LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY OF
Monday,
May 3, 1993
The House met at 1:30
p.m.
PRAYERS
ROUTINE
PROCEEDINGS
PRESENTING
PETITIONS
Mr. Clif Evans
(Interlake): Mr. Speaker, I beg to present the petition of
Darcy C. Bialas, Keith W. Wark, Barry L. Dowsett and others requesting the
Minister of Health (Mr. Orchard) consider restoring the Children's Dental
Program to the level it was prior to the 1993‑94 budget.
Mr. Leonard Evans
(Brandon East): Mr. Speaker, I beg to present the petition of
Sandy Murray, Donna Illerbrun, Brian Kiliwnik and others requesting the
Minister of Health (Mr. Orchard) consider restoring the Children's Dental
Program to the level it was prior to the 1993‑94 budget.
Ms. Rosann Wowchuk (
Mr. Gregory Dewar
(Selkirk): Mr. Speaker, I beg to present the petition of
Ken Parenteau, Rick Burgess, Bonnie Hartley and others requesting the Minister
of Health (Mr. Orchard) consider restoring the Children's Dental Program to the
level it was prior to the 1993‑94 budget.
Mr. Doug Martindale
(Burrows): Mr. Speaker, I beg to present the petition of
Myrna Swalm, Janet Kellow, Leesa Mackie and others requesting the Minister of
Health (Mr. Orchard) consider restoring the Children's Dental Program to the level
it was prior to the 1993‑94 budget.
Mr. John Plohman
(Dauphin): Mr. Speaker, I beg to present the petition of
Lillian Strahl, R.E. Lee, S. Wiebe and others requesting the Minister of Health
(Mr. Orchard) consider restoring the Children's Dental Program to the level it
was prior to the 1993‑94 budget.
Mr. Speaker: I have reviewed the petition of the
honourable member (Mrs. Carstairs). It
complies with the privileges and the practices of the House and complies with the
rules (by leave). Is it the will of the House to have the petition read?
[agreed]
Mr. Clerk (William
Remnant): The petition of the undersigned residents of
the
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WHEREFORE your petitioners humbly pray
that the Legislative Assembly urge the government of
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Mr. Speaker: I have reviewed the petition of the
honourable member (Ms. Wowchuk). It
complies with the privileges and the practices of the House and complies with
the rules. Is it the will of the House
to have the petition read? [agreed]
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Mr. Clerk: The petition of the undersigned citizens of
the
WHEREAS the United Nations has declared
1993 the International Year of the World's Indigenous People with the theme,
"Indigenous People: a new
partnership"; and
WHEREAS the provincial government has
totally discontinued funding to all friendship centres; and
WHEREAS the provincial government has
stated that these cuts mirror the federal cuts; and
WHEREAS the elimination of all funding to
friendship centres will result in the loss of many jobs as well as the services
and programs provided, such as:
assistance to the elderly, the homeless, youth programming, the socially
disadvantaged, families in crisis, education, recreation and cultural
programming, housing relocation, fine options, counselling, court assistance,
advocacy;
WHEREFORE your petitioners humbly pray
that the Legislative Assembly of
Mr. Speaker: I have reviewed the petition of the
honourable member (Mr. Dewar). It
complies with the privileges and the practices of the House and complies with
the rules. Is it the will of the House
to have the petition read? [agreed]
Mr. Clerk: The petition of the undersigned citizens of
the
WHEREAS the United Nations has declared
1993 the International Year of the World's Indigenous People with the theme,
"Indigenous People: a new
partnership"; and
WHEREAS the provincial government has
totally discontinued funding to all friendship centres; and
WHEREAS the provincial government has
stated that these cuts mirror the federal cuts; and
WHEREAS the elimination of all funding to
friendship centres will result in the loss of many jobs as well as the services
and programs provided, such as:
assistance to the elderly, the homeless, youth programming, the socially
disadvantaged, families in crisis, education, recreation and cultural
programming, housing relocation, fine options, counselling, court assistance,
advocacy;
WHEREFORE your petitioners humbly pray
that the Legislative Assembly of
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Mr. Speaker: I have reviewed the petition of the
honourable member (Ms. Friesen). It
complies with the privileges and practices of the House and complies with the
rules. Is it the will of the House to
have the petition read? [agreed]
Mr. Clerk: The petition of the undersigned citizens of
the
WHEREAS
WHEREAS over 1,000 young adults are
currently attempting to get off welfare and upgrade their education through the
Student Social Allowances Program; and
WHEREAS
WHEREAS the provincial government has
already changed social assistance rules resulting in increased welfare costs
for the City of
WHEREAS the provincial government is now
proposing to eliminate the Student Social Allowances Program; and
WHEREAS eliminating the Student Social
Allowances Program will result in more than a thousand young people being
forced onto city welfare with no means of getting further full‑time
education, resulting in more long‑term costs for city taxpayers.
