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Fourth Session - Thirty-Seventh Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba DEBATES and PROCEEDINGS Official Report (Hansard) Published under the authority of The Honourable George Hickes Speaker Vol. LII No. 18 – 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, 2003 MANITOBA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY First Session–Thirty-Eighth Legislature Member Constituency Political Affiliation AGLUGUB, Cris The Maples N.D.P. ALLAN, Nancy St. Vital N.D.P. ASHTON, Steve, Hon. Thompson N.D.P. VACANT Riel N.D.P. BARRETT, Becky, Hon. Inkster N.D.P. CALDWELL, Drew, Hon. Brandon East N.D.P. CERILLI, Marianne Radisson N.D.P. CHOMIAK, Dave, Hon. Kildonan N.D.P. CUMMINGS, Glen Ste. Rose P.C. DACQUAY, Louise Seine River P.C. DERKACH, Leonard Russell P.C. DEWAR, Gregory Selkirk N.D.P. DOER, Gary, Hon. Concordia N.D.P. DRIEDGER, Myrna Charleswood P.C. DYCK, Peter Pembina P.C. ENNS, Harry Lakeside P.C. FAURSCHOU, David Portage la Prairie P.C. FRIESEN, Jean, Hon. Wolseley N.D.P. GERRARD, Jon, Hon. River Heights Lib. GILLESHAMMER, Harold Minnedosa P.C. HAWRANIK, Gerald Lac du Bonnet P.C. HELWER, Edward Gimli P.C. HICKES, George, Hon. Point Douglas N.D.P. JENNISSEN, Gerard Flin Flon N.D.P. KORZENIOWSKI, Bonnie St. James N.D.P. LATHLIN, Oscar, Hon. The Pas N.D.P. LAURENDEAU, Marcel St. Norbert P.C. LEMIEUX, Ron, Hon. La Verendrye N.D.P. LOEWEN, John Fort Whyte P.C. MACKINTOSH, Gord, Hon. St. Johns N.D.P. MAGUIRE, Larry Arthur-Virden P.C. MALOWAY, Jim Elmwood N.D.P. MARTINDALE, Doug Burrows N.D.P. McGIFFORD, Diane, Hon. Lord Roberts N.D.P. MIHYCHUK, MaryAnn, Hon. Minto N.D.P. MITCHELSON, Bonnie River East P.C. MURRAY, Stuart Kirkfield Park P.C. NEVAKSHONOFF, Tom Interlake N.D.P. PENNER, Jack Emerson P.C. PENNER, Jim Steinbach P.C. PITURA, Frank Morris P.C. REID, Daryl Transcona N.D.P. REIMER, Jack Southdale P.C. ROBINSON, Eric, Hon. Rupertsland N.D.P. ROCAN, Denis Carman P.C. RONDEAU, Jim Assiniboia N.D.P. SALE, Tim, Hon. Fort Rouge N.D.P. SANTOS, Conrad Wellington N.D.P. SCHELLENBERG, Harry Rossmere N.D.P. SCHULER, Ron Springfield P.C. SELINGER, Greg, Hon. St. Boniface N.D.P. SMITH, Joy Fort Garry P.C. SMITH, Scott, Hon. Brandon West N.D.P. STEFANSON, Heather Tuxedo P.C. STRUTHERS, Stan Dauphin-Roblin N.D.P. TWEED, Mervin Turtle Mountain P.C. WOWCHUK, Rosann, Hon. Swan River N.D.P. 685 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Tuesday, April 29, 2003 The House met at 1:30 p.m. needs dependants at home versus the amount paid to a non-parental care provider outside the PRAYERS family home. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS To request that the Minister of Family Services and Housing consider examining on a PETITIONS case-by-case basis the merits of paying family members to care for special-needs dependants at Supported Living Program home versus paying to institutionalize them. Mr. Peter Dyck (Pembina): I wish to present This is presented on behalf of Ernie Penner, the following petition and these are the reasons Gail Loewen, Abe Loewen, Val Harder and for this petition: others. The provincial government's Supported Mr. Speaker: In accordance with our Rule Living Program provides a range of supports to 132(6), when a petition is read it is deemed to be assist adults with a mental disability to live in received by the House. the community in their residential option of choice, including a family home. Provincial Road 304 The provincial government's Community Living Division helps support adults living with Mr. Gerald Hawranik (Lac du Bonnet): I a mental disability to live safely in the com- wish to present the following petition. The back- munity in the residential setting of their choice. ground of this petition is as follows: Families with special-needs dependants Provincial Road 304 is the main connector make lifelong commitments to their care and road between Provincial Trunk Highway No. 11 well-being and many families choose to care for and Provincial Trunk Highway No. 59 for res- these individuals in their homes as long as idents in Pine Falls, Powerview, St. George, circumstances allow. Great Falls, Manigotagan and Bissett who wish to travel in a southwesterly direction to Selkirk The cost to support families who care for and to Winnipeg. their special-needs dependants at home is far less than the cost of alternate care arrangements such Provincial Road 304 from Provincial Trunk as institutions or group and foster home situa- Highway No. 11 is in a southwesterly direction, tions. is travelled by approximately 1000 vehicles daily and shortens the travel time to Winnipeg The value of the quality of life experienced by at least 30 minutes. by special-needs dependants raised at home in a loving family environment is immeasurable. The 14 kilometres of Provincial Road 304 to the south of Provincial Trunk Highway No. 11 is We petition the Legislative Assembly of Mani- in very poor condition, has no shoulders and toba as follows: winds among granite outcroppings and through swamps, creating very dangerous and very To request that the Minister of Family treacherous conditions for the travelling public. Services and Housing (Mr. Caldwell) consider changes to the departmental policy that pays At least six people have died needlessly in family members a reduced amount of money for the last eight years on the 14 kilometre stretch of room and board when they care for their special- Provincial Road 304 south of Powerview. 