Hansard: Index

Members' Index - 2nd Session - 43rd Legislature

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Lagassé, Bob (Dawson Trail) PC

Budget 2025

Debate, 960-963

Buy Canadian Act (Government Purchases Act Amended) (Bill 42)

2 R

Debate, 797-799

Fair Trade in Canada (Internal Trade Mutual Recognition) Act and Amendments to The Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act (Buy Manitoba, Buy Canadian Day) (Bill 47)

2 R

Debate, 2556-2559, 2579

2 R

Debate, 2556-2559

Highway 12 and 210

Intersection closure

Community consultation request, 2577-2578

Journée internationale de la Francophonie, 806, 807-808

Lyme and Other Tick-borne Diseases Awareness Month Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) (Bill 223)

2 R

Questions, 2092, 2094

Manitoba Small Business Month Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) (Bill 208)

2 R

Debate, 1967-1969

Matriarch Circle Act and Amendments to The Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act (Ribbon Skirt Day) (Bill 44)

2 R

Questions, 1216-1218

2 R

Questions, 1216-1218

Members' statements

Decorum in the House, 1192

Journée internationale de la Francophonie, 807-808

Southeast Mens Group, 684

Ste. Anne Collegiate, Mean Girls musical, 2240

Taché Community Complex, 317-318

Wery, Brent, 190

Ministerial statements

Bison's women's volleyball champions, 682

Journée internationale de la Francophonie, 806-807

Oral Questions

Highway 12 and 210 intersection closure

Community consultation request, 2577-2578

New high school for Ste. Anne

Construction inquiry, 237

School for Ste. Anne Manitoba

Request for status update, 2574

Petitions

Breast screening, 105-106, 168-169, 241, 361-362, 410

Death of Jordyn Reimer-judicial review request, 2255-2256, 2440-2441

Provincial Trunk Highways 12 and 210, 758, 782-783, 1207-1208

Vocational school in Ste. Anne, 700, 875-876, 910, 1152

Protecting Youth in Sports Act (Bill 21)

2 R

Debate, 1389

Questions, 1388-1389

R/S Amdts

Clause 15, 2492

C/3 R, 2616

2 R

Debate, 1389

Questions, 1388-1389

R/S Amdts

Clause 15, 2492

Public Schools Amendment Act (Universal Screening for Learning Disabilities) (Bill 225)

2 R

Questions, 1267-1268

Resolutions

Calling on the provincial government to implement a volunteer tax credit

Debate, 468-469

Questions, 464-465

Net-new health-care workers

Debate, 1687-1689

Questions, 1683, 1685

School construction

Need for--Ste. Anne, 237

Southeast Mens Group

Members' statements, 684

Sport, Culture, Heritage and Tourism Department

Estimates

Speakers, 2081-2084, 2232-2234

Ste. Anne Collegiate

Mean Girls musical production, 2240

Ste. Anne Manitoba

New school, request for status update, 2574

Ste. Anne, Manitoba

New high school, need for, 237

Taché Community Complex

Members' statements, 317-318

Throne Speech

Debate, 187, 246-249

University of Manitoba

Women's volleyball champions, 682

Wery Brent

Members' statements, 190

Lamoureux, Cindy (Tyndall Park) Lib.

Allied health services

Post-secondary training spaces, 984

Allied health-care professionals

Possible strike action-impact on patients, 496-497

Allied healthcare professionals

Recognition week, 1988

Budget 2025

Debate, 948-952

Shingles vaccine, 942

Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation Department

Estimates

Speakers, 1932-1936

Cardiac care

Community-based programs, 2377

Gender-inclusive heart health strategy, 2377

Heart failure, hospital admissions, 2377

Social determinants of health, 2377

Children in CFS care

Emergency placements, 1145

Family reunifications, 1144-1145

Community support workers

Turnover rate and low wages, 1434

Crime/criminals

Increased rates, 655

Critical minerals

Competitiveness concerns, 2120

Dementia prevention study

Shingles vaccine, 1049

Disabilities - learning

Universal screening for, 935

Earth Day, 1490

Education and Early Childhood Learning Department

Estimates

Speakers, 2211-2214

Education Week

Ministerial statements, 1345

Emergency room services

Patient death, call for independent investigation, 597

Request to restore--Seven Oaks Hospital, 815-816

Wait time reduction plan, 597

Wait times and bed shortage, 596-597

Employment and income assistance (EIA)

