Tuesday, October 1, 1996

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA

Tuesday, October 1, 1996

The House met at 1:30 p.m.

PRAYERS

ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS

PRESENTING PETITIONS

Pharmacare

Mr. Doug Martindale (Burrows): Madam Speaker, I beg to present the petition of Peter Korbutiak, Esther Finkle and Gerry Finkle requesting that the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba may be pleased to request the Premier (Mr. Filmon) and the Minister of Health (Mr. McCrae) to consider reversing their plan to cut Pharmacare in 1996.

PRESENTING REPORTS BY

STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Standing Committee on Economic Development

Second Report

Mr. Peter Dyck (Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Economic Development): Madam Speaker, I beg to present the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Economic Development.

Mr. Clerk (William Remnant): Your Standing Committee on Economic Development presents the following as its Second Report.

Madam Speaker: Dispense.

Your committee met on Friday, September 27, 1996, at 10 a.m. in Room 255 of the Legislative Building to consider the Annual Report for the Communities Economic Development Fund for the year ended March 31, 1996.

Mr. Wakeling provided such information as was requested with respect to the Annual Report for the Communities Economic Development Fund for the year ended March 31, 1996.

Your committee has considered the Annual Report for the Communities Economic Development Fund for the year ended March 31, 1996, and has adopted the same as presented.

Mr. Dyck: Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable member for Riel (Mr. Newman), that the report of the committee be received.

Motion agreed to.

TABLING OF REPORTS

Hon. Eric Stefanson (Minister of Finance): Madam Speaker, I am pleased to table two reports. The first is the Report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 56(3) of The Financial Administration Act at March 31, 1996. The second is the Report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 7(2) of The Loan Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996.

Hon. Glen Cummings (Minister of Environment): Madam Speaker, I would like to table the Annual Report of the Manitoba Hazardous Waste Management Corporation for '95-96 and the Annual Report of the Sustainable Development Innovations Fund for '95-96.

Introduction of Guests

Madam Speaker: Prior to Oral Questions, I would like to draw the attention of all honourable members, firstly, to the Speaker's Gallery, where we have this afternoon His Excellency Volodymyr Furkalo, Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada.

On behalf of all honourable members, I welcome you this afternoon.

Also, seated in the public gallery, we have 10 visitors from the Applied Linguistics Centre under the direction of Ms. Greta Gibson. This centre is located in the constituency of the honourable member for St. James (Ms. Mihychuk).

On behalf of all honourable members, I welcome you this afternoon.

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