686 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA April 29, 2003 We petition the Legislative Assembly of Mani- WHEREAS the terrible destruction and pain toba as follows: of the Holocaust must never be forgotten; and To request that the Minister of Transpor- WHEREAS the systemic violence, geno- tation and Government Services (Mr. Smith) cide, persecution, racism and hatred continue to consider rebuilding and reconstructing the 14 occur throughout the world; and kilometres of Provincial Road 304 to the south of Provincial Trunk Highway No. 11 at the WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly is earliest opportunity. I request this on behalf of committed to using legislation, education and Wendy Lavallee, Gary Schewe and Cynthia example to protect Manitobans from violence, Zimmerman. racism, hatred and to stopping those who foster or commit crimes of violence, racism and hatred; * (13:35) and Mr. Speaker: In accordance with our Rule WHEREAS Yom Hashoah or the day of 132(6), when a petition is read it is deemed to be Holocaust as determined in each year of the received by the House. Jewish lunar calendar is an opportune day to reflect on and educate about the enduring lessons MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS of the Holocaust and to reaffirm a commitment to uphold human rights and the value of the Holocaust Memorial Day diversity and multiculturalism of Manitoba society. Hon. Gary Doer (Premier): I have a statement for the House, Mr. Speaker. THEREFORE Her Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly On May 1, 2000, members of the Legis- of Manitoba enacts as follows: Holocaust lature voted unanimously to pass Bill 19, An Act Memorial Day Yom Hashoah. to Proclaim Holocaust Memorial Day. This year Yom Hashoah, which is the Hebrew name for Mr. Speaker, again I would ask after the the day, falls on April 29, or as it is known from other leaders speak that we would ask all mem- the Hebrew calendar, 27 Nisan. bers to join me in a moment of silence. Mr. Speaker, I would like to read today from Mr. Stuart Murray (Leader of the Official the preamble to the bill passed in this Chamber Opposition): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join and then ask for a moment of silence after the the First Minister and speak on behalf of our other leaders have spoken to commemorate the caucus in putting a few words on the record victims of the Holocaust. about Holocaust Awareness Week and the Holocaust Memorial Day Yom Hashoah. WHEREAS the Holocaust refers to a specific event in history, namely the deliberate This Legislature unanimously passed legis- and planned state-sponsored persecution and lation that officially designated Holocaust annihilation of European Jewry by the Nazis and Memorial Day. The fact that more than six their collaborators between 1933 and '45; and million Jewish men, women and children were persecuted for their religious and racial origins is WHEREAS six million Jewish men, women unthinkable. Yet, it nevertheless is a fact of our and children perished under this policy of hatred collective history. and genocide, one million of which were children; and The atrocities of World War II, and indeed all wars, must never be forgotten. It is painful to WHEREAS millions of others were victims address these issues, but it must be done. It is the of that policy because of their mental or physical only way to work towards ending hate, dis- disabilities, their race, religion or sexual ori- crimination and racism. The sad fact of the entation; and matter is that systematic genocide, violence, April 29, 2003 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA 687 racism, hatred and persecution continue to occur future. I think all of us can look forward to the around the world in spite of our collective efforts day when perhaps not so far in the future, we to eradicate these horrible incidents. may even have a human rights museum at The Forks to remember and to help us move forward We wholeheartedly support Holocaust in ensuring tolerance and ensuring that we have Awareness Week and Holocaust Memorial Day. a society that is prepared to speak up continually These events encourage not only remembrance for human rights.