Affordable housing for recipients, 751-752

Family Doctor Day, 2190

First Nations

Mining/mineral royalty sharing, 2120

Foster parents

Standardized training

Auditor general recommendations, 1144

Health-care system

Audit findings, timeline to address issues, 1021

Management concerns, 525-526

Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Department

Estimates

Speakers, 1784-1788

Home care

Centralization of scheduling--WRHA

Delays and cancellations, 1302-1303

Worker burnout concerns, 1302

Homeless/homelessness

Culturally appropriate services (Indigenous people), 1434

Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Department

Estimates

Speakers, 2029-2034

Impaired driving

Increased penalties when minors present, 942

Indigenous people

Homelessness prevention

Culturally appropriate services, 1434

International Day of Pink, 1134-1135

International students

Health coverage, reinstatement request, 867-868, 1543-1544

Systemic challenges, 1543

Internationally trained professionals

Credential recognition barriers, 1702

Jewish Heritage Month, 2188

Job creation

Quarterly progress reports, 1702

Justice and Attorney General Department

Estimates

Speakers, 1805-1808

Lake Manitoba-Lake St. Martin channel project

First Nations consultations, environmental impact, 1500-1501

Learning disabilities

Universal screening

Request for government to support Bill 225, 2200

Resources for specialists and schools, 1646

Standing committee for Bill 225, 1645

Literacy

Marginalized communities, systemic barriers, 1646

Literacy rate

Mandatory screening for K-12, 692

Reading recovery strategy for K-12, 692-693

Reading supports, Budget 2025, 692

Local journalism - all party committee

Composition of committee, 1917

Consultation with diverse communities, 1918

Public transparency and accountability, 1918

Manitoba Housing

Wait times, 1433-1434

Manitoba Hydro rates

Infrastructure upgrade costs, 1201-1202

Manufacturing industries

Job security and export markets, 429-430

Matter of urgent public importance

The need to protect Manitoba businesses and consumers from the economic impact of American tariffs and to develop a long-term interprovincial trade strategy, 439-440

Meadows West School

Students questions for government, 2244-2245, 2319

Students tour of the Legislature, 2240

Members' statements

Filipino health-care aide association of Manitoba, 768

Meadows West students, tour of the Legislature, 2240, 2313

Member's appreciation for congratulations on sun Hudson's birth, 421

Pharmacists Manitoba, 2041

Prairie Rose students' visit to the Legislature, 2463

Universal screening for learning disabilities, 935

University of Winnipeg, 1535

Victory in Europe Day 80th anniversary, 1848

Winnipeg Sikaran Arnis Academy, 1758

Métis, Michif child and family services agencies

Impact of possible trike action, 564-565

Wage parity with civil servants, 902

Midwifery services

Staff shortages, 984

Migration

Retention of skilled workers, 1701-1702

Mining and mineral

Exploration, modernization of provincial laws, 2119

Mining and minerals

Critical minerals, competitiveness concerns, 2120

Royalty sharing--First Nations, 2120

Ministerial statements

Allied healthcare professionals recognition week, 1988

Earth Day, 1490

Education Week, 1345

Family Doctor Day, 2190

Filipino Heritage Month, 2564

International Day of Pink, 1134-1135

Jewish Heritage Month, 2188

Pride month, 2524-2525

Red Dress Day, 1636

Turban Day and Vaisakhi, 1226

Two-Spirit and Transgender Day of Visibility, 973-974

Yom HaShoah, 1589

Motions of Condolence

Nello Altomare, 607-608

Nurses/nursing

Private agency, usage inquiry, 1020

Violence and assault against

Workplace safety measures, 1764-1765

Opposition day motion

To call on the provincial government to take immediate and decisive action to create a bail condition enforcement branch within the Manitoba Sheriff's Department to protect and safeguard Manitobans from individuals that violate conditions of their release, 539

