TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Your Standing Committee on Social & Economic Development presents the following as its Second Report. Meetings Your Committee met on June 3, 2009 in room of the Legislative Building. Matters under Consideration • Bill (No. 5) – The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Promoting Safer and Healthier Conditions in Motor Vehicles)/Loi modifiant le Code de la route (promotion de la santé et de la sécurité dans les véhicules automobiles) • Bill (No. 20) – The Manitoba Hydro Amendment and Public Utilities Board Amendment Act (Electricity Reliability)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'Hydro -Manitoba et la

Loi sur la Régie des services publics (fiabilité du réseau électrique) • Bill (No. 24) – The Colleges Amendment and Le Collège Universitaire de Saint -Boniface Amendment Act (College Degrees)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les collèges et la

Loi sur le Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface (grades des collèges) • Bill (No. 29) – The Environment Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement Committee Membership • Hon. Mr. A SHTON • Mr. CULLEN • Mr. DERKACH • Mr. DEWAR • Mr. DYCK • Hon. Ms. IRVIN-ROSS • Ms. MARCELINO • Hon. Ms. MCGIFFORD • Mrs. MITCHELSON • Ms. SELBY • Hon. Mr. STRUTHERS Your Committee elected Ms. SELBY as the Chairperson. Your Committee elected Ms. M ARCELINO as the Vice-Chairperson. Substitutions received during committee proceedings: • Mr. MAGUIRE for Mr. MITCHELSON • Hon. Mr. RONDEAU for Mr.

DEWAR Public Presentations Your Committee heard the following eight presentations on Bill (No. 5) – The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Promoting Safer and Healthier Conditions in Motor Vehicles)/Loi modifiant le Code de la route (promotion de la santé et de la sécurité dans les véhicules automobiles): Derek Hay Radio Amateurs of Canada Bob Dolyniuk Manitoba Trucking Association Jeff Dovyak ARES-Amateur Radio Emergency Service Loretta Corbeil Manitoba Lung Association Geof Bawden Winnipeg Amateur Radio Club Joan Wilson Unicity Taxi Curtis Basso Manitoba Association of School Business Officials Phil Walding Duffy's Taxi Your Committee heard the following presentation on Bill (No. 20) – The Manitoba Hydro Amendment and Public Utilities Board Amendment Act (Electricity Reliability)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'Hydro - Manitoba et la

Loi sur la Régie des services publics (fiabilité du réseau électrique): Gaile Whelan-Enns Manitoba Wild Lands Your Committee heard the following three presentations on Bill (No. 29) – The Environment Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement: Greg Bruce Ducks Unlimited Canada Gaile Whelan-Enns Manitoba Wild Lands Glen Koroluk Beyond Factory Farming Written Submissions Your Committee received the following two written submissions on Bill (No. 5) – The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Promoting Safer and Healthier Conditions in Motor Vehicles)/Loi modifiant le Code de la route (promotion de la santé et de la sécurité dans les véhicules automobiles): Bryan H.

Crowley Consider the Possibilities Murray Gibson Manitoba Tobacco Reduction Alliance Bills Considered and Reported • Bill (No. 5) – The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Promoting Safer and Healthier Conditions in Motor Vehicles)/Loi modifiant le Code de la route (promotion de la santé et de la sécurité dans les véhicules automobiles) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, with the following amendments: THAT Clause of the Bill be amended by adding the following after the proposed subsection 215.1(3): Exception C police, fire and ambulance personnel 215.1(3.1) Subsection (2) does not apply to any of the following persons in relation to the use of a hand-operated electronic device in carrying out his or her duties: (

a) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force or another police officer, police constable or constable; (

b) a firefighter employed by a fire department; (

c) an ambulance operator as defined in

section of The Emergency Medical Response and Stretcher Transportation Act. • Bill (No. 20) – The Manitoba Hydro Amendment and Public Utilities Board Amendment Act (Electricity Reliability)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'Hydro -Manitoba et la

Loi sur la Régie des services publics (fiabilité du réseau électrique) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. • Bill (No. 24) – The Colleges Amendment and Le Collège Universitaire de Saint -Boniface Amendment Act (College Degrees)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les collèges et la

Loi sur le Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface (grades des collèges) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. • Bill (No. 29) – The Environment Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. Submitted by, _______________________________ Ms. Erin S ELBY, Chairperson June 3, 2009