Legislative Assembly of Manitoba DEBATES and PROCEEDINGS Speaker The Honourable Peter Fox Vol. XXI No. 82 2:30p.m., Monday, April 8th, 1974. First Session, 30th Legislature. Printed by R. S. Evans- Queen's Printer for Province of Manitoba Political Postal Electoral Division Name Address Affiliation Code ARTHUR J. Douglas Watt P.C. Reston, Man. ROM 1XO ASSINIBOIA Steve Patrick Lib. 10 Red Robin PI., Winnipeg R3J 3La Bl RTLE·RUSSELL Harry E. Graham P.C. Binscarth, Man. ROJ OGO BRANDON EAST Hon. Leonard S. Evans NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova BRAN DON WEST Edward McGill P.C. 222a Princess Ave., Brandon R7B OH9 BURROWS Hon. Ben Hanuschak NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova CHARLESWOOD Arthur Moug P.C. 29 Willow Ridge Rd., Winnipeg R3R 1L5 CHURCHILL Les Osland NDP 66 Radisson Blvd., Churchill ROB OEO CRESCENTWOOD Harvey Patterson NDP 97a Garwood Ave., Winnipeg R3M 1N7 DAUPHIN Hon. Peter Burtniak NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova ELMWOOD Hon. Russell J. Doern NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova EMERSON Steve Derewianchu k NDP Vita, Manitoba ROA 2KO FLIN FLON Thomas Barrow NDP Cranberry Portage, Man. ROB OHO FORT GARRY L.R. (Bud) Sherman P.C. aa Niagara St., Winnipeg R3N OT9 FORT ROUGE Lloyd Axworthy Lib. l32 Osborne St. S., Winnipeg R3L 1Y5 GIMLI John C. Gottfried NDP 44- 3rd Ave., Gimli, Man. ROC 180 GLADSTONE James R. Ferguson P.C. Gladstone, Man. ROJ OTO INKSTER Hon. Sidney Green, O.C. NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova KILDONAN Hon. Peter Fox NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova LAC DU BONNET Hon. Sam Uskiw NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova LAKES! DE Harry J. Enns P.C. Woodlands, Man. ROC 3HO LA VERENDRYE Bob Banman P.C. Steinbach, Man. ROA 2AO LOGAN William Jenkins NDP 1294 Erin St., Winnipeg R3E 2S6 MINNEDOSA David Blake P.C. Minnedosa, Man. ROJ 1EO MORRIS Warner H. Jorgenson P.C. Morris, Man. ROG 1KO OSBORNE Hon. I an Turnbull NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova PEMBINA George Henderson P.C. Manitou, Man. ROG 1GO POINT DOUGLAS Donald Malinowski NDP 23 Coral berry Ave., Winnipeg R2V 2P2 PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE Gordon E. Johnston Lib. 135- 16th St. S.W., Portage la Prairie, Man. R1N 2W5 RADISSON Harry Shafransky NDP 4 Maplehurst Rd., Winnipeg R2J 1Wa RHINE LAND Arnold Brown P.C. Winkler, Man. ROG 2XO RI EL Donald W. Craik P.C. 3 River Lane, Winnipeg R2M 3Ya RIVER HEIGHTS Sidney Spivak, O.C. P.C. Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova ROBLIN J. Wally McKenzie P.C. lnglis, Man. ROJ OXO ROCK LAKE Henry J. Einarson P.C. Glenboro, Man. ROK OXO ROSSMERE Hon. Ed. Schreyer NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova RUPERTSLAND Harvey Bostrom NDP Manigotagan, Manitoba ROE 1EO ST. BONIFACE J. Paul Marion Lib. 394 Gaboury Place, Winnipeg R2H OL4 ST. GEORGE Hon. Bill Uruski NDP 10th fir., 330 Portage Ave.,Wpg. R3C OC4 ST. JAMES George Minaker P.C. 31a Ronald St., Winnipeg R3J 3Ja ST. JOHNS Hon. Saul Cherniack, O.C. NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova ST. MATTHEWS Wally Johannson NDP 41a Home St., Winnipeg R3G 1X4 ST. VITAL D.J. Walding NDP 26 Hemlock Place, Winnipeg R2H 1L7 STE. ROSE A.R. (Pete) Adam NDP Ste. Rose du Lac, Man. ROL 1SO SELKIRK Hon. Howard Pawley NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova SEVEN OAKS Hon. Saul A. Miller NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova SOURIS KILLARNEY Earl McKellar P.C. Nesbitt, Man. ROK 1PO SPRINGFIELD Hon. Rene E. Toupin NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova STURGEON CREEK J. Frank Johnston P.C. 310 Overdale St., Winnipeg R3J 2G3 SWAN RIVER James H. Bilton P.C. Swan River, Man. ROL 1ZO R3C ova THE PAS Hon. Ron McBryde NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg RaN OGB THOMPSON Ken Dillen NDP 1171 Westwood Dr.,Thompson TRANSCONA Hon. Russell Paulley NDP Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg R3C ova ROM OZO VIRDEN Morris McGregor P.C. Kenton, Man. R3G 2G3 WELLINGTON Philip M. Petursson NDP 6a1 Banning St., Winnipeg R3E OR5 WINNIPEG CENTRE J.R. (Bud) Boyce NDP 777 Winnipeg Ave., Winnipeg R3C ova WOLSELEY i.H. Asper Lib. Legislative Bldg., Winnipeg 2245 THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MA NITOBA 2:30 o 'clock, Monday , April 8, 1974 Opening Prayer by Mr. Speaker. MR. SPEAKER: Presenting Petitions ; Reading and Receiving Petitions: Presenting Re­ ports by Standing and Special Committees ; Ministerial Statements and Tabling of Reports. The Honourable First Minister. TABLING OF RE PORTS HON. EDWARD SCHREYER (Premier) (Rossmere): I believe, Mr. Speaker, that this is the point in the proceedings where the tabling of Orders for Return or Returns to Orders may be made, and accordingly I would like to table for the House Return to Order No. 7, and also Return to Order of the House No . 