VOL. XLIX No. 15 - 1:30 p.m., TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1999
Tuesday, April 27, 1999
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA
Tuesday, April 27, 1999
The House met at 1:30 p.m.
PRAYERS
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
PRESENTING REPORTS BY
STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
First Report
Mr. Peter Dyck (Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections): Madam Speaker, I would ask for leave to present a report.
Madam Speaker: Does the honourable member for Pembina have leave to present the Standing Committee Report on Privileges and Elections? [agreed]
Mr. Dyck: I beg to present the First Report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
An Honourable Member: Dispense.
Madam Speaker: Dispense.
Your Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections presents the following as its First Report.
Your committee met on Monday, April 26, 1999, at 7 p.m. in Room 255 of the Legislative Assembly to consider bills referred.
Your committee heard representation on bills as follows:
Bill 17–The Elections Amendment and Elections Finances Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi J lectorale et la Loi sur le financement des campagnes J lectorales;
Mr. Fred Toker, Private Citizen
Mr. Paul Neilson, Private Citizen
Your committee has considered:
Bill 17–The Elections Amendment and Elections Finances Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi J lectorale et la Loi sur le financement des campagnes J lectorales;
and has agreed to report the same with the following amendment:
MOTION:
THAT section 13 of the Bill be amended by renumbering it as subsection 13(1) and by adding the following as subsection 13(2):
Coming into force: sections 2 and 3
13(2) Notwithstanding section 178 of The Elections Act, the amendments to The Elections Act, as enacted by sections 2 and 3 of this Act, come into force on the day this Act receives royal assent.
Mr. Dyck: I move, seconded by the honourable member for Sturgeon Creek (Mr. McAlpine), that the report of the committee be received.
Motion agreed to.