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to skilled and dynamic workforce, preserving and building on services for families such as health care, education and training, and enhancing public safety highlighted this year’s speech from the throne dur ing the launch of the fifth session of the 39th legisla ive assembly. The speech, read by Lt. Gov. Philip Lee, spoke of a province with a proud her iage and a bright future. It touched on the fact that over the past year Manitoba has led the nation in job creation, investment and consumer confidence. The speech outlined a number of new steps the province is taking in the area of innovation, trade and education. These include: elimination of the small business tax Dec. 1; expansion of the Manitoba Innovation Council, with the goal of cutting red tape for entrepreneurs; ‘a new approach to trade promotion that will reflect the increasing importance of global trade links with Brazil, Russia, India and China, the so-called BRIC nations; in co-operation with the Premier’s Economic Advi sory Council, the creation of a Manitoba Youth Corps opportunities and direct job experience for young peo ple; the launch of a broad con sultation process to help parents help their children excel by utilizing things such as plain-language re port cards, standardized in service days and improving student attendance; new initiatives to help combat bullying in schools; an expansion of child-care ‘a new pension plan for child-care workers to be implemented Dec. 1 The throne speech com mitted to a number of new enhancements to the prov ince’s health-care system including: the establishment of ick-care clinics staffed by nurse practitioners; a new ambulance helicopter; a new primary-care health bus that will provide things like checkups and basic health education to remote ommunities; legislation to cap health administration To strengthen security for citizens and communi ties, the speech committed the province to introducing: ‘more community-based police; more Crown pros ecutors; planning for new correctional facilities; en hanced programs to keep kids in school and out of jails new legal tools to help communities shut down houses used for organized crime; introduction of Cor tinued son page 6
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