WHEREFORE your petitioners humbly pray
that the Legislative Assembly of
MINISTERIAL
STATEMENTS
AND
TABLING OF REPORTS
Hon. Harry Enns
(Minister of Natural Resources): Mr.
Speaker, I know honourable members will wish to express appreciation to the
Manitoba Forestry Association for the annual tree that they provide to all
members here as a renewal of growth and the oncoming of summer and the coming
year.
I have a proclamation that I would like to
read:
WHEREAS
WHEREAS our forests provide millions of
Canadians and visitors with opportunities for healthful recreation and sport
each year; and
WHEREAS these same forests provide
protection in our watersheds for soil and crops and form a home for our
wildlife and also provide thousands of Canadians with jobs in the forest
products industries; and
WHEREAS the losses suffered each year
through man‑made forest fires are detrimental to the interests of all
Canadians; and
WHEREAS the Manitoba Forestry Association
is well known for its efforts in reminding us of our ever present
responsibility for the conservation of our forest wealth and is co‑operating
in the promotion of a national week focussing attention on our forest
resources.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT KNOWN that I, Harry J.
Enns, Minister of Natural Resources, do hereby recognize the days from May 2 to
May 8, 1993, as National Forest Week in
Mr. Speaker: Order, please. Does the honourable minister have a couple of
copies of said proclamation? Has he only
got the one?‑‑because traditionally in the House, when we make a
ministerial statement, we do provide the critics with a copy.
Mr. Oscar Lathlin (The
Pas): Mr. Speaker, I guess I will thank the minister
for having placed a tree on my desk. I
will take it home when next I go to The Pas and plant it in my back yard.
I wanted to say that this government
somehow continues to claim that everything is fine and all right in forestry,
but the facts, I am afraid, tell us otherwise.
I think it is time that some of our cabinet ministers on the government
side leave their offices and travel to places like
Mr. Speaker, while the Minister of Finance
(Mr. Manness) and the Premier (Mr. Filmon) were congratulating the federal
government for their budget last week, that same budget announced the demise of
federal‑provincial forestry and mining agreements, and because mining
mostly takes place in northern
While the federal government budget was
mostly a smoke‑and‑mirrors pre‑election maneuvering, there
are special cuts which will affect northern
Over the past five years, mutual
development agreements have already been downgraded significantly in
The forestry industry in this province is
in terrible shape already. We are
concerned very much on this side that the province will not pick up the added
cost for forest management. We have a major task just restoring the forests to
the shape that they were in before 1989.
I want to close off by saying that we have
to do something with Repap. We have to
do something with
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Mr. Paul Edwards (St.
James): Mr. Speaker, I wonder if, at the outset, I
might recommend to the minister that he also share some of these trees with
city councillors. It would be an
opportune time, I think, to share the trees.
Mr. Speaker, in all seriousness, this is
another National Forest Week that we are celebrating in this province and
across this country and, of course, I want to join with the minister and with
the Forestry Association in the sentiments expressed in the proclamation. I only wish that those sentiments were reflected
in the government's and this minister's actions from year to year as we assess
it.
Mr. Speaker, I do not want to belabour the
points I have made in prior years because they all still apply this year. Nothing has changed in the government's
agenda. Now, there is an opportunity with
a new Parks act, which we are all looking forward to, to perhaps salvage some
of that reputation on the protection of forests, but as we learned with the
Nopiming forest decision and this government's summary dismissal of the
recommendations and the findings of that report, this government's actions
never match the words and the rhetoric in things like this proclamation. I look forward to the day that they do.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Hon. Rosemary Vodrey
(Minister of Education and Training): I am
pleased to table the Supplementary Information for the Department of Education
and Training for the '93‑94 Estimates expenditures.