Oral Questions

Accountability for literacy outcomes

Systemic barriers for marginalized communities, 1646

All-party committee on local journalism

Composition of committee, 1917

Consultation with diverse communities, 1918

Public transparency and accountability, 1918

Allied health-care professionals

Possible strike action-impact on patients, 496-497

Audit of Manitoba's health-care system

Findings of audit-timeline to address issues, 1021

Children in CFS care

Number of emergency placements, 1145

Number of family reunifications, 1144-1145

Community support workers

Turnover rate and low wages, 1434

Coverage for shingles vaccine

Impact of cost on vaccination rate, 2573

Request for cost-benefit analysis, 2573

Request for program for seniors, 2572

Cuts to University of Winnipeg programs

Barriers to student graduation, 1543

Emergency room patient death

Call for independent investigation, 597

Emergency room wait times

ER and PCH bed shortage, 596-597

Employment and income assistance rates

Affordable housing for recipients, 751-752

ER wait time reduction plan

Request to release, 597

Expansion of pharmacists' prescribing authority

Impact on wait times for health services, 2048-2049

Prescriptions for contraceptives, 2048

Request for funding supports for pharmacies, 2049

Government's job creation commitments

Request for quarterly progress reports, 1702

Health care for international students

Request to reinstate coverage, 867-868

Health-care system

Management concerns, 525-526

Staffing and funding, 1022

Homelessness prevention for Indigenous people

Culturally appropriate services, 1434

Hospital admissions for heart failure

Establishment of community-based program, 2377

Gender-inclusive heart health strategy, 2377

Request to address social determinants, 2377

Impaired driving charges

Increased penalties when minors present, 942

Increase in number of wildfires

Long-term fire management strategy, 2535-2536

Increased crime in the retail sector

Consultation with business community, 653

Increased crime rate in Manitoba

Request for plan to address, 655

International students

Request for public health coverage, 1543-1544

Systemic challenges, 1543

Internationally trained professionals

Credential recognition barriers, 1702

Lake Manitoba-Lake St. Martin channel project

First Nations consultations, environmental impact, 1500-1501

Literacy rate for K-to-12 schools

Mandatory screening inquiry, 692

Reading recovery strategy, 692-693

Reading supports in Budget 2025, 692

Manitoba Housing

Wait times, 1433-1434

Manitoba Hydro, infrastructure upgrade costs

Impact of rate freeze on Hydro rates, 1201-1202

Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program

Allocation of certificates for skilled workers, 2432-2433

Manitoba wildfire evacuations

Communication with affected communities, 2535

Organization accepting donations, 2536

Manitoba's critical minerals

Competitiveness concerns, 2120

Manitoba's manufacturing industries

Concern for job security and export markets, 429-430

Manitoba's research community

Consultation with local research community, 1356

Underfunding concerns, 1355

Métis and Michif CFS agencies-strike action

Wage parity with civil servants, 902

Métis, Michif CFS agencies

Impact of possible trike action, 564-565

Mining and mineral exploration

Request to modernize provincial laws, 2119

Mining and mineral industry

Indigenous revenue sharing, 2120

New personal-care home beds

Needs-based location and staffing, 1600-1601

New school for Tyndall Park

Cancellation inquiry, 1237

Patient access to allied health services

Need for more post-secondary training spaces, 984

Personal-care homes

Location selection for new facilities, 1857

Request for province-wide plan, 1857

Staffing levels and quality of care, 1857

Prairie Mountain Health midwifery services

Shortage of services, 984

Private agency nurses

Government usage inquiry, 1020

Problem residence in Tyndall Park constituency

Request for Justice Minister to intervene, 1998

Provincial out-migration

Retention of skilled workers, 1701-1702

Recruitment of American researchers

Investments needed for long-term retention, 1355

School upgrades and repairs

Request for funding increase, 1237

Seven Oaks General Hospital

Request to re-establish ER services, 815-816

Southern Health region

Staff recruitment and retention, 984

Standardized training for foster parents

Status of auditor general recommendations, 1144

Students from Meadows West School

Questions for government, 2244-2245, 2319

Tyndall Park constituency

Request for police presence, 1998-1999

Tyndall Park students

Questions for government, 2472, 2473

Universal screening for learning disabilities

Request for government to support Bill 225, 2200

Resources for specialists and schools, 1646

Timeline for standing committee for Bill 225, 1645

