TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Your Standing Committee on SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT presents the following as its Sixth Report. Meetings Your Committee met on May 11, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Room of the Legislative Building. Matters under Consideration • Bill (No. 21) – The Fiscal Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Act/Loi sur la responsabilité financière et la protection des contribuables • Bill (No. 22) – The Regulatory Accountability Act and Amendments to The Statutes and Regulations Act/Loi sur la responsabilisation en matière de réglementation et modifiant la

Loi sur les textes législatifs et réglementaires Committee Membership • Mr. ALLUM • Mr. CURRY • Hon. Mr. FIELDING • Hon. Mr. FRIESEN • Hon. Mr. GERRARD • Mr. JOHNSTON • Mr. LINDSEY • Ms. MARCELINO (Logan) • Hon. Mr. PEDERSEN • Mr. SMITH • Mr. YAKIMOSKI Your Committee elected Mr. JOHNSTON as the Chairperson. Your Committee elected Mr. Y AKIMOSKI the Vice-Chairperson.

Public Presentations Your Committee heard the following presentation on Bill (No. 21) – The Fiscal Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Act/Loi sur la responsabilité financière et la protection des contribuables: Jonathan Alward Canadian Federation of Independent Business Your Committee heard the following three presentations on Bill (No. 22) – The Regulatory Accountability Act and Amendments to The Statutes and Regulations Act/Loi sur la responsabilisation en matière de réglementation et modifiant la

Loi sur les textes législatifs et réglementaires: Chris Goertzen Association of Manitoba Municipalities Jonathan Alward Canadian Federation of Independent Business James Battershill Keystone Agricultural Producers Bills Considered and Reported • Bill (No. 21) – The Fiscal Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Act/Loi sur la responsabilité financière et la protection des contribuables Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, with the following amendments, on a counted vote of Yeas, 4 Nays: THAT Clause of the Bill be amended (

a) in Clause 8(2) by striking out "or (5)," and substituting ", (5) or (5.1),"; (

b) by replacing Clauses 8(4) and (5) with the following: Full payment — no deficit 8(4) If the report under

section for a fiscal year shows that the government did not incur a deficit, an amount withheld from a person under subsection (2) for that fiscal year is payable to the person for that fiscal year, without interest. Salary reduction — contravening deficit 8(5) If the report under

section for a fiscal year shows that the government incurred a deficit in contravention of

section or 5, the ministerial salary of a person to whom subsection (2) applied for that fiscal year is reduced by the amount withheld for that fiscal year under that subsection. Salary reduction — non-contravening deficit 8(5.1) If the report under

section for a fiscal year to which

section applies shows that the government incurred a deficit that does not exceed the baseline amount for that fiscal year, the ministerial salary of a person to whom subsection (2) applied for that fiscal year is reduced according to the following formula: Reduction = A × ($100,000,000 − B)/$100,000,000 In this formula, A is the amount withheld for that year under subsection (2); B is the lesser of $100,000,000 and the amount by which the baseline amount exceeds the deficit. If the amount withheld for the fiscal year exceeds the salary reduction for that year, the excess is payable to the person for that fiscal year, without interest. (

c) in Clause 8(6) by striking out "or (5)" and substituting "or (5.1)". THAT Clause of the Bill be amended by adding the following after Clause 8(9): Transitional — 20% of annual ministerial salary to be withheld for 2017-2018 8(10) Despite subsection (2), amounts totalling 20% of the annual ministerial salary are to be withheld under that subsection from the ministerial salary otherwise payable to a minister for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. • Bill (No. 22) – The Regulatory Accountability Act and Amendments to The Statutes and Regulations Act/Loi sur la responsabilisation en matière de réglementation et modifiant la

Loi sur les textes législatifs et réglementaires Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, without amendment, on a counted vote of Yeas, 3 Nays. Submitted by, _______________________________ Mr. Scott J OHNSTON, Chairperson May 11, 2017