LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of MANITOBA Presenting Petitions
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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Wednesday, 3 March, 1982 Time - 2:00 p.m. PRIVATE BILLS: (11) Hon. Messrs. Adam, Desjardins, Hon. Mrs. Hem OPENING PRAYER by Mr. Speaker. phill, Hon. Mr. Schroeder, Mr. Ashton, Mrs. Ham mond, Messrs, Harper, Hyde, Malinowski, Sherman, MR. SPEAKER, Hon. D. James Walding (St. Vital): Steen. Presenting Petitions ... Reading and Receiving Petitions ... INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: (11) Hon. Messrs. Cowan, Kostyra, Schroeder, Hon. PRESENTING REPORTS BY STANDING Mrs. Smith, Messrs. Blake, Enns, Mercier, Nordman, AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES Ms. Phillips, Messrs, Scott, Storie. MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Attorney-General. STATUTORY REGULATIONS AND ORDERS: (11) Hon. Mr. Penner, Messrs. Bucklaschuk, Carroll, Ms. HON. ROLAND PENNER (Fort Rouge): Mr. Speaker, Dolin, Messrs. Fox, Graham, Harper, Kovnats, I beg to present the First Report of the Special Com McKenzie, Mrs. Oleson, Ms. Phillips. mittee of Seven Persons appointed to prepare a list of members of the Standing Committees ordered by the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: (11) House. Hon. Mr. Cowan, Hon. Mrs. Smith, Hon. Mr. Uskiw, Messrs. Ashton, Brown, Ms. Dolin, Messrs. Filmon, MR CLERK, Jack Reeves: Your Special Committee of Johnston, Lecuyer, McKenzie, Scott. Seven Persons, appointed to prepare a list of members of the Standing Committees ordered by the House RULES OF THE HOUSE: (8) beg leave to present the following as their First Hon. Mr. Penner, Messrs. Anstett, Corrin, Fox, Gra Report: ham, Kovnats, Ransom, Santos. Your Committee prepared the following list of All of which is respectfully submitted. members to compose the Standing Committees ordered by the House: MR. PENNER: I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Turtle Mountain that the Report of the PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS: (11) Comm ittee be received. Hon. Messrs. Pawley, Penner, Messrs. Anstett, Banman, Brown, Corrin, Fox, Harper, Mercier, San MOTION presented and carried. tos, Sherman. MR. SPEAKER: Notices of Motion ... Introduction PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: (11) of Bills ...Oral Questions. Hon. Mrs. Hemphill, Hon. Mr. Schroeder, Hon. Mrs. Smith, Messrs. Anstett, Blake, Eyler, Lyon, Malinowski, BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Manness, Ransom, Scott. MR. SPEAKER: Honourable Attorney-General. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES: (11) MR. PENNER: Before Oral Questions, may I make an Hon. Messrs. Evans, Mackling, Parasiuk, Mrs. announcement. Mr. Speaker, with your permission, Dodick, Messrs. Doern, Enns, Eyler, Harapiak, Lyon, and that is the Special Committee on Elections and Orchard, Ransom. Privileges will be meeting at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning in Room 254. AGRICULTURE: (11) POINT OF ORDER Hon. Messrs. Adam, Uruski, Uskiw, Messrs. Buck laschuk, Carroll, Downey, Gourlay, Harapiak, Man MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Member for Ellice ness, Orchard, Plohman. on a point of order. MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS: (11) MR. BRIAN CORRIN (Ellice): Yes, Mr. Speaker. I Hon. Messrs. Adam, Desjardins, Kostyra, Uruski, didn't hear you and it may be my hearing, I didn't have Messrs. Banman, Bucklaschuk, Carroll, Driedger, my hearing aid on when you were calling out, but I Gourlay, Mercier, Plohman. didn't hear the calling of Ministerial Statements. I was wondering whether you om itted to do that. I believe LAW AMENDMENTS: (30) there is a statement to be made and I didn't hear the Hon. Mr. Evans, Hon. Mrs. Hemphill, Hon. Messrs. calling. Kostyra, Mackling, Parasiuk, Pawley, Penner, Hon. Mrs. Smith, Messrs. Corrin, Doern, Mrs. Dodick, Ms. MR. SPEAKER: There was a report given at the time Dolin, Messrs. Downey, Driedger, Enns, Eyler, Fil of the calling of that. If it's the wish of the members to mon, Graham, Mrs. Hammond, Messrs. Johnston, resort back to Ministerial Statements. If it's agreed. Lecuyer, Lyon, Manness, Nordman, Mrs. Oleson, Ms. (Agreed) Phillips, Messrs. Plohman, Santos, Steen, Storie. The Honourable Minister of Education. 81 Wednesday, 3 March, 1982 HON. MAUREEN L.HEMPHILL (Logan): Mr. Speaker, government reported through either the Department I'm delighted to be standing before this House to of Government Services or one of the forebearers of make my first statement. that department, could the First Minister explain why there was a change made in the reporting of the MR. SPEAKER: Does the Honourable Opposition Information Services Branch, the Information Servi House Leader have a point of order? ces Branch being the branch that is responsible for all publications, for all news reports that go out under the MR. A. BRIAN RANSOM (Turtle Mountain): I just name of the Government? wonder if there are copies of the statement, Mr. Speaker. MR.PAWLEY: Mr. Speaker, from time to time there is a change in respect to different responsibilities insofar MR.SPEAKER: Would the Honourable Minister make as government is concerned. Insofar as information copies available to the Chair and to