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HOUSE INDEX - 1st Session - 42nd Legislature

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Carlson, Michayla, 93

Chigbo, Chinemerem, 93

Fustey, Meghan, 93

Guillemard, Annlise, 93

Japit, Chris, 93

Johnson, Hayley, 93-94

Narozniak, Jazzy, 94

Otwari, Amelia, 94

Volotovska, Anna, 94

Pallister, Hon. Brian (Fort Whyte) PC

Addiction treatment services

Community collaboration process, 41-42

Government initiatives, 36, 41

Measuring outcomes, 44

Private sector partnerships, 37-38

Agricultural Crown lands

Corporate leasing concerns, 486, 647

Right of first refusal, 486

Agricultural fields

Ag recovery programs, 17, 21-22

Disaster financial assistance, 17

Feed shortage, 19

Agriculture industry

Ag recovery programs, 17, 21-22

Ag stability programs, 19

Ag stability vs. ag recovery programs, 19-20

Disaster financial assistance

State of emergency declaration, 18

Drought conditions, 17

Emission reduction, 295-296, 301-302

Emission reduction initiatives, 297-298

Output-based pricing system, 300-306

Protein summit, 295-296, 298-299

Amphibex machines

Sale of, 424-425

An Act Respecting the Administration of Oaths of Office (Bill 1), 6

Bipole III generating station

Economic review, 118-119

Cadham Provincial Lab

Shared Health Services, move to, 127-128

Cannabis sales

Beverage market, 368-369

Cannabis beer, authorized retailers, 369-370

Distribution model, 360-370

Edibles, package labelling, 367

Edibles, regulation of, 361-368

Estimated revenues, 368-369

Labelling restrictions, 371

Social responsibility fee, 359, 363-364

Carbon emissions reduction

Efficiency Manitoba, 278-279

Carbon tax

Federal approach, 287

Provincial comparison, 289

Cataract surgery

Wait time improvements, 125-126

Child-care centres

Increased parent fees, 309-313

Children in care

Youth incarceration link, Department review, 313-314

City of Winnipeg

Crime in downtown

Public safety concerns, 39-40, 100-101

Public intoxication

Liquor Mart location closure request, 101

Civil Service

Consultants, use of, 192-199

Workforce reduction, 102-112

Climate change

Drought/flood cycles, 17

Government position, 286-287

Human activity, 287-288

Request for government plan, 94-95

Conference Board of Canada

Economic outlook, 643

Consumer protection

Government record, 431

Crown Corporations Council

Civilian oversight, 224

Crown Services

Mandate letter plan, 124-125

Disaster financial assistance

Agricultural fields, 17

Federal deductible increase, 17

State of emergency declarations

Agriculture industry, 18

Drought

Agriculture industry, 17

Climate change, 17

Drug addiction

Downtown safety initiatives needed, 37-39

Prevention initiatives needed, 36-37

Public health care costs, 43

Drug addiction awareness

Education system curriculum update, 36

Drug-impaired driving, 365

East Side Road Authority

Auditor General's findings, 107

Economic forecast--provincial

Conference Board's findings, 643

Economic Growth Action Plan, 211

Education and Training Department

Internal review, 205-206

Internal review, staff reduction inquiry, 207-208

Education system

Drug awareness curriculum upgrade, 36

Financial literacy curriculum (K-to-12), 221-222

Education system review

Goals for K-12, 206-207

Interim report inquiry, 203

Status update, 204

Efficiency Manitoba

Carbon reduction programs, 278-279

Elections

PC campaign

Sale of government assets, 117

Employment and Income Assistance (EIA)

