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First 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. LXIX No. 50 - 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 26, 2016 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 CHIEF, Kevin Point Douglas NDP 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 PC 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 PC 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 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 St. Vital PC MICHALESKI, Brad Dauphin PC MICKLEFIELD, Andrew, Hon. 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 NDP SCHULER, Ron, Hon. St. Paul PC SELINGER, Greg St. Boniface NDP SMITH, Andrew Southdale PC 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 Gimli PC WIEBE, Matt Concordia NDP WISHART, Ian, Hon. Portage la Prairie PC WOWCHUK, Rick Swan River PC YAKIMOSKI, Blair Transcona PC 2395 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Wednesday, October 26, 2016 The House met at 1:30 p.m. Mr. Wiebe: Madam Speaker, universal public health care is the cornerstone of our province, and this Madam Speaker: O Eternal and Almighty God, government should do everything possible to protect from Whom all power and wisdom come, we are that. This ban–will ban unfair health-care premiums assembled here before Thee to frame such laws as that charge Manitobans for their care and keep may tend to the welfare and prosperity of our low-income families from accessing the services that province. Grant, O merciful God, we pray Thee, that they need. we may desire only that which is in accordance with Thy will, that we may seek it with wisdom and know We know that other provinces like Ontario and it with certainty and accomplish it perfectly for the BC charge families hundreds of dollars a year, but glory and honour of Thy name and for the welfare of that's not the Manitoba way. all our people. Amen. We urge the government to pass this bill and Please be seated. commit that health care in Manitoba stays public, affordable and universal for all. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS Madam Speaker: Is it the pleasure of the House to INTRODUCTION OF BILLS adopt the motion? [Agreed] Bill 213–The Civil Service Amendment Act COMMITTEE REPORTS (Employment Preference for Reservists with Active Service) Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs Mr. Nic Curry (Kildonan): It is an honour and a Third Report privilege to stand here today. Mrs. Sarah Guillemard (Chairperson): Madam I move, seconded by the member for St. Norbert Speaker, I wish to present the Third Report of the (Mr. Reyes), that Bill 213, The Civil Service Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs. Amendment Act (Employment Preference for Clerk (Ms. Patricia Chaychuk): Your Standing Reservists with Active Service), be now read for a Committee on Legislative Affairs presents the first time. following– Motion presented. Some Honourable Members: Dispense. Mr. Curry: To put a few brief words on the record, Madam Speaker: Dispense? Dispense. in our society it is important that we recognize that preference can be afforded to many people and Your Standing Committee on LEGISLATIVE that veterans in our society can also be reservists. AFFAIRS presents the following as its Third Report. Unfortunately, as a reservist, I've learned that Meetings sometimes this cannot be done, and I'm very happy to bring many of my stories to the Chamber and Your Committee met on October 25, 2016 at bring this to a second reading. 6:00 p.m. in Room 255 of the Legislative Building. Madam Speaker: Is it the pleasure of the House to Matters under Consideration adopt the motion? [Agreed] • Bill (No. 8) – The Protecting Children Bill 212–The Health Services Insurance (Information Sharing) Act/Loi sur la protection Amendment Act des enfants (communication de renseignements) Mr. Matt Wiebe (Concordia): I move, seconded by Committee Membership the member for Minto (Mr. Swan), that Bill 212, The • Health Services Insurance Amendment Act, be now Mr. ALTEMEYER read for a first time. • Hon. Mr. FIELDING • Ms. FONTAINE Motion presented. • Hon. Mr. GERRARD 2396 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA October 26, 2016 • Mrs. GUILLEMARD (Chairperson) be received. • Mr. JOHNSON Motion agreed to. • Mr. LAGASSÉ • Mr. LAGIMODIERE Madam Speaker: Tabling of Reports? Ministerial • Mr. MICHALESKI Statements? • Mr. SWAN MEMBERS' STATEMENTS • Mr. WOWCHUK Margy Nelson Your Committee elected Mr. JOHNSON as the Vice-Chairperson Hon. Rochelle Squires (Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage): Madam Speaker, I rise today to Public Presentations recognize and honour a remarkable woman who lives in my constituency of Riel. Margy Nelson is an Your Committee heard the following two entrepreneur, a dedicated educator who spent many presentations on Bill (No. 8) – The Protecting Children (Information Sharing) Act/Loi sur la years teaching our young people and the co-founder of a business that has changed innumerable lives in protection des enfants (communication de renseignements): the province of Manitoba. Sheldon Kennedy, The Sheldon Kennedy Child In 1989, Margy and her husband welcomed twin Advocacy Centre boys into the world, and one of those boys, their beloved Bryce, was born with cerebral palsy. Now Wayne McNeil, The Respect Group anyone who knows Margy knows she's a force to Bills Considered and Reported reckon with, and she began a lengthy journey in fighting for the absolute best possible treatment for • Bill (No. 8) – The Protecting Children Bryce. This meant travelling to Ontario and incurring (Information Sharing) Act/Loi sur la protection thousands of dollars out of her own pocket to des enfants (communication de renseignements) access a treatment known as Conductive Education Your Committee agreed to report this Bill with the rehabilitation. This therapy helped her son regain following amendments. some physical mobility, increase his confidence and provide him with more independence than he ever THAT Clause 4 of the Bill be amended by adding the would have had without it. following after clause (b): Upon returning to Manitoba, Margy was driven (b.1) includes relevant information about the by a renewed purpose. She approached two other strengths of the child and his or her parents or mothers, Dianne Ferguson and Marie Berger, and guardians where available; together they founded the Movement Centre of THAT Clause 4 of the Bill be amended by Manitoba. renumbering it as Clause 4(1) and adding the following as Clause 4(2): Since opening their doors in 1997, the Movement Centre, which is located in the riding of Duty to ensure accuracy of information the honourable member for River East (Mrs. Cox), 4(2) The service provider or trustee must take has provided life-changing rehabilitation to hundreds reasonable steps to ensure that the information is of Manitobans each and every year. Children and accurate and not misleading. adults living with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, THAT Clause 7 of the Bill be amended by adding the brain injury, Parkinson's disease and stroke are following after clause (b): helped immensely through the Movement Centre. (b.1) respecting funding agreements between the Furthermore, Margy and her team have delivered government or a government agency and service this remarkable service without any government providers, including terms and conditions about the funding. disclosure of information that must be included. Madam Speaker, I am so proud to call Margy Mrs. Guillemard: Madam Speaker, I move, Nelson and her family my constituents and my seconded by the honourable member for Interlake friends. I ask all members of the Manitoba (Mr. Johnson), that the report of the committee Legislative Assembly to help me congratulate her for October 26, 2016 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA 2397 being a remarkable Manitoban and for providing this St. Vital Mustangs Football homecoming event, service to those who need it most. which was also their 65th anniversary, at Maple Grove Park. This community event sparked much Operation Ezra excitement in the Seine River constituency as many Mr. Wab Kinew (Fort Rouge): Madam Speaker, of the players reside in the riding. Fortunately, we for decades Manitobans have generously welcomed had excellent fall weather, and a good time was had hundreds of people fleeing war, famine, persecution by all in attendance. and violence in their home countries. Among these Manitobans are the members of Operation Ezra, a To provide the House with a little context, the project that began in 2015. In Hebrew, Ezra means St. Vital Mustangs Football is a non-profit organi- help, a message these members have truly taken to zation that was first established by brothers Art heart. and Wally McOuat in 1948. For over 65 years, this institution has been committed to bringing the Operation Ezra is a multifaith partnership benefits of football to young athletes from ages between members of the Jewish and Yazidi seven to 22.