Jewels
Senior Community Member
I got this from the Manitoba Car Seat Coalition today and thought that others may find it interesting.
The 2nd reading of Bill 200 was presented in legislature today by Dr. Jon Gerrard of the Manitoba Liberal Party. To make a long story short.... the NDP's blew off the bill. There will be no changes made to the 1983 writing of the Highway Traffic Act to include the enforcement of booster seat use in Manitoba.
Sitting in the gallery during today's reading left me totally appalled by the lack of correct information the NDP party had, to so readily put down this issue.
The Manitoba Car Seat Coalition is not ready to let this go. As Kevin Lamoureux (Lib) so plainly put it today.... we're not asking to be the leader, or the 1st province, to seek legislation, we're just asking to the be 8th. Yes... MB, Sask, and Alberta are the only provinces not actively working toward legislation. Even the Yukon, and the Nunavut are in final committee discussion. And although Dr. Gerrard presented not only monetary facts (amounts to be saved by the hospital system, and how 'cheap' booster seats are), the NDP still found the bill unreasonable for Manitoba to incorporate.
The MCSC will be asking the NDP Caucus to allow us a delegation to bring forward our concerns at a forum before them, and we will be asking for support for that event, as the time draws closer. With work that will have to be done, and prepared, we will likely ask for a sitting with them in the early fall and we hope we can count on you.
In the interim, please get word out that this didn't pass, and with that...it is all the more important for each of you to reinforce the fact that even though the NDP doesn't recognize the importance of booster seat use....we still do.
Please, continue to promote booster seat use, and its education. Let's do what we can to keep kids out of the hospitals and definitely out of the graveyards.
Keep fighting!!!!!!
xxxxx
Chair - Manitoba Car Seat Coalition
The 2nd reading of Bill 200 was presented in legislature today by Dr. Jon Gerrard of the Manitoba Liberal Party. To make a long story short.... the NDP's blew off the bill. There will be no changes made to the 1983 writing of the Highway Traffic Act to include the enforcement of booster seat use in Manitoba.
Sitting in the gallery during today's reading left me totally appalled by the lack of correct information the NDP party had, to so readily put down this issue.
The Manitoba Car Seat Coalition is not ready to let this go. As Kevin Lamoureux (Lib) so plainly put it today.... we're not asking to be the leader, or the 1st province, to seek legislation, we're just asking to the be 8th. Yes... MB, Sask, and Alberta are the only provinces not actively working toward legislation. Even the Yukon, and the Nunavut are in final committee discussion. And although Dr. Gerrard presented not only monetary facts (amounts to be saved by the hospital system, and how 'cheap' booster seats are), the NDP still found the bill unreasonable for Manitoba to incorporate.
The MCSC will be asking the NDP Caucus to allow us a delegation to bring forward our concerns at a forum before them, and we will be asking for support for that event, as the time draws closer. With work that will have to be done, and prepared, we will likely ask for a sitting with them in the early fall and we hope we can count on you.
In the interim, please get word out that this didn't pass, and with that...it is all the more important for each of you to reinforce the fact that even though the NDP doesn't recognize the importance of booster seat use....we still do.
Please, continue to promote booster seat use, and its education. Let's do what we can to keep kids out of the hospitals and definitely out of the graveyards.
Keep fighting!!!!!!
xxxxx
Chair - Manitoba Car Seat Coalition