Income inequality, 189

Executive Council

Committees of Cabinet, current activities, 202-203

Estimates

Speakers, 14-46, 103-134, 192-224, 286-315, 358-381

Staff introductions, 14

Finance Department

Invoice management upgrades, 200

Robotic Process Automation Pilot project, 200

Tax Return and Payment Processing, digitization, 200

Financial literacy

Household debt, 218-221

K-to-12 curriculum, 221-222

Fiscal Stabilization Fund

Government investment, 215-218

Flood fighting equipment

Sale of Amphibex machines, 424-425

Flooding, spring

Government preparation, 424

Sale of Amphibex machines, 424-425

Gaming review--provincial

Reason for, 376-379

Global climate strike

Government attendance, 94

Greenhouse gas emissions

Paris Agreement, 288-289

Price on pollution, 290-291

Reduction in agriculture industry, 295-296, 297-298, 301-302

Reduction targets, programs for, 291-292

Health care

Clinical and preventive services plan

Timeline for report release, 126-127

Health Sciences Centre

Nurse staffing levels, 277-278

Health-care funding

Federal-provincial ratio, 126

Government intention, 555-556

Health-care reform

Consolidation pause recommendation, 133-134

Increase bed capacity request, 182-183

Wait times and staffing, 95-96

HIV/AIDS/STBBI outbreaks

IV drug use

Harm reduction strategy request, 550-551

Public health nurses, funding for, 551

Household debt

Financial literacy, 218-221

Idea Fund, 125, 198-199

Immigrants

Truck driver training

Education and training responsibility, 557

Improving Access and Coordination of Mental Health and Addiction Services: A Provincial Strategy for all Manitobans

Recommendations, 40-41

Income inequality

EIA rates, 189

Indigenous education

Post-secondary/trades training, 212-213

Insurance broker compensation

Public sector wages, 644

Insurance Brokers Association of Manitoba (IBAM)

Online services, MPI conciliation, 27-35

Intravenous drug use

HIV/AIDS/STBBI outbreaks

Harm reduction strategy request, 550-551

Public health nurses, funding for, 551

Job creation

Unemployment rate, 189

Judicial system

Phoenix Sinclair recommendations, 16

Keeyask Generating Station Project

Economic review, 118-119

Liquor Mart

Downtown location closure request, 101

Liquor sales

Licensed distribution model, 373-375

Liquor sales, private, 306-309

Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan

Four pillars, 288

Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation

Forage insurance claims in 2018, 18

Loan deferrals, Auditor General opinion, 22-25

Manitoba Housing

Property network management, LAN extension, 199

Manitoba Hydro

Economic review, interim report inquiry, 119-120

Economic review, report release, 120

Internal review, 121

Management restructure, 122-124

Reviews, status update, 117-118

Staff reduction

Safety and reliability concerns, 636-640

Twenty-year plan, 121-122

Manitoba Livestock Cash Advance, 22

Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI)