Hon. Glen Findlay
(Minister responsible for the administration of The
INTRODUCTION
OF BILLS
Bill 29‑The
Minors Intoxicating Substances Control Act
Hon. James McCrae
(Minister of Justice and Attorney General): Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the
honourable Minister of Health (Mr. Orchard), that Bill 29, The Minors
Intoxicating Substances Control Act (Loi sur le controle des substances
intoxicantes et les mineurs), be introduced and that the same be now received
and read a first time.
Motion agreed to.
Introduction
of Guests
Mr. Speaker: Prior to Oral Questions, may I direct the
attention of honourable members to the gallery, where we have with us this
afternoon from the Garden City Collegiate, twenty‑five Grade 9 students
under the direction of the Mr. Gary Jackson. This school is located in the constituency of
the honourable member for Kildonan (Mr. Chomiak).
On behalf of all members, I would like to
welcome you here this afternoon.
ORAL
QUESTION PERIOD
The City
of
Infrastructure
Renewal
Mr. Gary Doer (Leader of
the Opposition): My question is to the First Minister (Mr.
Filmon).
Mr. Speaker, last week and throughout the
last number of years, dealing with discussions on the city of
Mr. Speaker, we are in receipt of a copy
of the letter‑‑and I will table it‑‑that the government
issued to the City of
I would like to ask the government: What was the criteria that the government
chose to make specific decisions on specific capital projects for the city of
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Hon. Jim Ernst (Minister
of Urban Affairs): Firstly, let me say that over the five‑
or six‑year period, there is a $96‑million capital commitment to
the City of
On November 26, Mr. Speaker‑‑and
I will table a letter from Her Worship the Mayor‑‑outlined a number
of projects from which the province could be expected to choose. These were high‑priority projects for
the City of
Mr. Doer: Mr. Speaker, I asked the minister the
criteria of the specific decisions. We
have reviewed the letter of the minister of April 30: $13 million for the Charleswood bridge; $1.7
million for
Mr. Speaker, there is a further $1 million
for the La Salle bridge, which we consider to be part of the Pembina corridor
and not part of any Conservative constituency.
When we look at the total of $24 million
to $25 million, some 75 percent is allocated in ridings held by the present
Conservative members. I would like to
know, what was the criteria used by the government for those decisions?
Mr. Ernst: Mr. Speaker, I should perhaps draw the
member's attention to the fact that when he was Urban Affairs minister, the
Leader of the Opposition approved a certain bridge in the north end of
Mr. Doer: Mr. Speaker, the Premier (Mr. Filmon) never
raised concerns about our projects because they were city‑wide‑‑sewage
treatment plants, infrastructure renewal, some 85 percent.
I would like to ask the Premier, what was
the criteria for selecting the projects, some of them located in the Premier's
own riding? That, in itself, should not
disqualify people. I would like to know
why 75 percent of the specific capital projects agreed to by the provincial
Conservative government are in ridings held by the provincial Conservative
Party. What was the criteria, given that
everybody now, with stagnated urban population growth, has agreed that
infrastructure renewal should be the No. 1 priority for the city of
Mr. Ernst: Mr. Speaker, perhaps the honourable Leader of
the Opposition cannot understand what the mayor said in her letter.
What the letter said was that there are
certain projects the city wanted to see.
We chose all but one of those projects. That one project happens to be a
major construction project, the Charleswood bridge, that has been in the works
for 30 years. It is not something that
happened overnight.
Emergency
Room Physicians
Patient
Safety
Mr. Dave Chomiak
(Kildonan): Mr. Speaker, all last week the government
stated that everything was fine in the emergency rooms. Yet, we have heard and read stories which
indicate, by the proponents of those stories, that patient care may have been
compromised, and that there may be in fact bed shortages at the Health Sciences
Centre and St. Boniface Hospital.
Can the minister assure this House that no
patient who attends in an emergency room will have their care compromised in
any way whatsoever?
Hon. Donald Orchard
(Minister of Health): Mr. Speaker, I know my honourable friend from
time to time does not necessarily preamble his questions accurately. This is no exception.
Mr. Speaker, I indicated at all times last
week that the system, despite difficulties, was coping with the withdrawal of
the emergency room doctors, not the preamble that my honourable friend put on
the record.
