Manitoba Committee Hansard — 10 January 2024 (Public Accounts Committee, Sitting 1, 43rd Legislature, 1st Session)

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Manitoba — Debates (Hansard)

First Session – Forty-Third Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Standing Committee on Public Accounts Chairperson Mr. Doyle Piwniuk Constituency of Turtle Mountain Vol. LXXVIII No. 1 - 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 10, 2024 ISSN 0713-9462

MANITOBA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Forty-Third Legislature Member Constituency Political Affiliation ALTOMARE, Nello, Hon. Transcona NDP ASAGWARA, Uzoma, Hon. Union Station NDP BALCAEN, Wayne Brandon West PC BEREZA, Jeff Portage la Prairie PC BLASHKO, Tyler Lagimodière NDP BRAR, Diljeet Burrows NDP BUSHIE, Ian, Hon. Keewatinook NDP BYRAM, Jodie Agassiz PC CABLE, Renée, Hon. Southdale NDP CHEN, Jennifer Fort Richmond NDP COOK, Kathleen Roblin PC CROSS, Billie Seine River NDP DELA CRUZ, Jelynn Radisson NDP DEVGAN, JD McPhillips NDP EWASKO, Wayne Lac du Bonnet PC FONTAINE, Nahanni, Hon. St.

Johns NDP GOERTZEN, Kelvin Steinbach PC GUENTER, Josh Borderland PC HIEBERT, Carrie Morden-Winkler PC JACKSON, Grant Spruce Woods PC JOHNSON, Derek Interlake-Gimli PC KENNEDY, Nellie Assiniboia NDP KHAN, Obby Fort Whyte PC KINEW, Wab, Hon. Fort Rouge NDP KING, Trevor Lakeside PC KOSTYSHYN, Ron, Hon. Dauphin NDP LAGASSÉ, Bob Dawson Trail PC LAMOUREUX, Cindy Tyndall Park Lib. LATHLIN, Amanda The Pas-Kameesak NDP LINDSEY, Tom, Hon. Flin Flon NDP LOISELLE, Robert St. Boniface NDP MALOWAY, Jim Elmwood NDP MARCELINO, Malaya, Hon. Notre Dame NDP MOROZ, Mike River Heights NDP MOSES, Jamie, Hon. St.

Vital NDP MOYES, Mike Riel NDP NARTH, Konrad La Vérendrye PC NAYLOR, Lisa, Hon. Wolseley NDP NESBITT, Greg Riding Mountain PC OXENHAM, Logan Kirkfield Park NDP PANKRATZ, David Waverley NDP PERCHOTTE, Richard Selkirk PC PIWNIUK, Doyle Turtle Mountain PC REDHEAD, Eric Thompson NDP SALA, Adrien, Hon. St. James NDP SANDHU, Mintu The Maples NDP SCHMIDT, Tracy, Hon. Rossmere NDP SCHOTT, Rachelle Kildonan-River East NDP SCHULER, Ron Springfield-Ritchot PC SIMARD, Glen, Hon. Brandon East NDP SMITH, Bernadette, Hon.

Point Douglas NDP STEFANSON, Heather Tuxedo PC STONE, Lauren Midland PC WASYLIW, Mark Fort Garry NDP WHARTON, Jeff Red River North PC WIEBE, Matt, Hon. Concordia NDP WOWCHUK, Rick Swan River PC

1 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Wednesday, January 10, 2024 TIME – 2:30 p.m. LOCATION – Winnipeg, Manitoba CHAIRPERSON – Mr. Doyle Piwniuk (Turtle Mountain) VICE-CHAIRPERSON – MLA Jim Maloway (Elmwood) ATTENDANCE – 10 QUORUM – 6 Members of the committee present: Mr. Brar, Ms. Dela Cruz, MLAs Devgan, Kennedy, Khan, Lamoureux, Maloway, Mr. Piwniuk, MLA Sandhu, Mr. Wharton MATTERS UNDER CONSIDERATION: Election of the Chairperson Election of the Vice-Chairperson * * * Clerk Assistant (Mr. Tim Abbott): Good afternoon.

Will the Standing Committee on Public Accounts please come to order. Before the committee can proceed with the busi- ness before it, it must elect a Chairperson. Are there any nominations? MLA Maloway. MLA Jim Maloway (Elmwood): I nominate Doyle Piwniuk. Clerk Assistant: Mr. Piwniuk has been nominated. Any other nominations? Hearing none, Mr. Piwniuk, will you please virtually take the Chair. The Chairperson: Thanks, Tim, and thanks, everyone, for being here today. Our next item for –of business is the election of the Vice-Chairperson. Are there any nominations? Does anybody have their hand up? Mr.

Maloway has been nominated. Are there any other nominations? Hearing no other nominations, Mr. Maloway is elected Vice-Chairperson. I would like to extend a welcome to all new members of the Public Accounts committee. With the Chairperson and the Vice- Chair now elected, the steering committee made up of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson, the Auditor General and the clerks will now meet and plan an agenda for PAC. For the first item of business being that there will be a training session on the intricacies of this unique committee. This will then be communicated to all committee members.

Before the com mittee rises, I am going to table the following documents which will be now made available to all members on the MLA Portal at the end of this meeting: The first one is the responses from the Department of Finance to questions from the standing committee of Public Accounts meeting on June 5, 2023; the second item is responses from the D epart- ment of Consumer Pro tection and Government Services to questions from the standing committee of Public Accounts meeting on June 6, 2023; and responses from the Department of Economic Dev - elopment, Investment and Trade to questions from the standing committee of Public Accounts meeting on June 7 of 2023.

So, having completed the business before it, the hour being 3:33, what would be the will of the committee? Clerk Assistant: Mr. Chair, sorry, we need to go back to do the election of the Vice -Chair again. You need to recognize somebody, and I believe that Mr. Sandhu had his hand up to be recognized. So if you could just do the election bit again– The Chairperson: Sure, I can do that. Sorry, I just didn't see anybody there, because we have a small – everyone was on a small screen. Sorry, my apologies. Okay, so now for–the next item of business is the election of the Vice-Chairperson. Are there any nominations?

And I'll see MLA Sandhu.

2 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA January 10, 2024 MLA Mintu Sandhu (The Maples): I nominate Mr. Maloway for the Vice-Chair. The Chairperson: Okay. Thank you. Now, Mr. Maloway has been now nominated. Are there any other nominations? Hearing no other nominations, Mr. Maloway is elected Vice-Chairperson. Clerk Assistant: You can now put the question again to the committee, Mr. Chair. The Chairperson: Okay, I'll do that. Thanks, Tim. Having completed all the busi ness before it, the hour being 3:34, what is the will of the committee? An Honourable Member: Committee rise. The Chairperson: The committee rise. COMMITTEE ROSE AT: 2:34 p.m.

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