Mr. Deputy Speaker (Marcel Laurendeau): The hour being five o'clock, time for private members' hour.
Mr. Leonard Evans (Brandon East): I move, seconded by the MLA for Burrows (Mr. Martindale), that Bill 300, The Brandon University Foundation Incorporation Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi constituant la Fondation de l'Université de Brandon, be now read a second time and be referred to a committee of this House.
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Madam Speaker in the Chair
Motion presented.
Mr. L. Evans: Madam Speaker--
Some Honourable Members: We passed it already.
Madam Speaker: Order, please. The member's motion has indeed been passed. Is there leave for the honourable member to speak to the motion? [agreed]
Mr. L. Evans: Madam Speaker, I will be very brief on a very technical explanation of the bill. It is a private bill designed to clarify the investment powers of the Brandon University Foundation. The investment power substituted by way of this bill eliminates a reference to a repealed federal act and provides investment powers similar to those granted to Brandon University in The Brandon University Act that is currently before this House.
The bill also confers natural person powers on the foundation. This will ensure that the foundation has the full range of powers necessary to carry out the specific powers enumerated in the act in furtherance of the purposes of the foundation. I am advised that it is not unusual in legislation to refer to natural person powers to express this thought.
I am very pleased to present this bill to the Assembly, and I want to take the opportunity to congratulate everyone who is connected and involved with the Brandon University Foundation. It plays a very important role in raising funds for that university, and I am sure that all members of this House would want to support this bill unanimously. Thank you.
Hon. James McCrae (Government House Leader): This bill gives all of us an opportunity to pay tribute to foundations in general and, in particular, the Brandon University Foundation.
Some Honourable Members: Leave?
Madam Speaker: Order, please. Does the honourable government House leader have leave now to speak to the bill? [agreed]
Mr. McCrae: I forget where I was, but--no, I do not really. It is an opportunity to pay tribute to the Brandon University Foundation and all of the people over the years who have done so much to be supportive of an institution that has given Brandon and western Manitoba the character that it enjoys today, and I do not think we should let this opportunity pass without offering our appreciation and thanks to all of those who have done so much to make our university the success that it is. With that, I will conclude.
Madam Speaker, shall we call it six o'clock? [agreed]
Madam Speaker: The hour being 6 p.m., this House is adjourned and stands adjourned until 1:30 p.m. Monday next.