Further to the weekend experience at the
two teaching hospitals, there were difficulties in managing, but, Mr. Speaker,
the system did cope. Individuals needing
care received that care quite clearly, Sir, though not as expeditiously as they
may well have done had the system not been struck over the weekend.
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Negotiations
Mr. Dave Chomiak
(Kildonan): Mr. Speaker, negotiations, I understand, are
resuming. The doctors say they had an
agreement and the Premier (Mr. Filmon) said, I believe, on open line that they were
very close to an agreement from the government's end.
Can the minister, in very simple terms,
outline for us today where the impasse is in terms of the agreement the doctors
say they have and the agreement the government said they were close to having?
Hon. Donald Orchard
(Minister of Health): Mr. Speaker, that is exactly what will be
further fleshed out today and tomorrow in ongoing discussions and negotiations,
and I am sure my honourable friend in the tradition of a labour‑supported
party would not want one side negotiating in a public forum such as the
Legislature.
Mr. Chomiak: I would have preferred a settlement, Mr.
Speaker.
Mediation
Mr. Dave Chomiak
(Kildonan): My final supplementary to the same minister
is: Trust is a key factor in
negotiations. Last time there was a
dispute of this type, the government brought in, I believe, Wally Fox‑Decent
to arbitrate and mediate. Will this
government, if the agreement cannot be reached tonight, consider bringing in
someone of that stature to try to resolve the matter?
Hon. Donald Orchard
(Minister of Health): Mr. Speaker, I would not want to presuppose
that discussions which commenced today and will be ongoing presumably until a
settlement is reached‑‑I would not presume, as my honourable friend
may well be predicated to do, that they are doomed to failure.
I think everyone would be well served by a
resolution of this dispute, and I am optimistic that the discussions that
commenced today will lead to that result, Sir.
Emergency
Room Physicians
Update
Report
Mr. Gulzar Cheema (The
Maples): Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister
of Health.
We are one week into the strike by the
EMOs, and I would like to ask the minister to give us an update on any major
problems over the weekend at local hospitals because of this strike.
Hon. Donald Orchard
(Minister of Health): As I indicated in an earlier answer to the
previous questioner, both Health Sciences Centre and St. Boniface reported
increased volumes as one would expect, and in certain circumstances,
individuals presenting for emergency care had to wait longer periods of time
than one probably would have expected them to wait under more normal
circumstances. Despite having
There was one area of difficulty and that
was in the absolute number of stretchers that the two teaching hospitals have,
and that has been a difficulty from time to time. However, I am led to believe that the admission
arrangements that I have explained on a couple of previous occasions with the
community hospitals are working reasonably well.
Patient
Safety
Mr. Gulzar Cheema (The
Maples): Mr. Speaker, the story in the media indicates
there were some serious problems at Health Sciences Centre, and one of the
physicians was quoted as saying it was good luck there were no disasters.
Can the minister tell us what the
minister's department is doing to ensure that the quality of care will not
suffer during what has been the perception for the last 48 hours?
Hon. Donald Orchard
(Minister of Health): Mr. Speaker, I was just checking some of my
notes. As I indicated, the Health
Sciences Centre indicates that they were very busy over the weekend and, with
the time constraints, as I indicated earlier, some individuals may not have
received care as quickly as normal circumstances may well have dictated.
I think one could understand that, but we
are told by Health Sciences Centre officials that the department currently is
busy but manageable, and there are no concerns about the quality of treatment
being provided today.
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Resolution
Mr. Gulzar Cheema (The
Maples): Mr. Speaker, can the Minister of Health
assure the people of
Hon. Donald Orchard
(Minister of Health): Mr. Speaker, that would be, I think, a
reasonable expectation of government's approach to these discussions.
Elimination
of Volunteer Positions
Ms. Marianne Cerilli
(Radisson): Mr. Speaker,
I would ask the Minister of
Environment: Why is the minister
eliminating the 50 to 100 expert volunteers involved in Manitoba Environment
Council? Does he not like the advice he
has been getting?
Hon. Glen Cummings
(Minister of Environment): Mr. Speaker, I am
quite interested in the advice that I receive from the council. That has
nothing to do with the decision we had to make regarding funding.