Online services

Government position, 26-29

Insurance Brokers Association (IBAM) conciliation, 27-35

Rate affordability, 102

Treasury Board proposal, 112-117

Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project

Green initiative, 292

Mental health and addiction

Provincial funding, 183

Transitional housing support, 184

Mental health and addiction, youth services, 315

Methamphetamine addiction

Public safety concerns, 36

Request for government plan, 35

Migration--provincial

Manitoba's economy, 644

National Pharmacare plan

Government position, 556

Nursing profession

HIV/AIDS/STBBI outbreaks

Public health nurses, funding for, 551

Mandatory overtime, elimination of, 128-129

Staffing levels (Health Sciences Centre), 277-278

Oral Questions

Action on climate change

Request for government plan, 94-95

Addiction and mental health

Provincial funding, 183

Transitional housing support, 184

Agricultural Crown lands

Corporate leasing concerns, 486, 647

Consumer protection

Government record, 431

Crime in downtown Winnipeg

Public safety concerns, 100-101

Economic forecast--provincial

Conference Board's findings, 643

Education tax credit

Request to reinstate, 190

Efficiency Manitoba

Carbon reduction programs, 278-279

Global climate strike

Government attendance, 94

Health Sciences Centre

Nurse staffing levels, 277-278

Health-care funding

Government intention, 555-556

Health-care reform

Increase bed capacity request, 182-183

Wait times and staffing, 95-96

Immigrants working in trucking industry

Education and training responsibility, 557-558

Income inequality

EIA rates, 189

Insurance broker compensation

Public sector wages, 644

IV drug use and HIV/STBBI outbreaks

Funding for public health nurses, 551

Harm reduction strategy request, 550-551

Job creation

Unemployment rate, 189

Manitoba Hydro staff reduction

Safety and reliability concerns, 636-640

MPI online services

Rate affordability, 102

National Pharmacare plan

Government position, 556

Personal-care homes

Accidental fall prevention, 491

Federal-provincial funding, 490-491

Post-secondary education

Tuition and fee increases, 484-485

Provincial out-migration

Manitoba's economy, 644

Public intoxication in downtown Winnipeg

Request to close Liquor Mart location, 101

Public Services Sustainability Act

Timeline for proclamation, 423-424

Social housing units

Housing First model, 184

Spring flooding concerns

Government preparation, 424

Sale of Amphibex machines, 424-425

St. Boniface Hospital

Cardiac unit staffing, 549-550

Orange Shirt Day

Recognition, 15

Orthopedic care

Wait time improvements, 125-126

Paris Agreement

Government position, 288-289

Personal-care homes

Accidental fall prevention, 491

Federal-provincial funding, 490-491

Physician recruitment, 125-126

Post-secondary education

Tuition and fee increases, 484-485

Predatory lending

Payday loans, 220-221

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Procurement review, 196

Procurement modernization

PwC review, 196

Public intoxication

Downtown Winnipeg, 101

Public Services Sustainability Act

Timeline for proclamation, 423-424

Public-private partnerships

School construction, 194

Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) clinic

Funding for staffing, 41

Reconciliation

Government's annual report, 16

Registered Disability Savings Plan, 358

Residential school survivors, 15

Residential schools

National holiday recognizing, 16

Robotic Process Automation Pilot project

Use in Finance Department, 200

Roquette Canada Ltd.

Update on plant, 293

School construction

Public-private partnerships, 194

Shared Health Services

Cadham Provincial Lab, move to, 127-128

Social housing units

Housing First model, 184

St. Boniface General Hospital

Cardiac unit staffing, 549-550

Tenant Exit Incentive Pilot Project

Unit Condition, 200

Throne Speech

Debate, 8-9

Trades training

Indigenous education, 212-213

Truck driver training

Immigrants, education and training responsibility, 557-558

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

Residential schools

National holiday recognizing, 16

Tuition fee income tax rebate

Request to reinstate, 190

Vaping

Health impacts, 371-373

Workers Compensation Board

Auditor General's findings, 214-215

Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change

Manitoba participation in

Squires, 564

Parcel pickup. See Gorilla Jack Safe Parcel Service

Paris Agreement

Government position

Kinew, 288

Pallister, 288-289

Pasture lands

Tree growing and carbon storage

Eichler, 666-667

Gerrard, 666

Paterson GlobalFoods

New oat processing facility

Eichler, 284-285

Nesbitt, 284

Tax increment financing program

Fielding, 529-530

Wasyliw, 529-530

Path to Reconciliation Act

Annual Progress Report 2019

Clarke, 177

Pathways to a Better Future: Manitoba's Poverty Reduction Strategy

Stefanson, 469

Payday loans. See Predatory lending

Peachey report. See Provincial Clinical and Preventive Services Planning for Manitoba: Doing Things Differently and Better report

Pedersen, Hon. Blaine (Midland) PC

Business Registration, Supervision and Ownership Transparency Act (Various Acts Amended) (Bill 22)

C/3 R, 708

Canadian Free Trade Agreement

Impact on Manitoba, 686

Capital, access to

Challenges for, 684-685

Start-ups, 685

Committee of Supply

Concurrence Motion, 715-716

Communities Economic Development Fund (CEDF)