University of Winnipeg

Funding challenges, 776-777

US trade dispute with Canada

Supports for jobs and businesses, 835-836

Vaccine for shingles

Absence in Budget 2025, 942

Cost to treat vs. prevention costs, 943

Dementia prevention study, 1049

Pharmacare coverage, 943

Violence and assault against Manitoba nurses

Workplace safety and addiction treatment services, 1764-1765

Waste water lagoon project in Armstrong

Environmental assessment and consultations, 1106-1107

Winnipeg Transit buses

Request for safety initiatives, 653

WRHA centralization of home-care scheduling

Home-care workers, burnout concerns, 1302

Impact of delays and cancellations on patient care, 1302-1303

Personal-care homes

Location selection for new facilities, 1857

Needs-based location and staffing, 1600-1601

Province-wide plan, 1857

Staffing levels and quality of care, 1857

Wait times and bed shortage, 596-597

Petitions

After school recreation programs for at-risk youth, 2325

Little Mountain Park, 556, 1112-1113, 1547, 1649-1650

Schools in Tyndall Park, 1303-1304

Supports for Manitobans with learning disabilities, 760-761, 870, 1603-1604

Pharmacists

Prescribing authority, expansion of

Funding support for pharmacies, 2049

Impact on wait times for health services, 2048-2049

Prescriptions for contraceptives, 2048

Pharmacists Manitoba

Member' statements, 2041

Prairie Mountain Health

Midwifery services, staff shortage, 984

Prairie Rose Elementary School

Students' visit to the Legislature, 2463

Provincial Court Amendment Act (Bill 2)

2 R

Debate, 677-678

C/3 R, 1513-1514

Provincial Nominee Program

Allocation of certificates for skilled workers, 2432-2433

Public Schools Amendment Act (Universal Screening for Learning Disabilities) (Bill 225)

1 R, 929

2 R

Opening statement, 1265-1266

Questions, 1267-1269

Red Dress Day, 1636

Research

American researchers, recruitment

Investments needed for long-term retention, 1355

Consultation with local community, 1356

Underfunding concerns, 1355

Resolutions

Calling on the provincial government to recognize the valuable role that the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra plays is Manitoba communities

Opening statements, 1277-1278

Questions, 1279-1281

Supporting the agricultural industry in Manitoba

Questions, 2414

Retail sector

Crime increase, 653

Schools

Upgrades and repairs, funding increase, 1237

Seven Oaks General Hospital

ER services, request to re-establish, 815-816

Shingles vaccine

Budget 2025 funding, 942

Cost to treat vs. prevention costs, 943

Cost-benefit analysis, 2573

Dementia prevention study, 1049

Impact of cost on vaccination rate, 2573

Pharmacare coverage, 943

Program for seniors, 2572

Southern Health region

Staff recruitment and retention, 984

Tariffs - United States

Support for Canadian jobs and businesses, 835-836

Turban Day, 1226

Two-Spirit and Transgender Day of Visibility, 973-974

Tyndall Park

New school, cancellation inquiry, 1237

Tyndall Park Community School

Students questions for government, 2472, 2473

Tyndall Park constituency

Police presence, request for, 1998-1999

Problem residence

Request for Justice Minister to intervene, 1998

Ukraine invasion

Third anniversary, 420

University of Winnipeg

Cuts to programs, 1543

Funding challenges, 776-777

Members' statements, 1535

Vaisakhi, 1226

Victory in Europe Day

Eightieth anniversary, 1848

Waste water treatment projects

Lagoon in Armstrong

Environmental assessment and consultations, 1106-1107

Wildfires

Long-term fire management strategy, 2535-2536

Wildfires - evacuation orders

Communication with affected communities, 2535

Organization accepting donations, 2536

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA)

Centralization of home-care scheduling

Delays and cancellations, 1302-1303

Worker burnout concerns, 1302

Winnipeg Sikaran Arnis Academy

Members' statements, 1758

Winnipeg Transit

Bus safety initiatives, 653

Yom HaShoah, 1589

Lathlin, Amanda (The Pas-Kameesak) NDP

Budget 2025

Debate, 958-960

Members' statements

Sutherland, Mike, 2313

Wilson, Peggy, 644

Sutherland, Mike

Members' statements, 2313

Wilson, Peggy

Members' statements, 644

Lindsey, Hon. Tom (Flin Flon) NDP

Corbett, Shannon

Introduction of new member, 1039

Corbett, Shannon (Transcona) NDP

Introduction of new member, 1039

Ethics Commissioner Report

Inquiry into the compliance of the Premier with The Conflict of Interest (Members and Ministers) Act by the Member for Fort Garry, December 2, 2024, 418-419

Ethics Report Motion

That the Legislative Assembly accept the Report of the Ethics Commissioner dated February 19, 2025 regarding the Premier and approve the recommendation contained therein

Motion, 570

That the Legislative Assembly accept the Report of the Ethics Commissioner dated November 5, 2024 regarding the Honourable Member for Riding Mountain

