Following the summer recess, MLAs returned to the Chamber on November 15, 2006 to hear Lieutenant Govemor John Harvard deliver the NDP Government's ninth Speech from the Throne, opening the 5th Session of the 38th Manitoba Legislature.
Over the summer three long serving MLAs announced they will not be seeking re-election. Minister of Health Tim Sale (NDP--Fort Rouge) indicated first that he would not be running again, and subsequently tendered his resignation from cabinet. First elected in 1995, Mr. Sale served in Premier Gary Doer's cabinet since 1999. Opposition members Glen Cummings (PC--Ste. Rose) and Jack Penner (PC--Emerson) each also announced their retirement …
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