LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Monday, 9 February, 1981 Time - 2:00 p.m. made unless the appropriate Committee decides to the contrary in keeping with the present trend whereby transcripts are expected. OPENING PRAYER by Mr. Speaker. Your Committee recommends the following rule MR. SPEAKER, Hon. Harry E. Graham (Birtle­ changes: Russell): Presenting Petitions . Reading and That the Rules, Orders and Forms of Proceeding Receiving Petitions ... of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba be amended PRESENTING REPORTS BY (a) by striking out sub-rule 33(2) and STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES substituting therefor the following sub-rule: MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Attorney-General. Designation of substitute. 33(2) The leader of the government, the leader of the HON. GERALD W. J. MERCIER (Osborne): Mr. opposition or a leader of a recognized opposition Speaker, I beg to present the first report of the party may each designate one member to speak in a Committee on Rules of the House. debate for such period as he desires if (a) the leader of the government, the leader of MR. CLERK: Your Standing Committee on the the opposition or the leader of the recognized Rules of the House beg leave to present the opposition party has given notice of the following as their First Report. designation to the Speaker not later than 1 Your Committee met on Tuesday, January 27, hour before the sitting of the House at which 1981 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 255 Legislative Building the member speaks in that debate; and with all members present. (a) the leader of the government, the leader of The Chairman read a letter from Robert Foskett, the opposition or the leader of the recognized member of the Legislative Television Consortium in opposition party, whoever has given the which permission was requested to conduct an notice, has not previously spoken in the experiment aimed at improving the existing lighting debate for more than 40 minutes; system to the Chamber. Mr. Foskett recommended and if the member designated speaks in the the use of long life metal halide luminaries, debate, the leader of the government, tha permanently installed at ceiling height in the arches leader of the opposition or the leader of the at an estimated cost of five to six thousand dollars. recognized opposition party, whoever has The CBC, according to Mr. Foskett had offered to given notice of the designation, shall not temporarily light the Chamber during the regular speak in that debate for more than 40 televising of the Question Period to allow evaluation minutes. of the improved lighting. Your Committee approved (b) by striking out sub-rule 88(6) and substituting of the experiment and, if it proves successful to the therefor the following sub-rule: Committee, recommends to the Minister of Requests for deferment of consideration of Government Services that the expenditure of funds amendment. to provide for a permanent installation be made. On the matter of the taking of still photographs by 88(6) Where written notice of a motion to amend, the printed media, your Committee recommends that delete, insert or restore any clause or provision in a the taKing of still photographs from the Press Gallery Bill is given prior to the consideration of the Report be permitted, that no limit be placed on the number Stage of the Bill, and the Order of the Day for of cameras permitted and that sharing of consideration of the Report Stage of the Bill is called photographs not be required. before the end of the first sitting of the House alter Your Committee recommends that Rule 33(2) be the notice is given, any member may request that the amended whereby a leader of a recognized political consideration of the Report Stage of the Bill be party could, by prior notice to the Speaker, deferred until after the end of the first sitting of the designate a member of his party to speak for him. It House alter the notice is given and, unless the House is recommended that the existing Rule be modified by vote, unanimous except for that member, refuses to clarify the intent. the request, the consideration of the Report Stage of Your Committee recommends that the reference the Bill shall be deferred until after the end of the contained in Rule 88(6) to "24 hours" be deleted and first sitting of the House after the notice is given; but the words "one sitting" substituted. It is also if the consideration of the Report Stage of the Bill is recommended that amendments to Bills proposed at deferred once under this Rule, the consideration of the Report Stage not be subject to amendment and the Report Stage shall not again be deferred, except the Rules be amended accordingly. by resolution of the House. Your Committee also recommends the repeal of (c) by striking out sub-rule 88(8) and substituting Rule 93(e) by which the Clerk of the House must, therefor the following sub-rule: personally, attend each meeting of the Standing Debate on amendments. Committee on the Rules of the House. It is recommended that Item 18 of the 1971 Report 88(8) When the Order of the Day for the of the Rules Committee be repealed. It is suggested consideration of the Report Stage of a Bill is called, that transcripts of all Committee meetings should be any amendment of which notice has been given in 393 Monday, 9 February, 1981 accordance with sub-rule (5) is open to debate but MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Member for no motion to amend the amendment shall be Elmwood. accepted except by resolution of the House; and (d) by sinking out clause (e) of Rule 93. MR. RUSSELL DOERN: Mr. Speaker, I wonder if I could make a non-political response or comment. MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Attorney-General. MR. SPEAKER: Order please. Has the honourable MR. MERCIER: Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by member leave? (Agreed) the Honourable Minister of Natural Resources that The Honourable Member for Elmwood. the report of the committee be received. MR. DOERN: Mr. Speaker, I'm delighted at the MOTION presented and carried. kindness of the government in this regard, and I would like to join with the Minister in congratulating MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS those particular Manitoba artists on their AND TABLING OF REPORTS accomplishment. It's well known, Mr. Speaker, that Manitobans have some of the finest painters and sculptors in the country and I think that we must MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Minister of Labour. attempt to make further advancement in the support of the arts. I point with some pride to the record of HON. KEN MacMASTER (Thompson): Mr. our administration which had a program ... Speaker. I ask that the final report on the Fairlane fire by the Building Standards Board be tabled. I MR. SPEAKER: Order please. Order please. The have sent copies to the Clerk's offfice for honourable member was given leave to make a non­ circulization. political statement and I would hope that he stayed within the bounds that he himself had asked when he MR. SPEAKER: Notices of Motion . asked special permission of the House. (lnterjection)- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS The Honourable Member for Elmwood. MR. WARREN STEEN (Crescentwood) introduced MR. DOERN: Mr. Speaker, just on the point of Bill No. 16. An Act respecting the Montreal Trust order. I may have been skating on thin ice but I Company and the Montreal Trust Company of didn't identify the previous administration. Canada. ORAL QUESTIONS NON-POLITICAL STATEMENT MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Leader of the MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Minister of Cultural Opposition. Affairs. MR. HOWARD PAWLEY (Selkirk): Mr. Speaker, my HON. NORMA L. PRICE (Assiniboia): Mr. Speaker, question is to the Minister responsible for Economic may I have permission to make a non-political Development. This past weekend statistics were statement? (Agreed) released by Slats Canada indicating that the It is my pleasure to announce that three Manitoba increase by way of volume sales in Manitoba's artists have won the international prize for snow departmental sales stores were such that the volume sculpturing at the Quebec Winter Carnival. Judging of goods being sold December 1980 were likely not on the competition took place yesterday in Quebec greater than the volume of goods sold in 1973. In City. The artists are Don Berg, an illustrator with view of the obvious slump as indicated by way of Travel Manitoba, Ral Brard, an artist with the these retail sales in Manitoba, can the Minister Department of Health, and Miguel Joyal, a wood advise what action is anticipated by way of his sculptor who is working this year with the Festival de department on behalf of the government in order to stimulate retail sales, particularly departmental sales, Voyageur. The team was co-sponsored by my department and the Department of Economic in the Province of Manitoba? Development and Tourism and it was hosted in MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Minister of Quebec City by the Quebec Winter Carnival. Our Economic Development. team actually tied for first place with Morocco and competed against 12 teams from ten other countries. HON. J. FRANK JOHNSTON (Sturgeon Creek): Mr. The Manitobans first did a sculpture illustrating the Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition mentions that book. "Where Nests the Water Hen" by Manitoba they were released over the weekend and I was at born author Gabrielle Roy and this piece won the Bristol Aircraft this morning where they were national award. By the win they become the official receiving a plaque for the marvellous work they do in Canadian national team.