Tuesday, May 28, 1996
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA
Tuesday, May 28, 1996
The House met at 1:30 p.m.
PRAYERS
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
PRESENTING PETITIONS
Home Care Services
Ms. Diane McGifford (Osborne): Madam Speaker, I beg to present the petition of B. Cook, Jean Cook, Irene Marantz and others requesting the Premier (Mr. Filmon) and the Minister of Health (Mr. McCrae) to consider reversing their plan to privatize home care services.
READING AND RECEIVING PETITIONS
Home Care Services
Madam Speaker: I have reviewed the petition of the honourable member for Dauphin (Mr. Struthers). It complies with the rules and practices of the House. Is it the will of the House to have the petition read?
An Honourable Member: Dispense.
Madam Speaker: Dispense.
THAT on at least six occasions during the 1995 provincial election, the Premier promised not to cut health services; and
THAT on December 16, 1995, a plan to privatize home care services was presented to Treasury Board; and
THAT this plan calls for the complete divestiture of all service delivery to nongovernment organizations, mainly private for-profit companies as well as the implementation of a user-pay system of home care; and
THAT previous cuts to the Home Care program have resulted in services being cut and people’s health being compromised; and
THAT thousands of caring front-line service providers will lose their jobs as a result of this change; and
THAT profit has no place in the provision of vital health services.
WHEREFORE your petitioners humbly pray that the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba may be pleased to request the Premier (Mr. Filmon) and the Minister of Health (Mr. McCrae) to consider reversing their plan to privatize home care services.
Madam Speaker: I have reviewed the petition of the honourable member for Broadway (Mr. Santos). It complies with the rules and practices of the House. Is it the will of the House to have the petition read?
Some Honourable Members: Dispense.
Madam Speaker: Dispense.
THAT on at least six occasions during the 1995 provincial election, the Premier promised not to cut health services; and
THAT on December 16, 1995, a plan to privatize home care services was presented to Treasury Board; and
THAT this plan calls for the complete divestiture of all service delivery to nongovernment organizations, mainly private for-profit companies as well as the implementation of a user-pay system of home care; and
THAT previous cuts to the Home Care program have resulted in services being cut and people’s health being compromised; and
THAT thousands of caring front-line service providers will lose their jobs as a result of this change; and
THAT profit has no place in the provision of vital health services.
WHEREFORE your petitioners humbly pray that the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba may be pleased to request the Premier (Mr. Filmon) and the Minister of Health (Mr. McCrae) to consider reversing their plan to privatize home care service.
Madam Speaker: I have reviewed the petition of the honourable member for Radisson (Ms. Cerilli). It complies with the rules and practices of the House. Is it the will of the House to have the petition read?
Some Honourable Members: Dispense.
Madam Speaker: Dispense.
THAT on at least six occasions during the 1995 provincial election, the Premier promised not to cut health services; and
THAT on December 16, 1995, a plan to privatize home care services was presented to Treasury Board; and
THAT this plan calls for the complete divestiture of all service delivery to nongovernment organizations, mainly private for-profit companies as well as the implementation of a user-pay system of home care; and
THAT previous cuts to the Home Care program have resulted in services being cut and people’s health being compromised; and
THAT thousands of caring front-line service providers will lose their jobs as a result of this change; and
THAT profit has no place in the provision of vital health services.
WHEREFORE your petitioners humbly pray that the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba may be pleased to request the Premier (Mr. Filmon) and the Minister of Health (Mr. McCrae) to consider reversing their plan to privatize home care service.
PRESENTING REPORTS BY
STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Committee of Supply
Mr. Marcel Laurendeau (Chairperson of Committees): Madam Speaker, the Committee of Supply has considered certain resolutions and directs me to report progress and asks leave to sit again.
I move, seconded by the honourable member for Morris (Mr. Pitura), that the report of the committee be received.
Motion agreed to.
TABLING OF REPORTS
Hon. Linda McIntosh (Minister of Education and Training): Madam Speaker, I am pleased to table the 1995 Teachers' Retirement Allowances Fund Annual Report.
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
Bill 58--The Parental Responsibility Act
Hon. Rosemary Vodrey (Minister of Justice and Attorney General): I move, seconded by the honourable Minister of Family Services (Mrs. Mitchelson), that leave be given to introduce Bill 58, The Parental Responsibility Act; Loi sur la responsabilité parentale, and that the same be now received and read a first time.
Motion agreed to.
Bill 300--The Salvation Army Catherine Booth Bible College Incorporation Amendment Act
Mr. Marcel Laurendeau (St. Norbert): Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable member for River Heights (Mr. Radcliffe), that leave be given to introduce Bill 300, The Salvation Army Catherine Booth Bible College Incorporation Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi constituant en corporation le Collège biblique Catherine Booth de l'Armée du Salut, and that the same be now received and read a first time.
Motion agreed to.
Introduction of Guests
Madam Speaker: Prior to Oral Questions, I would like to draw the attention of all honourable members, firstly, to the Speaker's Gallery where we have with us today His Excellency Daniel Dayer, Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada, and Mr. Claude Duboulet, Consul General of Switzerland.
Also in the Speaker's Gallery we have the Honourable Joanne Crofford, the Minister of Indian and Metis Affairs for Saskatchewan.
On behalf of all honourable members, I welcome you this afternoon.
In the public gallery, we have the student council executives from the Portage Collegiate Institute, the Arthur Meighen High School and the West Park School. These schools are located in the constituency of the honourable Minister of Government Services (Mr. Pallister).
We also have fifty-six Grade 5 students from J.R. Walkof School under the direction of Linda Bergen. This school is located in the constituency of the honourable member for Pembina (Mr. Dyck). Also, we have twenty Grades 6, 7 and 8 students from Leila North School under the direction of Mr. Fred Coppock. This school is located in the constituency of the honourable member for The Maples (Mr. Kowalski).
On behalf of all honourable members, I welcome you this afternoon.