TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Your Standing Committee on SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT presents the following as its Fifth Report. Meetings Your Committee met on the following occasions: • Saturday June 7, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. • Monday June 9, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. All meetings were held in Room of the Legislative Building. Matters under Consideration • Bill (No. 2) – The Public Schools Amendment Act (Trans Fats and Nutrition)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les écoles publiques (gras trans et nutrition) • Bill (No. 24) – The Public Schools Amendment Act (Cyber -Bullying and Use of Electronic Devices)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les écoles publiques (cyberintimidation et utilisation de dispositifs électroniques) • Bill (No. 28 ) – The Strengthen ing Local Schools Act (Public Schools Act Amended)/Loi sur le renforcement des écoles locales (modification de la

Loi sur les écoles publiques) Committee Membership Committee Membership for the Saturday June 7, 2008 meeting: • Hon. Mr. BJORNSON • Ms. BRAUN (Chairperson) • Mr. CULLEN • Mr. HAWRANIK • Mr. JHA • Ms. KORZENIOWSKI • Hon. Ms. McGIFFORD • Hon. Ms. OSWALD • Hon. Mr. RONDEAU • Mr. SCHULER • Mrs. STEFANSON Your Committee elected Ms. KORZENIOWSKI as the Vice-Chairperson. Substitutions received during committee proceedings: • Mr. REID for Mr. JHA • Hon. Ms. IRVIN-ROSS for Mr. REID Committee Membership for the June 9, 2008 10:00 a.m. meeting Hon. Mr. BJORNSON Ms. BRAUN (Chair) Mr. CULLEN Mr. DEWAR Mrs. DRIEDGER Mr.

JHA Ms. KORZENIOWSKI (Vice-Chairperson) Ms. MARCELINO Hon. Ms. OSWALD Mr. SCHULER Mrs. STEFANSON Substitutions received during committee proceedings: • Mr. MALOWAY for Mr. DEWAR Public Presentations Your Committee heard the following thirty-one presentations on Bill (No. 28) – The Strengthening Local Schools Act (Public Schools Act Amended)/Loi sur le renforcement des écoles locales (modification de la

Loi sur les écoles publiques): Victoria Schindle Argyle Community Action Group Joan Clement Park West School Division Jennifer Berry Fisher Branch Parent Advisory Council Teresa Johnson Ashern-Moosehorn Parent Advisory Council Beth Geisel Mountain View School Division Craig Whyte Kenton Community School Debby Lee Private Citizen Jim Murray Brandon School Division Margaret Anderson Private Citizen Bruce Alexander The Manitoba Association of School Trustees Lawrence Lussier Manitoba Association of School Superintendents Bruce Alexander St.

James Assiniboia School Division Craig Stahlke Pembina Trails School Division Shannon Forest Private Citizen Bob Fraser River East Transcona School Division Anna-Marie Westervelt Private Citizen Cheryl Zelenitsky Evergreen School Division Debbie McMechan Pierson Advisory Council Tom Parker Louis Riel School Division Colin Craig Canadian Taxpayers Federation Leanne Carlson Private Citizen Karen Carey Sunrise School Division Gordon Shead Frontier School Division Gladys Hayward Williams Private Citizen Jan McIntyre Prairie Spirit School Division Colleen Claggett-Woods Prairie Rose School Division Randy Aitken Private Citizen Larry Oakden Private Citizen Jason Koscielny Strathclair Community School Catchment Area Committee Shonda Ashcroft Birtle & District Community Development Corporation George Marshall Private Citizen Written Submissions Your Committee received the following one written submission on Bill (No. 2) – The Public Schools Amendment Act (Trans Fats and Nutrition)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les écoles publiques (gras trans et nutrition): Jim Goetz Vice President, Food and Consumer Products of Canada Your Committee received the following sixteen written submissions on Bill (No. 28) – The Strengthening Local Schools Act (Public Schools Act Amended)/Loi sur le renforcement des écoles locales (modification de la

Loi sur les écoles publiques): Pat Isaak President, The Manitoba Teacher’s Society Murray Skeavington Chair, Flin Flon School Division Kelvin Dyck Chair, Garden Valley School Division Wendy Bloomfield Seine River School Division Linda Buchanan Chair, Kelsey School Division Board of Trustees Denise Dewar Strathclair Community School Advisory Council for School Leadership Jill Kosowan Private Citizen Bill Clark Reeve, R.M. of Miniota Tracie Cousins Miniota Parent Council Advisory Jaime Glenat Private Citizen Ed Lelond Private Citizen Robert Dyck Private Citizen Valerie Weiss Interlake School Division Jennifer Stefanec Resident Representative of the Chapman School Review Committee Charles Morrison Board Chair, Portage La Prairie School Division Kristine K.

Barr Board Chair, The Winnipeg School Division Bills Considered and Reported • Bill (No. 2) – The Public Schools Amendment Act (Trans Fats and Nutrition)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les écoles publiques (gras trans et nutrition) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. • Bill (No. 24) – The Public Schools Amendment Act (Cyber -Bullying and Use of Electronic Devices)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les écoles publiques (cyberintimidation et utilisation de dispositifs électroniques) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. • Bill (No. 28) – The Strengthening Local Schools Act (Public Schools Act Amended)/Loi sur le renforcement des écoles locales (modification de la

Loi sur les écoles publiques) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, with the following amendment: THAT Clause of the Bill be amended by striking out the proposed subsection 41(1.4). Submitted by, _______________________________ Ms. BRAUN, Chairperson June 9, 2008