TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Your Standing Committee on SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT presents the following as its Third Report. Meetings Your Committee met on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in Room of the L egislative Building.

Matter under Consideration • Bill (No. 217) – The Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act/Loi sur la chasse, la pêche sportive et le piégeage patrimoniaux • Bill (No. 226) – The Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day Act/Loi sur la J ournée de sensibilisation au deuil périnatal • Bill (No. 238) – The Service Animals Protection Act/Loi sur la protection des animaux d'assistance Committee Membership • Ms. BLADY • Mr. BRIESE • Mr. DEWAR • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. GRAYDON • Mr. JENNISSEN • Ms. KORZENIOWSKI • Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF • Mr. REID • Mrs. ROWAT • Hon. Mr. STRUTHERS Your Committee elected Mr. REID as the Chairperson.

Your Committee elected Ms. KORZENIOWSKI as the Vice-Chairperson.

Public Presentations Your Committee heard the following presentation on Bill (No. 217) – The Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act/Loi sur la chasse, la pêche sportive et le piégeage patrimoniaux: Rick Wishart Ducks Unlimited Canada Your Committee heard the following two presentations on Bill (No. 226) – The Pregnancy and Inf ant Loss Awareness Day Act/Loi sur la Journée de sensibilisation au deuil périnatal: Brenda Brand Compassionate Friends of Portage Plains Colleen Johnson Private Citizen Your Committee heard the following two presentations on Bill (No. 238) – The Servi ce Animals Protection Act/Loi sur la protection des animaux d'assistance: Yvonne Peters Manitoba Human Rights Commission Doug Parisian (by leave) Private Citizen Written Submissions Your Committee received the following written submission on Bill (No. 238) – The Service Animals Protection Act/Loi sur la protection des animaux d'assistance: Doug Parisian Private Citizen Bills Considered and Reported • Bill (No. 217) – The Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act/Loi sur la chasse, la pêche sportiv e et le piégeage patrimoniaux Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, with the following amendment: THAT Clause of the Bill be replaced with the following: Aboriginal rights protected This Act is not to be interpreted so as to abrogate or derogate from the aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada that are recognized and affirmed by

section of the Constitution Act, 1982. • Bill (No. 226) – The Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day Act/Loi sur la Journée de sensibilisation au deuil périnatal Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. • Bill (No. 238) – The Service Animals Protection Act/Loi sur la protection des animaux d'assistance Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, with the following amendment: THAT the following be added after Clause of the Bill: Animal obedience training 3.1 If a justice finds a person guilty of an offence under subsection 2(2), the justice may, in a probation order and in addition to any other penalty, prescribe that t he person attend animal obedience training with the animal that touched, impeded or interfered with the service animal.

Submitted by, _______________________________ Mr. Daryl Reid, Chairperson September 16, 2009