Hansard: Index

HOUSE INDEX - 1st Session - 43rd Legislature

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Jackson, Grant (Spruce Woods) PC

Adult Literacy Act (Bill 5)

2 R

Debate, 401, 435

Assiniboine Community College

Child-care facility--North Hill campus, 1459, 1462

Brandon Manitoba

School construction, 1391

School expansion, 1049

Brandon University

Co-operative Education Program, 2679

Budget 2024

Building Sustainable Communities, 1028

Debate, 1027-1031

Education funding, 1029

French language education, 1029

Infrastructure, 1030-1031

Parks, capital budget, 1186, 2030

School construction, 972-973, 1390, 2030

Water infrastructure, 1028-1029

Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 37)

2 R

Debate, 2649-2653, 2710-2711

Building Sustainable Communities

Budget 2024, 1028

Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement

Bilateral agreement, 1461

Carbon tax

Government management record, 203-204

Home heating bills, exemption for, 27-28

Upcoming increase

Call for government to oppose, 775, 920-921

CFB Shilo service members

Members' statements, 1592-1593

Charitable donations, 890

Child care

Ten dollar a-day, summer availability, 2334

Child-care facilities

Assiniboine Community College spaces--North Hill campus, 1459, 1462

Child-care spaces

School construction, loss of spaces, 1391

Circle Square Ranch

Green Team funding, 1937-1938

City of Brandon

Operating funding, 1149-1150

Community Child Care Standards Amendment Act (Bill 18)

2 R

Questions, 1459-1462

Community Foundation Day Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) (Bill 202)

1 R, 596

2 R

Opening statement, 889-890

Questions, 891-893

C/3 R, 2293-2294

Community foundations

Causes supported, 891-892

Consultations re: Bill 202, 891

How to recognize, 891, 892

List of, 890

Credit unions and caisses populaires

Economic downturn, backstop inquiry, 1430

Termination of membership, right to appeal, 1431

Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Amendment Act (Bill 15)

2 R

Questions, 1429-1431

Devonshire Park School

Construction inquiry, 1597

Drivers and Vehicles Amendment Act (Manitoba Parks Licence Plates) (Bill 211)

2 R

Debate, 1380-1381

Questions, 1186

Early childhood educators

Learning labs, 1460

Wage grid, 1462

Education and Early Childhood Learning Department

Corporate Services, 1030

Estimates

Opening statements, 2268-2269

Speakers, 2269-2276

Learning and Outcomes division, 1029

Student Achievement & Inclusion Division, 1029

System, Performance and Accountability Division, 1029

Education Property Tax Credit

Affordability concerns, 510

Education system

Budget 2024, 1029

Grade 12 English exams, cancellation of

Directive to divisions-minister's comments, 2189

Impact on graduating students, 2188

Notification, 2120-2121

Problem with exam, timeframe to address, 2189

Provincial standardized testing, 666-667

Ethics Report Motion

That the Legislative Assembly accept the report of the Ethics Commissioner regarding the honourable member for Keewatinook, September 19, 2024 and approve the recommendation

Debate, 2702-2703

Excellence in Education Awards

Ministerial statements, 1503

French language education

Budget 2024, 1029

Fuel tax rate reduction

Amendment to Bill 3, 474

Gaza war

Humanitarian aid, 686-687

Government Motion

That the Legislative Assembly affirm its commitment to immediately call for a ceasefire in the Israel and Gaza war to address the famine crisis, 685-689

Green Team Program

Circle Square Ranch funding, 1937-1938

Highway 2

Repair timeline--Spruce Woods, 1574-1575

Highways and roads

Repairs--Spruce Woods, 1574-1575

Infrastructure spending

Budget 2024, 1030

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Request to call estimates, 1881-1882

Licence plates

Provincial park plates, support for, 1380-1381

Provincial park promotion, 1380

Manitoba First Nations Police Service

Schwartz, Lon, 1041-1042

Manitoba Hydro

Debt and rate freeze, 474

Net zero grid directive

Impact on natural gas customers, 140

Rate freeze update, 311

Rates, government intention, 287

Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI)

Privatization, 353

Matters of Privilege

Raised by the Member for Spruce Woods alleging that the Minister of Education failed to provide sufficient information regarding the construction of new schools, 835

