Monday, March 20, 1995
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA
Monday, March 20, 1995
The House met at 1:30 p.m.
PRAYERS
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
PRESENTING PETITIONS
Physical Education in Schools
Mr. Gregory Dewar (Selkirk): Mr. Speaker, I beg to present the petition of Sandra Hildebrandt, Natalie Reimer Anderson, Dennis Fournier and others requesting the Minister of Education (Mr. Manness) to consider maintaining physical education as part of the core curriculum from kindergarten to senior high.
Canada Post--Unsolicited Mail
Ms. Jean Friesen (Wolseley): Mr. Speaker, I beg to present the petition of Lorraine Douglas, Magda Hulsbosch, Nina Alsop and others requesting the federal minister responsible for Canada Post to consider bringing in legislation requiring all unsolicited mail and flyers to use recycled materials.
Physical Education in Schools
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Inkster): Mr. Speaker, I beg to present the petition of Les Ellchuk, Terry Sprott, L. Chemerika and others urging the Minister responsible for Education (Mr. Manness) to consider reinstating physical education as a compulsory core subject area.
READING AND RECEIVING PETITIONS
Physical Education in Schools
Mr. Speaker: I have reviewed the petition of the honourable member (Mr. Lamoureux). It complies with the privileges and the practices of this House and complies with the rules. Is it the will of the House to have the petition read? No. Dispense.
The petition of the undersigned residents of the province of Manitoba humbly sheweth:
THAT in July 1994, the Minister of Education introduced an action plan entitled Renewing Education: New Directions;
THAT this report will make physical education an optional course in Grades 9 to 12;
THAT the physical education curriculum should be regularly reviewed to ensure that it meets the needs of students;
THAT the government is failing to recognize the benefits of physical education such as improved physical fitness, more active lifestyles, health promotion, self-discipline, skill development, stress reduction, strengthened peer relationships, weight regulation, stronger bones, reduced risk of health diseases and improved self-confidence.
WHEREFORE your petitioners humbly pray that the Legislative Assembly urge the Minister responsible for Education to consider reinstating physical education as a compulsory core subject area.
Canada Post--Unsolicited Mail
Mr. Speaker: I have reviewed the petition of the honourable member (Ms. Friesen). It complies with the privileges and the practices of this House and complies with the rules (by leave). Is it the will of the House to have the petition read?
Am Honourable Member: Yes.
Mr. Speaker: Yes? Okay, the Clerk will read.
Mr. Clerk (William Remnant): The petition of the undersigned citizens of the province of Manitoba humbly sheweth that:
WHEREAS each year over four billion advertisements and flyers are mailed to Canadian households by Canada Post alone; and
WHEREAS each Canadian household receives an average of 1,300 pieces of unsolicited mail each year; and
WHEREAS the number of trees used to produce this vast quantity of unwanted advertising is substantial and the amount of junk mail has doubled in the past five years; and
WHEREAS much of this advertising material is non-recyclable and ends up in landfills costing municipalities millions of dollars each year; and
WHEREAS repeated requests from consumers to have Canada Post not deliver junk mail at their homes have been denied; and
WHEREAS if it was mandatory that advertisers and distributors of unsolicited mail and flyers use only recyclable material in all unsolicited mail and flyers delivered by Canada Post, this material could be recycled.
WHEREFORE your petitioners humbly pray that the Legislative Assembly request the federal minister responsible for Canada Post to consider bringing in legislation requiring all unsolicited mail and flyers to use recyclable materials and amending the Canada Postal Act so that Canada Post would have to comply with no-flyer signs at personal residences.
TABLING OF REPORTS
Hon. Linda McIntosh (Minister of Urban Affairs): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table the Annual Report 1993-94 for the Department of Urban Affairs.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
Bill 221--The Public Health Amendment Act (2)
Mr. Gary Kowalski (The Maples): Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the member for Inkster (Mr. Lamoureux), that leave be given to introduce Bill 221, The Public Health Amendment Act (2); (Loi no 2 modifiant la Loi sur la santé publique), and that the same be now received and read a first time.
Motion presented.
Mr. Kowalski: Mr. Speaker, this bill deals with emergency workers who treat people at emergency scenes. It allows for them to request information about any infectious diseases that those people they treat may have so that they can protect themselves and their families. I ask all members to support this bill.
Motion agreed to.
Introduction of Guests
Mr. Speaker: Prior to Oral Questions, may I direct the attention of honourable members to the gallery, where we have with us this afternoon from the Joseph Wolinsky school thirty-five Grade 11 students under the direction of Mrs. Linda Connor. This school is located in the constituency of the honourable member for St. Johns (Mr. Mackintosh).
On behalf of all honourable members, I would like to welcome you here this afternoon.
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