TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA: Your Standing Committee on SOCIAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT presents the following as its Fourth Report. Meetings: Your Committee met on the following occasions: • Thursday, June 8, 2006 at 8:30 a.m. • Thursday, June 8, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. • Monday, June 12, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. All meetings were held in Room of the Legislative Building. Matters under Consideration: • Bill (No. 25) – The Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Payday Loans)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur la protection du consommateur (prêts de dépannage) • Bill (No. 29) – The Degree Granting Act/Loi sur l'attribution de grades • Bill (No. 32) – The Real Property Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les biens reels • Bill (No. 33) – The Northern Affairs Act/Loi sur les affaires du Nord • Bill (No. 34) – The Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act/Loi sur les divulgations faites dans l'intérêt public (protection des divulgateurs d'actes répréhensibles) • Bill (No. 41) – The Pharmaceutical Act/Loi sur les pharmacies Committee Membership: Committee Membership for the meeting on June 8, 2006 at 8:30 a.m.: • Ms. BRICK (Chairperson) • Mr. CALDWELL • Mr. DERKACH • Mr. GOERTZEN • Mr. HAWRANIK • Hon. Mr. LATHLIN • Mr. MARTINDALE (Vice-Chairperson) • Hon. Ms. McGIFFORD • Mr. REIMER • Hon. Mr.

RONDEAU • Hon. Mr. SELINGER Committee Membership for the meeting on June 8, 2006 at 12:00 p.m.: • Ms. BRICK (Chairperson) • Mr. DERKACH • Mr. DEWAR • Mr. GOERTZEN • Mr. HAWRANIK • Ms. IRVIN-ROSS • Hon. Mr. LATHLIN • Mr. MARTINDALE (Vice-Chairperson) • Hon. Ms. McGIFFORD • Mr. REIMER • Hon. Mr. SELINGER Committee Membership for the meeting on June 12, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.: • Ms. BRICK (Chairperson) • Mr. CUMMINGS • Mr. GOERTZEN • Mr. HAWRANIK • Ms. KORZENIOWSKI • Hon. Mr. LATHLIN • Mr. MARTINDALE (Vice-Chairperson) • Hon. Ms. McGIFFORD • Hon. Mr. SALE • Mr. SCHULER • Hon. Mr.

SELINGER Substitutions received during committee proceedings for the meeting on June 12, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.: • Mr. DEWAR for Ms. KORZENIOWSKI • Mr. JENNISSEN for Hon. Mr. LATHLIN • Mr. ALTEMEYER for Hon. Mr. SELINGER • Mr. AGLUGUB for Hon. Ms. McGIFFORD Public Presentations: Your Committee heard five presentations on Bill (No. 25) – The Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Payday Loans)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur la protection du consommateur (prêts de dépannage), from the following individuals and organizations: Michael Thompson President and CEO - Canadian Payday Loan Association Gloria Desorcy Manitoba Branch of the Consumers Association Canada Catharine Johannson Private Citizen Mary Lou Bourgeois Private Citizen David Love Private Citizen Your Committee heard one presentation on Bill (No. 29) – The Degree Granting Act/Loi sur l'attribution de grades, from the following individual: Catharine Johannson Private Citizen Your Committee heard two presentations on Bill (No. 32) – The Real Property Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les biens réels, from the following organizations: Louis Harper Manitoba Keewatinookinwew Okimowin (MKO) Carl Braun Treaty Land Entitlement Committee of Manitoba Inc.

Your Committee heard one presentation on Bill (No. 34) – The Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act/Loi sur les divulgations faites dans l'intérêt public (protection des divulgateurs d'actes répréhensibles), from the following individuals and organizations: Martin Boroditsky Private Citizen Your Committee heard four presentations on Bill (No. 41) – The Pharmaceutical Act/Loi sur les pharmacies, from the following individuals and organizations: Penny Murray Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association Scott Ransome Manitoba Society of Pharmacists Troy Harwood-Jones Manitoba International Pharmacists Association Dr.

Sheryl Zelenitsky Private Citizen Written Submissions: Your Committee received one written submission on Bill (No. 34) – The Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act/Loi sur les divulgations faites dans l'intérêt public (protection des divulgateurs d'actes répréhensibles), from the following individual: Paul Thomas Private Citizen Bills Considered and Reported: Bill (No. 25) – The Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Payday Loans)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur la protection du consommateur (prêts de dépannage) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, with the following amendment: THAT the proposed subsection 164(13), as set out in Clause of the Bill, be replaced with the following: Application of Public Utilities Board Act 164(13)

Part I of The Public Utilities Board Act applies, with necessary changes, to the making of an order under this

section as if the powers and duties of the board under this

section were assigned to the board under that Part, except for the following provisions: (

a) section 33 (power of board on complaints); (

b) section 34 (power to appoint counsel) as it relates to the fees and expenses of the person appointed; (c) subsection 51(2) (time for service of order); (

d) section 52 (enforcement of order); (

e) section 56 (order as to costs) as it relates to the costs of an intervener; (

f) section 57 (fees). Bill (No. 29) – The Degree Granting Act/Loi sur l'attribution de grades Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. Bill (No. 32) – The Real Property Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les biens réels Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. Bill (No. 33) – The Northern Affairs Act/Loi sur les affaires du Nord Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, with the following amendment: THAT Clauses 181(1) and (2) of the Bill be replaced with the following: Land acquired becomes Crown land 181(1) Land in northern Manitoba held by the government, including land acquired by the minister under

section 180, is Crown land within the meaning of The Crown Lands Act and is vested in the Crown. Dispositions: consultation and ministerial approval 181(2) Crown land in northern Manitoba may be disposed of as provided for in The Crown Lands Act, if (

a) in the case of a disposition of Crown land located in, or within eight kilometres of, a community, the minister has consulted the council of the community and approved the disposition; or (

b) in any other case, the minister has approved the disposition. Bill (No. 34) – The Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act/Loi sur les divulgations faites dans l'intérêt public (protection des divulgateurs d'actes répréhensibles) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, with the following amendment: THAT Clause 30(3) be replaced with the following: Ombudsman may investigate 30(3) Upon receiving information under this section, the ombudsman may investigate wrongdoing. In that event, Part applies, other than subsection 21(3) (protection from reprisal).

Bill (No. 41) – The Pharmaceutical Act/Loi sur les pharmacies Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, with the following amendment: THAT the definition "practitioner" in the English version of Clause 1(1) of the Bill be amended by striking out "and" at the end of clause (

a) and substituting "or". Submitted by, _______________________________ Ms. Marilyn BRICK, Chairperson June 12, 2006