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. 39 - 1:30 p.m., Monday, April 15, 2019 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 1233 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Monday, April 15, 2019 The House met at 1:30 p.m. Madam Speaker, I also have the highly skilled Madam Speaker: O Eternal and Almighty God, Fort Richmond Collegiate girls soccer team joining from Whom all power and wisdom come, we are us in the gallery today. This FRC team won the assembled here before Thee to frame such laws as high-school city championship on March the 1st. may tend to the welfare and prosperity of our province. Grant, O merciful God, we pray Thee, that They are also a newly formed team who had to we may desire only that which is in accordance with learn how to trust each other on the field in order Thy will, that we may seek it with wisdom and know 'achee' their win. Thank you to their coach Cass it with certainty and accomplish it perfectly for the Bruce and teacher supervisor Carolyn Kornelsen for glory and honour of Thy name and for the welfare of your leadership and patience. all our people. Amen. To the Valour FC players, I want to thank you Please be seated. for joining a team that I know will provide many exciting moments for the fans. But more importantly, ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS you will be role models for the next generation of Madam Speaker: Introduction of bills? Committee players and citizens in our great province. reports? Tabling of reports? Ministerial statements? Madam Speaker, I ask all my colleagues in the MEMBERS' STATEMENTS Chamber to join me in celebrating the inaugural season of the Valour FC team. Valour FC Soccer Team Thank you. Mrs. Sarah Guillemard (Fort Richmond): Madam Speaker, a little-known fact about the origins of Madam Speaker: The honourable member for Fort Canadian soccer is that Manitoba hosted the very Richmond? first meeting of the Canadian Soccer Association in Mrs. Guillemard: Madam Speaker, I ask leave to 1912. One might argue that the birth of Canadian add the names of all of my guests in the gallery into soccer happened right here in our keystone province, Hansard. as it was Manitoban teams that won the first two national championships in 1913 and 1914. Madam Speaker: Is there leave to include all of those names of the guests in Hansard? [Agreed] I am thrilled to help celebrate the return of professional soccer to our province by welcoming Fort Richmond Collegiate girls soccer team: the Valour FC soccer team to our gallery today. Elaria Basily, Fay Bruce, Sabrina Concepcion, There are many founding members, including Ailen Costamagna-Soto, Isabella Cotroneo, Annlise myself, who are looking forward to the inaugural Guillemard, Jessica Hall, Hanna Hashi, Carolyn first home match on May the 4th of this year. The Kornelsen, Jon Manness, Howard Monson, Ishika game will be played at the Investors Group Field, in Patel, Misbah Rashid, Madison Rosnes, Claire Stein, the heart of the Fort Richmond riding. Edita Vucicevic, Jessica Waytiuk, Aniqa Zaki, Najla Zec. Madam Speaker, president and CEO Wade Miller, Coach Rob Gale and his team of assistant Valour FC: Martin Arguiñarena, Tyler Attardo, coaches will have their work cut out for them as they Louis Béland-Goyette, Dylan Carreiro, Tyson assemble a talented group of players who will make Farago, Calum Ferguson, Nicolás Galvis, Raphaël Winnipeg and Manitoba very proud. Garcia, Josip Golubar, Diego Gutierrez, Stephen Hoyle, Mathias Janssens, Glenn Muenkat, Jordan From my years coaching a much younger Murrell, Ali Musse, Raphael Ohin, Federico Peña, team, I know that the hours and effort put into Michael Petrasso, Dylan Sacramento, Skylar identifying skills, planning effective drills, enhancing Thomas, players; Wade Miller, president and CEO; growth, all while managing different personalities Rob Gale, head coach and general manager; on the field, is quite a challenge. Challenges usually Damian Rocke, assistant coach and assistant lead to success, with the right motivation. general manager; Patrick Di Stefani, goalkeeper 1234 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA April 15, 2019 coach; Michelle Lissel, manager of public relations; In honour of the Lethbridge player who signed Tony Mazza, equipment manager; Derek McLennan, up to become an organ donor mere months before his physiotherapist; Sam Calvert, social media. untimely death in that tragedy, there is a simple way to preserve the memory of those victims. It's called International Day of Pink the Logan Boulet Effect. Mrs. Bernadette Smith (Point Douglas): April 10th Boulet's organs helped save six lives, and word marked the International Day of Pink, an of his act spurred an increase in organ donation opportunity to celebrate diversity and work together registration in the immediate aftermath of the to combat bullying, discrimination, homophobia, Broncos tragedy. To those recipient patients and transphobia and transmisogyny. their families, Logan Boulet is simply an angel. We have to remember that LGBTQ2S* people, Before the Humboldt tragedy, a living angel gender non-conforming and non-binary folks from Thompson, Inge Robinson, decided to give the experience acts of discrimination and hate daily. gift of life by donating a kidney to her brother, Ken They face higher levels of discrimination that can Leong. After finding out in 2017 that her brother affect their safety, their ability to get a job, and their needed a kidney, Inge qualified as a healthy match relationships. The Canada trans youth health survey and donated her kidney in January 2018 at a hospital found that the risk of suicide amongst transgender in London, England. youth is 16 times higher than cisgender youth. Inge does not suffer any adverse effects and is As legislators and community leaders, we back managing projects at the Vale mines in have to be loud in our support for the LGBTQ2S* Thompson, and is happy she made the decision to community and stand up against all forms of help her brother. bullying and harassment whenever we see it. In doing so, we set a precedent for our constituents, our Inge is in the gallery today with her husband communities and our children to follow. Mark Robinson and their son Michael. And she has also signed up to be an organ donor after her death, By voicing our support for the LGBTQ2S* and encourages others to have their health card community, we make our legislature a safe numbers ready, go online to signupforlife.ca, sign place for people of diverse backgrounds to express up to be a donor and be sure to inform your family themselves. Democracy is only really functional about your decision. when all different kinds of people are participating, so we need to be the ones to stand up and wel- Please join me in thanking Inge for her courage come our LGBT2* relatives to the table. and sacrifice and her family for supporting and promoting organ and tissue donation here in The Day of Pink is a commitment to being Manitoba. accepting, respectful and encouraging of people's differences. For–diversity is for our constituents. As Thank you, Madam Speaker. change makers, we need to strive for a society in Pre-Election Considerations which equity, equality, fairness and acceptance are our foundation. Mr. Mohinder Saran (The Maples): There is a rumour that the Premier (Mr. Pallister) is ready to Miigwech. call an early election. Organ Donation Before he calls the election, he should look into the following matters, at least. Mr. Kelly Bindle (Thompson): Madam Speaker, across Canada, many people are in need of First, fulfill the promise of the last election that organ transplant operations, and although 90 per cent seniors will get a school tax rebate up to $2,300. of our population supports organ donation, less Second, introduce a compulsory second lan- than 25 per cent have signed up as donors.