| East Side Bill Passed by Legislature | 8 July 09 |
 The Manitoba government forced third reading of Bill 6, The East Side Traditional Lands Planning and Special Protected Areas Bill, during public committee meetings late in the evening of June 8, 2009. Minister Struthers provided amendments to the Bill as the vote was called for third reading.Hearings to review the legislation and hear citizen presentations were also held the preceding Thursday June 4th. Speakers mostly objected to the Bill, due to the commitment to 'write the bill with the First Nation communities' made by Premier Doer during the 2007 Manitoba election campaign. Moses Okimaw, spoke as an individual, read the press release into the record, and provided examples of where the Bill does not uphold the April 2007 Accord signed between the Manitoba government and east side First Nations. First Nation Chiefs from the east side spoke in opposition to the Bill. Manitoba Keewatinook Ininew Okimakanak (MKO) tabled its member's correspondence objecting to the Bill with the Premier and the Minister. All presentations, and remarks are contained in the Legislative transcript. View June 4, 2009 Manitoba Legislative TranscriptsView June 8, 2009 Manitoba Legislative Transcripts View June 10, 2009 Winnipeg Free Press article View June 12, 2009 Winnipeg Free Press article View Text of Bill 6, The East Side Traditional Lands Planning and Special Protected Areas View Bill 6 Amendments from the Committee Stage (PDF) View May 11, 2007 Manitoba NDP press release (DOC) View April 2007 Accord (PDF) Sources: Winnipeg Free Press, Government of Manitoba |
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