LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA
Wednesday, July 14, 1999
The House met at 1:30 p.m.
PRAYERS
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
PRESENTING REPORTS BY
STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Committee of Supply
Mr. Marcel Laurendeau (St. Norbert): Madam Speaker, the Committee of Supply has been considering a motion regarding concurrence in Supply, directs me to report progress, and asks leave to sit again. I move, seconded by the honourable member for LaVerendrye (Mr. Sveinson), that the report of the committee be received.
Motion agreed to.
PRESENTING REPORTS BY
STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Standing Committee on Law Amendments
Fifth Report
Mr. Marcel Laurendeau (Chairperson of the Committee on Law Amendments): Madam Speaker, by leave, I beg to present the Fifth Report of the Committee on Law Amendments.
Some Honourable Members: Dispense.
Madam Speaker: Dispense.
Your Standing Committee on Law Amendments presents the following as its Fifth Report.
Your committee met on Wednesday, July 7, 1999, at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 8, 1999, at 10 a.m., Monday, July 12, 1999, at 2:30 p.m., Monday, July 12, 1999, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 13, 1999, at 10 a.m. and Tuesday, July 13, 1999, at 2:45 p.m. in Room 255 of the Legislative Building to consider bills referred.
At the July 7, 1999, meeting, your committee elected Mrs. Driedger as Chairperson and Mr.Faurschou as Vice-Chairperson. At the July 12, 1999, 7 p.m. meeting, your committee elected Mr. Laurendeau as Chairperson.
Your committee heard representations on bills as follows:
Bill 40–The Employment and Income Assistance Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'aide à l'emploi et au revenu
Von Haywood - Canadian Association of Non-Employed
Michelle Forrest - Private Citizen
Theresa Anne Swedick - Winnipeg Community Centre of the Deaf Inc.
Rick Juba - Juba Neighborhood Resource Drop in Centre
Deborah Graham - Private Citizen
Susan Bruce - National Anti-Poverty Organization
Joseph Stephenson - Youth Against Poverty
Eric Encontre - Private Citizen
Natalie Encontre - Private Citizen
Tim Jackson - People Empowering Themselves Against the System
Rick Pettigrew - Private Citizen
Shauna MacKinnon - CHO!CES: A Coalition for Social Justice
Randy Kotyk - People Empowering Themselves Against the System
Sid Frankel - Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
David Martin - Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities
Graham Starmer - Manitoba Chamber of Commerce
Pauline Riley - Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women
Blair Hamilton - Canadian Union of Public Employees, Manitoba
Rhonda McCorriston - Private Citizen
Alan Maki - Private Citizen
Neil Cohen - The Community Unemployed Help Centre
John Doyle - Manitoba Federation of Labour
Peter Kaufmann - Private Citizen
Valerie Price - Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties
Thomas Novak - OBLATE Justice and Peace Committee
Catherine Stearns and Glen Michalchuk - Workers Organizing Resource Centre
Darrall Rankin - Communist Party of Canada, Manitoba
Rev. Harry Lehotsky - New Life Ministries
George Harris - AIDS Shelter Coalition
David Henry - Private Citizen
Written submissions:
Bev Le Blanc - Private Citizen
Your committee has considered:
Bill 40–The Employment and Income Assistance Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'aide à l'emploi et au revenu
and has agreed to report the same, on division, with the following amendment:
MOTION:
THAT the preamble of the Bill be amended by adding the following after the second paragraph:
AND WHEREAS it is a related goal of welfare-to-work initiatives to improve the economic circumstances of Manitoba families;
Mr. Laurendeau: Madam Speaker, by leave, I move, seconded by the honourable member for Portage la Prairie (Mr. Faurschou), that the report of the committee be received.
Motion agreed to.