Board, diversity of, 677

Fishing loans, 675-676

New mandate, timeline for, 676-677

Northern economy, 669

Update on review, 674-675

Conference Board of Canada

Economic outlook, 671, 715-716

Diversity

Communities Economic Development Fund (CEDF) board, 677

Economic forecast--provincial

Conference Board's findings, 671, 716

Out-migration concerns, 281-282

Fire Prevention Week, 419-420

Fishing industry

Fishing loans, 675-676

Free trade agreements

Canadian Free Trade Agreement

Impact on Manitoba, 686

Growth, Enterprise and Trade Department

Estimates

Opening statements, 668-670

Speakers, 668-686

International Relations

Deputy minister vacancy, 677-678

Reorganization of, 678

Staff introductions, 670

Supplementary Information for Legislative Review, 2019-2020, 13

Income inequality

Job creation, 679

Tracking of, 679-680

Interprovincial trade barriers

Removal of exemptions, 491-492

Manitoba Development Corporation

Annual report 2018-2019, 482

Manitoba Liaison Committee on Mining and Exploration

Advisory group, 669

Manitoba Opportunities Fund Limited

Annual report 2018-2019, 273

Manitoba Works! plan, 669

Manitoba-First Nations Mineral Development Protocol, 669

Migration--provincial

Out-migration, economic forecast, 281-282

Mine site remediation

Number of, 682

Mining Community Reserve Fund

Balance of, 673

Disbursements, 673-674

Mining/minerals

Mining conference, 669

Precious metals, update on, 672-673

Sherridon mine, remediation problems, 682-684

Ministerial statements

Fire Prevention Week, 419-420

Northern Manitoba Tourism Strategy, 669

Oil spill sites

Inspections

Public safety concerns, 681-682

Oil spills

Frequency of, 682

Oil wells

Royalties received, 680-681

Oral Questions

Interprovincial trade barriers

Removal of exemptions, 491-492

Provincial economic forecast

Out-migration concerns, 281-282

Public-private sector

Growth, 671-672

Wage stagnation, 672

Research Manitoba

Annual report 2018-2019, 273

Sherridon mine

Remediation problems, 682-684

Small Business Venture Capital Tax Credit, 686

Travel Manitoba

Annual report 2018-2019, 273

Wage stagnation

Tracking of, 678-679

Personal-care homes

Accidental fall prevention

Gerrard, 491

Pallister, 491

Beds, number of (WRHA)

Asagwara, 172

Friesen, 172-173

Federal-provincial funding

Lamont, 490-491

Pallister, 490-491

Frank Alexander inquest

Friesen, 173

Upgrades to standards and training

Friesen, 283-284

Gerrard, 283-284

Wait time decrease

Friesen, 172-173

Petitions

Legislative Assembly-official party status

Lamont, 191-192

Lamoureux, 493

Phoenix Sinclair. See Judicial system

Phosphorus reduction

Lake Winnipeg

Gerrard, 570

Squires, 571

North End Sewage Treatment Plant upgrades

Naylor, 569

Squires, 569

Physician recruitment

General comments

Kinew, 125

Pallister, 125-126

Northern Manitoba

Adams, 351

Friesen, 351

Rural residency programs--Northern Manitoba

Adams, 352

Friesen, 352

Physicians, primary care

Access to

Asagwara, 169-170

Friesen, 169-170

Piwniuk, Doyle (Turtle Mountain) PC

Committee of Supply

Capital Supply, 709

Committee report, 708, 709, 718

Committee of the Whole

Committee report, 719-720

Members' statements

Turtle Mountain constituency, 93

Turtle Mountain constituency, 93

Plastic bags, single use

Phase out, update on

Naylor, 569

Squires, 569-570

Podolak, Mitch

Naylor, 275

Points of Order

P/O by Gerrard regarding the fact that the Government did not table documents detailing the Government's Estimates of revenue this year