46, No. 44, No. 42, No. 41, No. 32, No. 30, No. 14, No. 27 and No. 25. MR. SPEAKER: Any other Tabling of Reports or Statements by Ministers ? Notices of Motion; Introduction of Bills. The Honourable Member for Ste. Ro se. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS MR. A. R. (PETE) ADAM (Ste. Rose): Mr. Speaker, could you have this matter stand please ? (Agreed) MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Member for St. Vital. MR. D. JA MES WALDING (St. Vital), on behalf of the Honourable Member for Logan, introduced Bill No . 41, an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Sinking Fund Trustees of the Winnipeg School Division No. l. MR. SPEAKER: Questions. The Honourable Leader of the Opposition. ORAL QUESTIONS MR. SIDNEY SPIVAK, Q. C. (Leader of the Official Opposition) (River Heights): Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of Mines and Natural Resources and Environmental Management, and it is an attempt to ask for a clarification of an answer given on Thursday with respect to the Garrison diversion. The Minister in answer to a question by the Honourable Member for Lakeside said, and I quote, "So in short the statement that has been made to us by the United States that there will be no construction, repeat none, that will adversely or that will pollute Manitoba waters to the injury of persons or property is one that appears to be followed through by the Government of the United States." I wonder if he could indicate the form and circumstances under which this undertaking,has been given. MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Minister of Mines. HON. SIDNEY GREEN, Q. C. (Minister of Mines, Resources and Environmental Manage­ ment) (Inkster): Mr. Speaker, on I believe January 14th, 19 70, I sent a letter to the External Affairs Department at Ottawa advising them of the departmental and governmental fears re­ lative to the Garrison diversion. The Government of Canada in the fall of 1973 sent a diplomatic note to the State Department of the United States and the undertaking was a reply to that diplo­ matic note by the United States Government to the Government of Canada. That is my impres­ sion. I have seen a copy of the telex that the Department of External Affairs sent to me vis-a­ vis that particular reference. MR. SPIVAK: I wonder how the Minister can reconcile his statement in the House with the letter forwarded by the Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs to Governor Link dated March 8th, 1974, dealing with this matter, in which the State Department recognizes the problems but does not in any way indicate that the matter will be postponed or prevented from possible diverse effects on Canada and Manitoba ? MR. GREEN: I believe that I saw the copy of the letter which the honourable member is referring to . That's what I was discussing in the House last week, and I said that that letter was entirely consistent with the undertaking that the Canadian Government has received from the United States State Department. Although worded in conciliatory language, my impression of the letter is that the State Department is making it clear to Governor Link that the program 2246 April 8, 1974 ORAL QUESTIONS (MR. GR EEN cont'd). cannot be proceeded with in its pres ent form. MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Leader of the Opposition. MR. SPIVA K: Yes, my question is to the First Minis ter. In view of the letter that has been referred to and in view of the undertaking that the Minister has referred to before, I wonder if now the time has come for the First Minister, on behalf of the Province of Manitoba, to tell the American Government and Governor Link that the Garrison diversion should not be proceeded with in its present form? MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable First Minis ter. MR. SCHRE YE R: Well, Mr. Speaker, that would be a redundancy since that has been done already and communicated through the Government of Canada to the appropriate American fed­ eral authorities and assurances have been received in return. MR. SPIVAK: A supplementary. Is the First Minister informing the House that he has told Governor Link that the Garrison diversion must be stopped? MR. SCHREYER: Mr. Speaker, it would be necessary to retrace the entire history of this particular matter and to peruse the entire file. The Minister of Mines and Resources has given a comprehensive report on the entire sequence of events going back some several years and the matter is on Hansard, on the record. It's quite clear to me and I believe to all those who peruse the entire file and not look at one item in isolation. MR. SPIVAK: A supplementary. Would the government now not consider a definite de­ claration by way of letter or meeting with Governor Link restating the position that• s been ex­ pressed here in view of the letter of the Undersecretary of State MR.