Motion, 210

Follow-up of Previously Issued Recommendations

Auditor General's Report, February 2025, 931

Manitoba Day

Speaker's Statement, 1903-1904

Preparing Incarcerating Individuals for Transition from Custody

Auditor General's Independents Assurance Report, March 2025, 931

Speaker's Statement

Decorum in the Chamber, 387, 805

Ferris, Melanie (new Hansard director), 319

Lockhart, Rob (Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms), 258-259

Manitoba Day, 1903-1904

Members engaging school groups in the public gallery, 1133

Practice for referencing guests in the gallery during debate, 1639

Procedural oversight allowing the member for La Vérendrye to speak twice to Bill 208, 2165

The Speaker apologizes to the member for Riding Mountain regarding events that occurred during OQ on April 23, 2025, 1529-1530

Stajkowski-Abbott, Finley (birth of), 682

Steel, Cam (Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms), 392

Transcona riding vacancy, 411

Yarish, Rick (Clerk of the Assembly of Manitoba)

Twenty-five years of service, 1427

Loiselle, Robert (St. Boniface) NDP

Battle of Vimy Ridge

One-hundredth anniversary, 1136

Brandon, Manitoba

Announcement of new schools, 816

Budget 2025

Debate, 963-966

Budget Bill Public Accountability Act (Bill 224)

2 R

Debate, 623-625

Climate Action Month Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) (Bill 218)

1 R, 1289

2 R

Opening statement, 1470-1472

Questions, 1472-1474

Crown Corporations, Standing Committee on

Fourth Report, 417

Education Week

Members' statements, 1293-1294

Elections

PC party campaign director (2023)

Inquiry into child-care contracts, 1601

Ethics Commissioner Report

Report findings for PC government breach, 2322-2323

Festival du Voyageur

Members' statements, 556-557

Fête du Manitoba

Members' statements, 1910

Free Trade and Mobility Within Canada Act (Bill 227)

2 R

Debate, 1410-1413

Government Motion

Special committee on local journalism, 217-219

Health System Governance and Accountability Amendment Act (Reporting When Timely Care Not Available) (Bill 226)

2 R

Questions, 1578-1580

Indigenous Veterans Day Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) (Bill 210)

2 R

Questions, 296-297

Journalism

Committee on local journalism, 235-236

Journée internationale de la Francophonie, 809

Lorette, Manitoba

New community complex, 99-100

Manitoba Day

Members' statements, 1910

Members' statements

Education Week, 1293-1294

Festival du Voyageur, 556-557

Fête du Manitoba, 1910

Journée internationale de la Francophonie, 809

Manitoba Day, 1910

Rendez-Vous Rivyayr Seine, 2368-2369

Théâtre Cercle Mollère 100th Anniversary, 1040-1041

Windsor Park Nordic Centre, 118

National Police Week

Recognizing law enforcement, 1918-1919

Oral Questions

2023 election, PC party campaign director

Inquiry into child-care contracts, 1601

Brandon, Manitoba

Announcement of new schools, 816

Committee on local journalism

Government announcement, 235-236

Ethics commissioner's report findings

PC government ethical violations, 2322-2323

National Police Week

Recognizing law enforcement, 1918-1919

New community complex in Lorette

Construction Announcement, 99-100

US tariffs on Canadian goods

Manitoba government's response to, 430

Winnipeg Jets

Return of Whiteout street party, 1107

Petitions

Amending The Winnipeg Foundation Act, 1110

Public Schools Amendment Act (Universal Screening for Learning Disabilities) (Bill 225)

2 R

Debate, 1271-1274

Rendez-Vous Rivyayr Seine

Members' statements, 2368-2369

Resolutions

Calling on the provincial government to implement a volunteer tax credit

Debate, 469-473

Justice for Jordyn

Debate, 2105-2106

Removing retail sales tax on the construction and sale of homes

Debate, 2516-2519

Rural health care

Battle of Vimy Ridge 100th anniversary, 1136

Social and Economic Development, Standing Committee on

Second Report, 1632-1633

Tariffs - United States

Manitoba government's response to, 430

Théâtre Cercle Mollère

Members' statements, 1040-1041

Throne Speech

Debate, 110-113, 129-130

Victims of Impaired Drivers Commemoration Day Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) (Bill 232)

C/3 R, 2294-2297

C/3 R, 2294-2297

Whiteout street party

Winnipeg Jets, 1107

Windsor Park Nordic Centre

Members' statements, 118

Winnipeg Foundation Amendment Act (Bill 300)

1 R, 1225

2 R

Opening statement, 1465-1467

Questions, 1467-1469

Winnipeg Jets

Return of Whiteout street party, 1107

 

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