Raised by the Member for Spruce Woods alleging that the Premier repeatedly called him a failed political staffer and a poor quality candidate for MLA and that these personal attacks impeded his ability to serve his constituents, 801

Members' acknowledgements, 167-168

Members' statements

Brandon University's co-operative program, 2679

Recognition of CFB Shilo service members, 1592-1593

Schwartz, Lon, 1041-1042

Souris Survivor Bonspiel, 860

Westman area walk to support mental health, 1871-1872

Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 169

Ministerial statements

Excellence in Education Awards, 1503

National Police Week, 1930

Municipalities

Operating grants, 1028

National Police Week, 1930

Opposition Day Motion

Request for the Ethics Commissioner to investigate the allegations brought forward by the MLA for Fort Garry regarding a "dysfunctional workplace," 2531-2533

Oral Questions

2024 tax rebates and credits

Government intention, 409-410, 474

Cancellation of ELA exam for 2024

Directive to divisions-minister's comments, 2189

Impact on graduating students, 2188

Issues with exam-timeframe to address, 2189

Carbon tax on home heating bills

Request for Manitoba exemption, 27-28

Carbon tax, ministerial responses and fuel tax

Government management record, 203-204

City of Brandon

Operating funding, 1149-1150

Devonshire Park School

Construction inquiry, 1597

Education property taxes

Affordability concerns, 510

Fuel tax amendment act

Amendment to Bill 3, 474

Grade 12 English exams

Cancellation notification, 2120-2121

Green Team Program

Circle Square Ranch, 1937-1938

Increased enrollment in schools

New school construction inquiry, 1784

Legislative business

Request to call estimates, 1881-1882

Manitoba Hydro

Rate freeze update, 311

Manitoba Hydro debt

Rate freeze inquiry, 474

Manitoba Hydro rates

Government intention, 287

Manitoba school divisions

Operational decisions, 1847

Minister of Labour and PNP program

Newcomers right to protest, 1445

Municipality of Riverdale

Disbandment of police services, 2624-2625

Need for new school construction

Future of German language program, 2721-2722

Need for new schools

Request for construction plan, 2685-2686

Net zero grid directive for Hydro

Impact on natural gas customers, 140

Provincial standardized testing

Government position, 666-667

River East Transcona School Division

Change to catchment area-public consultation, 2243

Child-care space availability, 2242

School board meeting re: catchment areas, 2242

School construction and class sizes

Priority concerns-Budget 2024, 972-973

School construction projects

Child-care spaces, 1351

School expansion in Brandon

Request for government support, 1049

Spruce Woods constituency

Road safety concerns, 1574

Timeline for Highway No. 2 repairs, 1574-1575

Ten dollar a-day childcare

Summer availability inquiry, 2334

Upcoming federal carbon tax increase

Request for province to oppose, 920-921

Upcoming increase to carbon tax

Call for government to oppose, 775

Winnipeg School Division in-service day

Inquiry into use of anti-semitic language, 2782-2783

Parks - provincial

Budget 2024, 1186

Licence plates, promotion, 1380

Petitions

Breast screening, 2795

Carbon tax and rising food prices, 1256

Provincial Trunk Highway 2, 1690-1691, 1750-1751, 1795-1796, 1855-1856, 1887, 2192, 2339-2340, 2633, 2695-2696, 2731-2732

Removal of federal carbon tax, 927, 1358-1359, 1582-1583

Police/policing

Disbandments of services--Riverdale, 2624-2625

Primary Immunodeficiency Week

Members' statements, 1344

Provincial deficit

Forecast, 1028

Provincial finances

Debt servicing costs, 1028

Provincial Nominee Program

Newcomers right to protest, 1445

Public Schools Amendment Act (Bill 21)

2 R

Debate, 2611-2612

Questions, 2608-2610

Resolutions

Calling on the provincial government to address the overcrowding in schools

Opening statement, 1389-1391

Questions, 1391-1393

Calling on the provincial government to keep hard drugs illegal

Questions, 2078

Calling on the provincial government to stop the assault on affordability and eliminate the education property taxes for all Manitobans

