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Votes and Proceedings Tuesday, April 20, 2004
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS SECOND SESSION, THIRTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
PRAYERS 1:30 O'CLOCK P.M. The following petitions were presented: Mr. Goertzen – Legislative Assembly of Manitoba to request the Premier of Manitoba to consider ending his government's forced unionization plan of companies involved with the Red River Floodway expansion and to consider entering into discussions with business, construction and labour groups to ensure any qualified company and worker, regardless of their union status, is afforded the opportunity to bid and work on the floodway expansion project. (D. Hamm, C. Hudson, T. Johnson and others) Mr. Lamoureux – Legislative Assembly of Manitoba to request the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba to consider recognizing the need to sit for a minimum of 80 days in any given calendar year. (L. Schultz, S. Schultz, D. Kolten and others) Mr. Eichler – Legislative Assembly of Manitoba to request that the Minister of Transportation and Government Services to consider having Highway 227 paved from the junction of Highway 248 and 227 all the way to Highway 16 the Yellow Head route and to request the Premier of Manitoba to consider supporting said initiatives to ensure for the safety of our Manitobans and all Canadians who travel along Manitoba Highways. (G. Matheson, M.A. Robertson, L. Robertson and others) Mr. Murray – Legislative Assembly of Manitoba to request the Premier of Manitoba to consider ending his government's forced unionization plan of companies involved with the Red River Floodway expansion and to consider entering into discussions with business, construction and labour groups to ensure any qualified company and worker, regardless of their union status, is afforded the opportunity to bid and work on the floodway expansion project. (C. Harris, B. Reimer, A. Winkless and others) Mr. Penner – Legislative Assembly of Manitoba to request the Premier of Manitoba to consider ending his government's forced unionization plan of companies involved with the Red River Floodway expansion and to consider entering into discussions with business, construction and labour groups to ensure any qualified company and worker, regardless of their union status, is afforded the opportunity to bid and work on the floodway expansion project. (K. Porte, J. Porte, W. Reimer and others) ______________________________ During Oral Questions, Mr. Speaker interjected and requested that the words "chicken little" spoken by the Honourable First Minister be withdrawn. WHEREUPON Hon. Mr. Doer withdrew his remarks. ______________________________ Subsequently during Oral Questions, Mr. Derkach rose on a point of order regarding comments spoken by the Honourable First Minister and requested they be withdrawn, And Hon. Mr. Mackintosh and Mr. Derkach having spoken to the point of order. WHEREUPON Mr. Speaker ruled that there was a point of order and requested the Honourable First Minister to unequivocally withdraw his comments, Hon. Mr. Doer withdrew his remarks. ______________________________ Pursuant to Rule 26(1), Mr. Loewen, Ms. Korzeniowski, Mr. Schuler, Ms. Brick and Hon. Mr. Gerrard made Members' Statements. ______________________________ The House resumed the Adjourned Debate on the Proposed Motion of Hon. Mr. Selinger: THAT this House approves in general the budgetary policy of the government. And the debate continuing, And Mr. Murray having spoken, Mr. Murray moved an amendment as follows: THAT the motion be amended by deleting all the words after "House" and substituting the following: therefore regrets this Budget ignores the present and future needs of Manitobans by:
(a) failing to offer any vision or hope or to reflect the priorities of Manitobans;
(b) failing to provide a long-term economic plan to grow the economy and create real and lasting jobs;
(c) failing to provide a long-term tax reduction strategy that addresses the fact that middle-income Manitobans are now, under the Doer government, the highest taxed west of New Brunswick and our business taxes are not competitive;
(d) failing to provide a sustainable provincial spending plan by introducing a budget with a spending/tax cut ratio of 7 to 1;
(e) failing to commit to assume provincial constitutional responsibility to fund public education;
(f) failing to address the challenges in health care, including: providing a cardiac care system that meets the needs of Manitobans in a timely fashion, ending hallway medicine as promised, reducing waiting lists for diagnostic services including CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds; and recruiting and retaining health care professionals;
(g) failing to address the need to have bold, innovative and meaningful reform in health care that would reduce waiting lists and would increase access to quality care;
(h) failing to protect seniors and low-income Manitobans by increasing the Pharmacare deductible by 5% for the third year in a row, and introducing 2 new deductible levels; and
(i) failing to provide adequate supports to Manitoba's agricultural sector, especially those farm families struggling through the BSE crisis.
As a consequence, the Government has thereby lost the confidence of this House.
And the debate continuing on the amendment,
And Hon. Mr. Ashton, Messrs. Schuler, Santos and Faurschou having spoken,
By unanimous consent, it was agreed to add "and the people of Manitoba" at the end of the last paragraph.
And Hon. Mr. Sale speaking at 5:30 p.m. The debate was allowed to remain in his name. ______________________________ The House then adjourned at 5:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, 2004.
Hon. George Hickes, Speaker.
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