The fact is, the grant of $50,000 to help
manage the affairs can in fact be partly replaced by the fact that we are prepared
to continue with them in terms of space, in terms of secretarial support. It has been a very open and ongoing
process. The member for Radisson
attended the advisory committee on Saturday, and I am quite prepared to
continue to receive advice.
Intervener
Funding
Ms. Marianne Cerilli
(Radisson): But, Mr. Speaker, if you want expert advice,
you have to pay for it.
Given that under Regulation 210(92) from
The Environment Act providing for the minister to set up a scheme for
environment assessment hearing cost recovery, when will such an intervener
funding scheme be announced for the
Hon. Glen Cummings (Minister of
Environment): Mr. Speaker, I see the
member changed her tactic rather quickly when she realized that for the regular
attendance I am receiving at the Manitoba Environment Council, it is costing me
about $2,000 apiece per year to hear advice.
I intend to continue receiving advice from
that group and hope that the experts, some of whom are part of that council,
will continue to provide us advice. It
is their knowledge and their input that we need.
In regard to the funding of projects for
intervener status, that has a regulation that allows us to provide that for
certain types of processes, and this has not been deemed one that we felt
required that additional input.
Information
Gathering
Ms. Marianne Cerilli
(Radisson): Mr. Speaker, members of the council are very
critical of this project, and they are not happy with the decision this
government has made.
I ask the minister: How does the minister expect to get expert
data on the
Mr. Speaker: Order, please. The honourable member has put her question.
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Hon.
Glen Cummings (Minister of Environment):
Mr. Speaker, there are a number of people who are collecting data for
presentation to the commission. I have
very high regard for the people who have been hired on behalf of the
Assiniboine River Protection Committee.
I believe that their expertise will be valued at the hearings.
Frankly, on both sides of the issue, there
is a considerable amount of expertise being brought to bear, and I would
suspect that all of those questions that are now being asked and some concern
being raised, that they will be aired and fully addressed at those hearings.
Social
Assistance
Child Care
Subsidies
Mr. Doug Martindale
(Burrows): Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Family Services
has reduced the number of subsidized child care weeks for a job search from
eight weeks to two weeks, this in spite of the fact that he and his staff have
done no research on the number of weeks it takes to find employment. Numerous parents who have phoned me have said
that during a recession, two weeks is not enough time to find a job.
Can the minister tell us why in
Hon. Harold Gilleshammer
(Minister of Family Services): Mr.
Speaker, we are pleased to compare our daycare system with that in the
We have had to make some adjustments to
the system this year, and we would indicate that we would give individuals who
are having some difficulty a chance to talk with departmental staff. I would
assure you that they will get fair treatment.
Mr. Martindale: Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that the reason
the systems are different is that
Mr. Speaker, why did this minister decrease
the job search time in
Mr. Gilleshammer: Mr. Speaker, the enhancement of child daycare
in
I point out that we have not changed the
regulations with the basic daycare that is provided. We have increased the licensed spaces quite
dramatically and have had to make some adjustments in this current budget year,
but we will do everything we can to see that those who need to access daycare
will be provided with that service.
Mr. Martindale: Mr. Speaker, the minister is making
adjustments without doing any research or having any data.
Why did the Minister of Family Services do
no research or even contact Canada Employment Centres and ask them how long the
average job search takes? Did the
minister not know that the average duration of unemployment in
Mr. Gilleshammer: Mr. Speaker, we have talked about this in the
Estimates process in the last couple of weeks and have an opportunity to do so
again today.
It is incorrect that we have done no
research into this. I have told the
member consistently that our budgeting process starts in the late summer, early
fall, and that the Child Day Care branch of this department has brought forward
a number of statistics where we have had an opportunity to look at the demands
on the system prior to making these decisions.
Sexual
Assaults
Identity
Release
Mr. Paul Edwards (St.
James): Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister
of Justice.
Last week, a very disturbing case was
raised in this House by my Leader involving a court‑ordered ban on the
publication of any information which might identify a child complainant of
sexual assault, as well as a ban on publication of information which might
reveal the convicted person's profession.
Mr. Speaker, on Friday a news outlet in
the city intentionally chose to breach that court order. The Minister of Justice indicated late Friday
that his staff would be looking at the issue and reviewing the court order
immediately. I believe his statement was
that Monday was another workday and there would be an opportunity to discuss
this more fully Monday.