Debate, 2308-2309

Questions, 2304

Commitment to keeping Manitoba public insurance publicly owned

Questions, 353

Orange Shirt Day

Questions, 2669-2670

Supporting the provincial government's universal nutrition program

Debate, 2168-2170

Questions, 2165-2167

River East Transcona School Division

Change to catchment area-public consultation, 2243

Child-care space availability, 2242

School board meeting re: catchment areas, 2242

Riverdale Manitoba

Police services, disbandment of, 2624-2625

Rules of the House, Standing Committee on

Concurrence motion, 2341-2342

Safe Access to Abortion Services Act

Buffer zones, around all health facilities, 873

Cross-jurisdictional comparison, 874

Fertility clinics, application at, 874-875

Safe Access to Abortion Services Act (Bill 8)

2 R

Questions, 873-875

School construction

Brandon Manitoba, 1391

Budget 2024, 1390, 2030

Budget approval, 1393

Cancellation, impact of, 1391-1392

Cancellation, impact on school divisions, 1392

Cancellation, list of, 1392

Child-care spaces, 1351, 1391

Enrollment increase, 1784

Expansion--Brandon, 1049

German language program, 2721-2722

Need for, 2685-2686

Priority concerns-Budget 2024, 972-973

School divisions

Cancelled projects, impact of, 1392

Operational decisions, 1847

Schools

Overcrowding, 1390

Schwartz, Lon

Members' statements, 1041-1042

Souris Survivor Bonspiel, 860

Spruce Woods constituency

Highway No. 2 repairs, timeline for, 1574-1575

Road safety, 1574

Spruce Woods Provincial Park, 2030

Tax rebates and credits

Government intention for 2024, 409-410, 474

Throne speech debate, 167-170

Two-Spirit and Transgender Day of Visibility Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) (Bill 208)

2 R

Questions, 1811

Unexplained Wealth Act (Criminal Property Forfeiture Act and Corporations Act Amended) (Bill 30)

2 R

Debate, 1898-1902, 1947, 1951-1952

Water and sewer services

Budget 2024, 1028-1029

The Winnipeg Foundation

History of, 889

Winnipeg Foundation Amendment Act (Bill 300)

2 R

Debate, 2162-2163

Questions, 2160-2161

2 R

Debate, 2162-2163

Questions, 2160-2161

Winnipeg School Division

In-service day

Inquiry into use of anti-semitic language, 2782-2783

Jansens, Leo

Members' statements

Schmidt, 1245

Jewish Heritage Month

Cook, 2112

Lamoureux, 2112-2113

Simard, 2111-2112

John G. Stewart School

Schott, 20

John Howard Society

Men's Resource Centre

Balcaen, 586

Johnson, Derek (Interlake-Gimli) PC

Advanced Education Administration Amendment Act (Bill 10)

2 R

Questions, 1423

Affordable housing

Interlake-Gimli constituency, 1575

Agriculture industry

Dyed diesel fuel, 113

Alzheimer Society of Manitoba

Members' statements, 947

Arborg & District Multicultural Heritage Village, 1067

Arts/culture sector

Throne speech, 220

Body Armour and Fortified Vehicle Control Amendment Act (Bill 29)

2 R

Questions, 2001-2002

Brandon, Terry

Members' statements, 278

Budget 2024

Building Sustainable Communities, 1067

Community supportive living (seniors), 1249

Debate, 1066-1068, 1082-1083

Personal-care homes, 1083

Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 37)

2 R

Debate, 2135-2136

Questions, 2132

Building Sustainable Communities

Budget 2024, 1067

Organizations funded, 1067-1068, 1082-1083

Carbon tax

Request to eliminate, 923-924

Child-care spaces

Throne speech, 219

City of Winnipeg

Combined sewers, elimination plan, 756

Commercial fishing industry

Consultations re: Bill 3, 113

Lake Manitoba, 147-148

St. Laurent, 651

Criminal Property Forfeiture Fund

Use in--Interlake-Gimli, 1377

Diagnostic and Surgical Recovery Task Force

Dissolution of task force, 219

Drivers and Vehicles Amendment Act (Bill 19)

