill will amend The Mental Health Act to enable the disclosure by the medical director of Thank you. a psychiatric facility of information from a patient's clinical record maintained in the psychiatric facility if Madam Speaker: Is it the pleasure of the House to the medical director reasonably believes this will be adopt the motion? Agreed? [Agreed] 354 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA December 4, 2018 Bill 211–The Brookside Cemetery Madam Speaker: Is it the pleasure of the House to Recognition Act adopt the motion? Agreed? [Agreed] Hon. Steven Fletcher (Assiniboia): I move, seconded Committee reports? Tabling of reports? Ministerial by the member from Burrows–I–pardon–seconded by statements? the member from River Heights, that Bill 211, The MEMBERS' STATEMENTS Brookside Cemetery Recognition Act, be now read a first time. Winnipeg Lost Dog Alert Motion presented. Hon. Heather Stefanson (Minister of Families): Last month, after having found a lost dog on my way home Mr. Fletcher: This is a bill, in part, in reaction to a from the Legislature, I was introduced to an amazing piece of legislation that was passed by the federal organization whose mission it is to assist in reuniting government that I was a part of and the Premier lost dogs with their owners. (Mr. Pallister) was a part of that recognized a national cemetery in Ottawa, which is very–it's well enough, The Winnipeg Lost Dog Alert, the WLDA, was but there are other very significant cemeteries across founded in 2011 by a man who was searching for a lost Canada perhaps of even greater historic importance. dog and thought there had to be a better way to communicate and to organize the search for lost dogs, This bill, which is now being introduced a third thus the creation of the WLDA Facebook page. time, is to recognize, from a Manitoba perspective, that The Facebook page serves as a central place to there are great Canadians buried all across the country post information on lost dogs in Winnipeg and just not in Ottawa. And I think this would also bring surrounding areas, to co-ordinate the search for lost attention to the unbelievable life histories of the people dogs, to provide updates on the status thereof and to buried in Brookside Cemetery, which is one of the connect owners with the person who finds their pet. oldest cemeteries in Canada, predates the city of Winnipeg and has many heroes who we know and who * (13:40) we don't know. The WLDA site has a dedicated team of followers Madam Speaker: Is it the pleasure of the House to who volunteer time and resources to give needed adopt the motion? Agreed? [Agreed] support to people who have lost their dog as well as to provide tips and ideas of what to do if they have lost Bill 216–The Conflict of Interest Act or found a dog. These volunteers not only provide Hon. Steven Fletcher (Assiniboia): I move, seconded information but also provide boots-on-the-ground by the member from River Heights, that Bill 216, The support in searches. Conflict of Interest Act, be now read a first time. In my situation, it was an incredibly short time Motion presented. that the dog, Coco, I had found was reunited with his owner after posting information on the Facebook Mr. Fletcher: This is the third time I have page. To see how the system works, please visit introduced this bill. When I introduced it the first time, www.winnipeglostdogalert.com. I described the conflict of interest legislation in Manitoba as woefully inadequate, and since then, the Today, I'm honoured to have as my guests in the Conflict of Interest Commissioner has brought forward gallery WLDA founder Greg Mitchell; events director 83 recommendations to improve our legislation. William Trefry; administrators Janet Jones and Cheryl Coleman; as well as my brother-in-law Gord Gage, The government did promise, after a resolution, to who assisted me that night by introducing me to the do something about conflict of interest this fall. They WLDA page. haven't. I introduced this bill to help create a framework to deal with conflicts of interest in And I’d also recognize–I'd like to recognize one Manitoba when it comes to government MLAs.