TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Your Standing Committee on SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT presents the following as its First Report. Meetings Your Committee met on Wednesday , October 17, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in Room of the Legi slative Building.

Matters under Consideration • Bill (No. 3) – (No. 3) – The Healthy Child Manitoba Act/Loi sur la stratégie « Enfants en santé Manitoba » • Bill (No. 13) – The Organic Agricultural Products Act/Loi sur les produits agricoles biologiques • Bill (No. 16) – The Statutory Holidays Act (Various Acts Amended)/Loi sur les jours fériés (modification de diverses dispositions législatives) • Bill (No. 18) – The Forest Health Protection Act/Loi sur la protection de la santé des forêts Committee Membership Committee Membership for the meeting: • Hon. Ms. ALLAN • Ms. BRAUN • Mr. DEWAR • Hon. Ms. IRVIN-ROSS • Mr.

MARTINDALE • Mr. SWAN • Hon. Mr. STRUTHERS • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. FAURSCHOU • Mr. GOERTZEN • Mrs. TAILLIEU Your Committee elected Mr. MARTINDALE as the Chairperson. Your Committee elected Ms. BRAUN as the Vice-Chairperson. Public Presentations Your Committee heard five presentations on Bill (No. 3) – The Healthy Child Manitoba Act/Loi sur la stratégie « Enfants en santé Manitoba », from: Dr.

Fraser Mustard Founders Network Doraine Wachniak Private Citizen Trish Ward Child Coalitions Strini Reddy Early Childhood Development Advisory Committee Mark Gray Manitoba Institute of Child Health Your Committee heard one presentation on Bill (No. 13) – The Organic Agricultural Products Act/Loi sur les produits agricoles biologiques, from: Mel Groening Private Citizen Your Committee heard one presentation on Bill (No. 16) – The Statutory Holidays Act (Various Acts Amended)/Loi sur les jours fériés (modification de diverses dispositions législatives), from: Shannon Martin Canadian Federation of Independent Business Written Submissions Your Committee received one written submission, by leave, on Bill (No. 3) – The Healthy Child Manitoba Act/Loi sur la stratégie « Enfants en santé Manitoba », from: Dr.

Fraser Mustard Founders Network Bills Considered and Reported • Bill (No. 3) – The Healthy Child Manitoba Act/Loi sur la stratégie « Enfants en santé Manitoba » Your committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. • Bill (No. 13) – The Organic Agricultural Products Act/Loi sur les produits agricoles biologiques Your committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. • Bill (No. 16) – The Statutory Holidays Act (Various Acts Amended)/Loi sur les jours fériés (modification de diverses dispositions législatives) Your committee agreed to report this Bill with the following amendments.

THAT Clause of the Bill be amended by replacing the proposed clause (a.1) with the following: (a.1) Louis Riel Day (the third Monday in February); THAT the proposed item 2.1, as set out in Clause of the Bill, be amended by striking out everything after "February," and substituting "to be known as "Louis Riel Day"".

THAT Clause of the Bill be amended by striking out "the third Monday in February," and substituting "Louis Riel Day (the third Monday in February),". • Bill (No. 18) – The Forest Health Protection Act/Loi sur la protection de la santé des forêts Your committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. Submitted by, _______________________________ Mr. MARTINDALE, Chairperson October 17, 2007