2 R

Questions, 1464-1465, 1468-1469

Economic Development Secretariat

Government decision to dissolve, 220

Education system

Educator recruitment and retention (Throne speech), 219

Michif language in curriculum, 143, 650, 654

EngageMB

Project labour agreements, 579

Eriksdale Curling Club, 1082

First Link Client Support program, 947

Fishery

Impact of sewage spill into Red River, 516, 757

Fraserwood Hall

Members' statements, 1523

Fuel tax rate reduction

Commercial fishing industry consultations, 113

Dyed diesel, agriculture industry, 113

Municipal equipment, 115

Gaza war

Humanitarian aid, 671-672

Gimli Art Club

Members' statements, 1146

Gimli Manitoba

Métis heritage, 218

Government Motion

That the Legislative Assembly affirm its commitment to immediately call for a ceasefire in the Israel and Gaza war to address the famine crisis, 671-672

Amendment, 672

Health-care system

Throne speech, 219

Hearing aid program

Funding, 110

Program expansion inquiry, 307

Hecla Provincial Park

Road investments, 1067

Highways and roads

Road repairs--Interlake-Gimli, 1046

Home-care services

Self-and family-managed care, 307

Housing

Shortage (Throne speech), 220

Icelandic River

Flood protection study, 1575

Impaired driving

Lack of vehicle ownership, licence suspension loophole re: Bill 20, 1469

Interlake-Gimli constituency, 217-219

Affordable housing, 1575

Conservation districts, 1067

Highway and road repairs, 1046

Icelandic River flood protection study, 1575

Land drainage issues

Earthwork project approvals, 1575-1576

STARS air ambulance

Contract renewal inquiry, 708

Islandic heritage

Gimli community, 218

Islendingadagurinn Icelandic festival, 218

Kerbrat, Terrell

Member statement, 130

Kiwanis Club of Gimli & District

Curling club, 1082

Lake Winnipeg

Sewage spill (2002), 756

Long-term care

Budget increase inquiry, 306-307

Lott, Kadriana and Colton

Members' statements, 2115-2116

Louis Riel Act (Bill 2)

2 R

Debate, 147-149

Questions, 142-143

Manitoba Hydro Amendment Act (Net-Metering Agreements) (Bill 214)

1 R, 2087

Manitoba Small Business Month Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) (Bill 216)

2 R

Questions, 1957

Matters of Privilege

Raised by the Member for Interlake-Gimli alleging that comments made on May 28, 2024 by the Premier and the Members for St. James, Union Station and Transcona, damaged his reputation, 2233-2234

Raised by the Member for Interlake-Gimli alleging that the First Minister misled Manitobans by discussing the firing of an individual from the Economic Development Secretariat, 125

Raised by the Member for Interlake-Gimli alleging that the Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care divulged information to the media about a bill creating a Seniors Advocate that is not yet before the House, 853-854

Members' statements

Alzheimer Society of Manitoba, 947

Fraserwood Hall, 1523

Kerbrat, Terrell, 130

Lott, Kadriana and Colton, 2115-2116

ROGerKimLee Music Festival, 661

St. Laurent School Hawks, 2518

Terry, Brandon, 278

Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 652

Men's Mental Health Awareness Week Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) (Bill 217)

2 R

Questions, 2067-2069

Mental health and addiction

Throne speech, 220

Merit Contractors Association of Manitoba

Consultations re: Bill 7, 574, 576

Métis community

Gimli Manitoba, 218

Largest--St. Laurent, 651

Mixed cultures, 149

Michif language

Creation of dictionary, individuals involved, 652

School curriculum, 143, 147, 650, 654

Moosehorn Community Club, 1083

Natural resource development

Throne speech, 220

North End Water Pollution Control Centre

Age of facility, 757

Funding, 754, 756-757

Sewage spill (2002), 756

Nurses/nursing

Staffing concerns at PCH's, 957

Opposition Day Motion

Request for the Ethics Commissioner to investigate the allegations brought forward by the MLA for Fort Garry regarding a "dysfunctional workplace," 2547-2548