It is now Monday. Can the minister indicate today whether or
not his office believes the court order was breached by this news outlet on
Friday? If so, is his department intending
to lay charges?
Hon.
James McCrae (Minister of Justice and Attorney General): The first concern
of this department and this minister is the complainant in this matter and also
the protection of the public. That is
our first concern.
To that end, there will be a meeting
tomorrow between counsel for the Crown and the accused, the Winnipeg Free
Press, the CBC and, because the complainant is of tender years, the Public
Trustee, to review this whole matter related to the confusion created by the
unusual circumstances that arose between what was said in the courtroom, what
appeared on an order and what other people interpreted that order to mean. That matter will also be before the Queen's
Bench tomorrow. Once that day is over,
we can address the issue raised by the honourable member.
I remind him that the first concern is the
protection of the complainant and the public.
Mr. Edwards: Quite so, Mr. Speaker, exactly why the member
for
Mr. Speaker, on the same issue, in the
interim, while this discussion is taking place, will the minister take this
opportunity to have his department communicate with news networks in
Mr. McCrae: I think the news director for the media
outlet involved and the honourable member for St. James may enjoy the luxury of
jumping to the conclusion that certain things are or are not. We do have a justice system whose function it
is to get to the bottom of these things.
We will ensure that this matter is very carefully reviewed.
I remind the honourable member that I
think the protection of the complainant is the first thing we ought to be
concerned about and protection of the public as well.
Criminal
Code of
Review
Mr. Paul Edwards (St.
James): Mr. Speaker, finally for the minister, given
that this case raises the whole issue of exceptions to the normal rule that
everything in court is public, will the minister undertake as part of his work
this week to have his staff review the relevant provisions of the Criminal Code
of
Mr. Speaker: Order, please. The honourable member has put his question.
Hon. James McCrae
(Minister of Justice and Attorney General): I
think the honourable member and his Leader have taken an interest in this case
for obviously all the right reasons. I
appreciate that.
I will take all of the honourable member's
questions into account in the work that is being done on the part of the Crown
this week.
National
Mathematics Assessment Test
Minister's
Review
Mr. John Plohman
(Dauphin): Mr. Speaker, on Friday when I asked the
Minister of Education about the school achievement indicators program for 13‑
and 16‑year‑olds, the minister responded, and I quote: Each province had the opportunity to review
the exam and secondly, we will be able to look at
I want to ask the minister, after having
reviewed the test, does she feel that it accurately reflects the work covered
in
Hon. Rosemary Vodrey
(Minister of Education and Training): Mr.
Speaker, again, in setting up an exam which was acceptable to all provinces
across
Some of the material which is being tested
on the SAIP exam is also covered in courses other than the mathematics courses.
It is covered in areas such as geography and science. Therefore, we believe that
Relevancy
Mr. John Plohman
(Dauphin): Mr. Speaker, is the minister not aware of the
fact that many math concepts being tested of Grade 11s, in the 16‑year‑olds'
test, are not even covered in the
Hon. Rosemary Vodrey
(Minister of Education and Training): As I
said, we are confident in
I did mention there are two other courses
which also teach some of the areas which are being examined which are not
specifically covered in the math test, but which are covered within the math
curriculum, but which are covered within the geography and the science
curriculum.
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Mr. Plohman: Many of them are not covered at all, Mr.
Speaker.
Cost to
Mr. John Plohman (Dauphin): Can the minister please tell this House: How much of taxpayers' money is the minister
spending on a national test, when there is no national curriculum in this
country, and which will have only the effect of demoralizing and frustrating
students and teachers who have not even covered the material? What is she trying to prove with this test?
Hon. Rosemary Vodrey
(Minister of Education and Training): Mr.
Speaker, it seems that member is not in support of this assessment process, is
not in support of what Manitobans have been asking for, and that is the issue
of accountability.
Mr. Speaker, we on this side of the House
are in support of accountability, and therefore we worked very hard over the
last three years to see that
Antiracism
Strategy
Employer
Awareness Pamphlet
Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis
(
What we would much rather have is a
concerted plan of action to combat racism from this government‑‑something
that was recommended two and a half years ago by the Manitoba Intercultural
Council, which tabled a very substantive report, but instead of acting on this
report, this government has allowed it to gather dust and cobwebs.