Gerrard, 633-634

Speaker's ruling, 634

Policing and Public Safety Strategy

Cullen, 434

Porter, Earl James

Wishart, 482

Post-secondary education. See also indigenous education

Enrolment rate decline

Altomare, 616-617

Goertzen, 616-617

Operating grant reduction

Goertzen, 702

Lamoureux, 701-702

Tuition and fee increases

Kinew, 484-485

Pallister, 484-485

Workforce alignment

Kinew, 208-210

Poverty. See Pathways to a Better Future: Manitoba's Poverty Reduction Strategy

Prairie Crocus Thrift Shop

Micklefield, 548

Prairie Home Comfort

Complaints against

Cullen, 506

Predatory lending

Payday loans

Lamont, 220-221

Pallister, 220-221

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Procurement review

Kinew, 196

Pallister, 196

Private schools

Funding increase, reason for

Altomare, 687-688

Goertzen, 687-688

Procurement modernization

Finance Department review

Fielding, 521-522

Wasyliw, 521-522

Indigenous businesses, priority for

Fielding, 524-527

Wasyliw, 524-527

Manitoba companies, priority for

Fielding, 522

Wasyliw, 522

New criteria

Fielding, 522

Wasyliw, 522

New West Partnership

Fielding, 522

Wasyliw, 522

PwC review

Kinew, 196

Pallister, 196

Scoring matrix

Fielding, 523

Wasyliw, 523

Stakeholders consulted

Fielding, 521, 526-527

Wasyliw, 521, 526-527

Procurement practices

Green procurement policy

Fielding, 527-528

Wasyliw, 527-528

Points system

Fielding, 525-526

Wasyliw, 525-526

Untendered contracts

Fielding, 238

Wasyliw, 238

Property tax. See Education property tax

Protein. See Agriculture industry

Provincial Clinical and Preventive Services Planning for Manitoba: Doing Things Differently and Better report

Quality assurance review

Asagwara, 70-71, 74

Friesen, 70-71, 74

Provincial finances

Debt reduction

Fielding, 645

Helwer, 645

Deficit reduction

Fielding, 190

Guenter, 190

Provincial government

Diversity inclusion

Fielding, 249-251

Wasyliw, 249-250

Provincial Nominee Program

Allocated points process

Goertzen, 704

Lamoureux, 704

Application fee, settlement services

Goertzen, 704, 715

Lamoureux, 704

Marcelino, 715

Career eligibility inquiry

Goertzen, 645

Lamoureux, 644-645

Equitable access to program

Goertzen, 489-490

Marcelino, 489-490

IELTS scores

Goertzen, 703

Lamoureux, 703

Labour market survey/consultant used

Goertzen, 703

Lamoureux, 703

Points system for occupations

Goertzen, 702

Lamoureux, 702

Public Account for Manitoba-Volumes 1, 2 and 3

Annual report 2019

Fielding, 177

Public Guardian and Trustee of Manitoba

Annual report, March 31, 2019

Cullen, 633

Public health nurses. See HIV/AIDS/STBBI outbreaks

Public intoxication

Downtown Winnipeg

Lamont, 101

Pallister, 101

Public service

Cost-of-living increases

Fielding, 383-384

Wasyliw, 383-384

Public Service Group Insurance Fund

Actuarial report, April 30, 2019

Fielding, 633

Public Services Sustainability Act

Collective bargaining rights

Fielding, 488-489

Lindsey, 488-489

Timeline for proclamation

Kinew, 423-424

Pallister, 423-424

Public Services Sustainability Amendment Act (Bill 2)

1 R

Fielding, 419

Introduction of legislation

Fielding, 430

Martin, 430

Public Utilities Board

Annual report, March 31, 2019

Fielding, 633

Efficiency Manitoba, filing delay

Sala, 333-335, 395-399

Wharton, 333-336, 395-399

Efficiency Manitoba, recommendations

Sala, 279-280

Wharton, 280

Public-private partnerships

School construction

Pallister, 194

Public-private sector

Growth

Moses, 671-672

Pedersen, 671-672

Wage stagnation

Moses, 672

Pedersen, 672

 

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