Oral Questions

Building affordable housing in Interlake-Gimli

Timeline for Icelandic River flood protection study, 1575

Carbon tax

Request to eliminate, 923-924

Community supportive living for seniors

Funding concerns in Budget 2024, 1156, 1249

Gimli Art Club, 1146

Interlake-Gimli constituency

Highway and road repairs, 1046

Interlake-Gimli land drainage issues

Earthwork project approvals, 1575-1576

Personal-care-home shortage

Funding and nurse staffing concerns, 957

Provincial Nominee Program

Ministerial interference concerns, 1408-1409

Self-and family-managed home care

Government funding inquiry, 110, 307

Seniors and long-term care

Budget increase inquiry, 306-307

Seniors hearing aid program

Government funding inquiry, 110

Program expansion inquiry, 307

Sewage spill into Red River

Impact on Lake Winnipeg fishery, 516

STARS air ambulance

Contract renewal inquiry for Interlake-Gimli, 708-709

STARS air ambulance services

Contract renewal inquiry for Interlake-Gimli, 708-709

Parks - provincial

Throne speech, 202, 220

Personal-care homes

Budget 2024, 1083

Funding and nurse staffing concerns, 957

Throne speech, 219

Petitions

Breast screening, 2795-2796

Carbon tax and rising food prices, 1533-1534, 1787-1788

Child welfare system-call for inquiry, 1883

Louise Bridge, 1848-1849

Medical assistance in dying and mental illness, 2689-2690

Provincial Trunk Highway 2, 2192

Removal of federal carbon tax, 1359, 2639, 2726-2727

Project labour agreements

Consultations re: Bill 7, 573, 578-579

EngageMB survey, 579

Government construction projects and union dues, 577

Union dues, 580

Provincial Nominee Program

Ministerial interference concerns, 1408-1409

Public Sector Construction Projects (Tendering) Repeal Act (Bill 7)

2 R

Debate, 576-580

Questions, 573-575

Red River - sewage spill

Impact on communities along, 753, 757

Impact on fishery, 516, 757

Resolutions

Justice for Jordyn

Questions, 2571

Louis Riel

Debate, 651-653

Questions, 649-650

Protecting Lake Winnipeg from sewage pollution

Debate, 756-757

Questions, 753-754

Respecting seniors

Debate, 1633-1634

Questions, 1631

Riel, Louis

Consultations re: Bill 2, 142

Riverton & District Friendship Centre, 1083

ROGerKimLee Music Festival

Members' statements, 661

School construction

Throne speech, 219

Senior citizens

Community supportive living, Budget 2024, 1156, 1249

Hearing aid program, 110

Self-and family-managed home care, 110

St. Laurent

Commercial fishery, 651

Largest Métis community, 651

St. Laurent School Hawks

Members' statements, 2518

STARS air ambulance

Contract renewal inquiry--Interlake-Gimli, 708-709

Throne speech

Art, culture and heritage projects, 220

Child-care spaces, 219

Educators, recruitment and retention, 219

Health care, 219

Housing shortage, 220

Mental health and addiction, 220

Natural resource development, 220

Personal-care homes, 219

Provincial parks, 220

School construction, 219

Throne speech debate, 217-220

Trucking industry

Trailers over 4, 500 kilograms, safety duplication, 1465

Unexplained Wealth Act (Criminal Property Forfeiture Act and Corporations Act Amended) (Bill 30)

2 R

Debate, 1377, 1605-1608

Water and sewer services

Combined sewers, elimination plan--City of Winnipeg, 756

Sewage spill (2002)--Lake Winnipeg, 756

World Police and Fire Games, 130

Joubert, Denis. See Members' statements under La Vérendrye constituency events

Journée internationale de la Francophonie

Lagassé, 857-858

Lamoureux, 858

Simard, 856-857

Joy Smith Foundation

Human trafficking

Schuler, 1263

Stone, 766-767

Judicial Compensation Committee. See Judicial Compensation Committee in Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs

Judicial education and training. See also Provincial Court Amendment Act (Expanded Training for Judges and Judicial Justices of the Peace)

Content of course material re: Bill 209

Hiebert, 1284

Lamoureux, 1284

Justice Department

Annual Report, March 31, 2023

Wiebe, 97

Annual Report, March 31, 2024

Wiebe, 2616

Budget 2024, funding for services

Wharton, 1333

Estimate

Debate, 2252-2266

Opening statements

Balcaen, 2254

Wiebe, 2252-2254

Speakers

Balcaen, 2255-2266

Wiebe, 2255-2266

Supplement to the Estimates of Expenditure 2024-2025

Wiebe, 1109

Justice system

Access to justice concerns

Schmidt, 745-746

French-language improvements

Wiebe, 1435

Request to call Bill 209 to committee

Fontaine, 1573-1574

Lamoureux, 1573

Transgender people

Oxenham, 53

Unaffordability of

Schmidt, 745

Justice, Standing Committee on

First report

Cross, 1736-1737

 

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