SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: I have the honour to welcome you to the First Session of the Thirty-Seventh General Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland

Benchmarks of our progress over the past three years include keeping the commitment to fund public schools at the rate of economic growth; a 19% increase in post-secondary

New initiatives this year will include legislated guidelines to improve the administration of adult education throughout Manitoba and an expansion of the college and training

My Government is prepared to work with the federal Government to meet common goals as we did earlier this week with the Municipal Water Infrastructure Agreement, but it will continue

In the coming year my Ministers are committed to action that will develop and deliver programs that address the crisis of unemployment; continue to help individual Manitobans

You will be asked to authorize funds to maintain Manitoba Mineral Resources Limited's ownership share in the Trout Lake Copper Mine which is being developed

In the situation thus created by the federal government's failure to accept the conclusions of the Tax Structure Committee report, my Ministers must ask you to consider the

My Ministers expect that the new Manitoba Rehabilitation Hospital will open during the coming year to improve our facilities for the physical

My Ministers will place before you a measure respecting an income tax collection agreement and to provide the means to give effect to a reduction in the hospital premium rates. You