the Opposition. services are concerned there has been a transfer of responsibility to myself, indeed, there has been no MRS. HEMPHILL: We will make copies available. change in respect to policy pertaining to the Informa tion Service branch. MR. SPEAKER: Order please. It is our practice that when a Ministerial Statement is given that there are MR.LYON: Mr. Speaker, could the First Minister then copies provided at the time for the Opposition. If the tell the House the person on the Executive Council Minister does not have them would she be willing to staff to whom Information Services is now reporting. make her statement tomorrow? MR. PAWLEY: Mr. Speaker, I would thank the Leader MRS. HEMPHILL: I ask leave of the House to make of the Opposition for his questions but we could most the statement and distribute the statements after. I fruitfully discuss the reasons for the transfer of res have an urgent time problem related to getting infor ponsibility during the time of my Estimates. mation out to school divisions. MR.LYON: Mr. Speaker, I again repeat the question, MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Opposition House could the First Minister not advise the House the name Leader. of the member of his staff to whom Information Ser vices is now reporting? MR. RANSOM: Mr. Speaker, we would be quite pre pared to revert back to Ministerial Statements at the MR.PAWLEY: Mr. Speaker, again, all matters pertain end of the Question period if the Minister could have ing to the department that I am responsible for, includ her statements available by then. ing Information Services, can be best dealt with dur ing the normal process of such discussion as to detail. MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Minister. MR. LYON: Mr. Speaker, I wonder if I might perhaps MRS. HEMPHILL: We are in the process of having then refresh the Honourable First Minister's memory copies delivered to the House immediately. They will by asking, if I may, I' ll go right through his staff, is the probably be here while I'm making my statement. Information Services Branch now reporting to Mr. Michael Deeter, the Clerk of the Council? Mr. Speaker, MR.SPEAKER: It would be satisfactory to the House is the Information Services Branch now reporting to to report back to Ministerial Statements at the end of Mr. William Regehr, the Principal Secretary of the question period if that is convenient to members. Per First Minister? haps we can proceed then to Oral Questions. MR. PAWLEY: Mr. Speaker, I would ask you whether ORAL QUESTIONS or not, indeed, there is not a rule against repetitious questions. I do not intend to be repetitious, Mr. MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Leader of the Speaker, by responding, as I have responded before Opposition. this is a matter that can be more appropriately dealt with under Estimates. MR.STERLING LYON (Charleswood): Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Honourable First Minister. MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. I believe that all Could the First Minister advise the House, Mr. Speaker, members are aware that any Minister may choose or to whom the Information Services Branch of govern choose not to answer any question. I was not aware ment is now reporting? that the questions had been repetitive. The Honourable Leader of the Opposition. MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable First Minister. MR.LYON: Yes, Mr. Speaker, then I will ask a differ HON. HOWARD R. PAWLEY (Selkirk): Mr. Speaker, ent question. Is the Information Services Branch of the Information Service Branch reports to my office - Government now reporting to Mr. Dan O'Connor, the Executive Council. Communications and Co-ordination Secretary of the Premier, who was described in a recent article as MR. LYON: Mr. Speaker, in view of the fact that up being the best political strategist that the Premier has until November 30, 1981, and for many many years on his staff, is that who Information Services is report preceding that, the Information Services Branch of ing to now? 82 Wednesday, 3 March, 1982 MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Leader of the good office are doing to help that group of working Opposition. Manitobans in their current financial distress? MR. LYON: Well. Mr. Speaker, having had that marve MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable First Minister. lous display of open government. on behalf of the First Minister refusing to answer a question with respect to MR. PAWLEY: Mr. Speaker, it's unfortunate but the the propaganda machine that he has established in Member for Pembina doesn't appear to be conscious government after only three months in office. Perhaps of the fact that he is asking a question that would be we can get on to the regular business of the House and better posed in the Federal House of Commons. ask the First Minster to tell the House what other propaganda changes he and his colleagues have MR. ORCHARD: Mr. Speaker, I believe that anytime a made in the three months they have been in office; group of working Manitobans are being beset upon by how many other new PR people have they brought on the Winnipeg Taxation Office, that is a matter of inter staff to propagate their rather funny ideology am ong est for the government of the Province of Manitoba.