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Votes and Proceedings APRIL 26, 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. 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. (A. Juergens, A.J. Chartrand, M.V. Ferrer)
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. (E. Janzen, K. Friesen, V. Neufeld 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. (B. MacMillan, D. MacMillan, B. MacMillan and others) ______________________________
Hon. Ms. Allan presented:
Annual Report of The Workers Compensation Board for the year ending December 31, 2003. (Sessional Paper No. 35)
Five Year Plan for The Workers Compensation Board for the years 2004 to 2008. (Sessional Paper No. 36)
Annual Report of the Appeal Commission and Medical Review Panel of The Workers Compensation Board for the year ending December 31, 2003. (Sessional Paper No. 37) ______________________________
Pursuant to Rule 26(1), Mr. Maloway, Mrs. Taillieu, Messrs. Caldwell and Faurschou and Ms. Korzeniowski made Members' Statements. ______________________________
The House resumed the Interrupted Debate on the Proposed Motion of Hon. Mr. Selinger:
THAT this House approves in general the budgetary policy of the government.
And on the Proposed Amendment of Mr. Murray,
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 people of Manitoba.
And on the Proposed Amendment of Hon. Mr. Gerrard,
THAT the amendment be amended by adding thereto the following words:
And further regrets that this Budget also ignores present and future needs of Manitobans by:
(j) failing to set priorities well and to manage fiscal resources well;
(k) failing to reduce Ministers' salaries by 20% in recognition of the deficit incurred in the last fiscal year and the resultant increase in the general purpose debt of Manitoba;
(l) failing to support improvements in water stewardship and instead increasing administration and bureaucracy while failing to provide adequate support to surface and groundwater management and fisheries and water quality; and
(m) failing to provide adequate attention to healthy living by failing to provide adequate attention to sports funding in Manitoba.
And the debate continuing on the sub-amendment,
And Mrs. Stefanson, Messrs. Jennissen and Tweed, Hon. Ms. Wowchuk, Messrs. Lamoureux, Aglugub and Reimer having spoken,
And Mr. Maloway 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. Tuesday, April 27, 2004.
Hon. George Hickes, Speaker.
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