Hansard: Index

HOUSE INDEX - 1st Session - 43rd Legislature

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Abbott, Tim. See Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Abortion services. See also Safe Access to Abortion Services Act

Buffer zones around clinics

Fontaine, 871

Clinics, harassment and intimidation at

Fontaine, 871

Morgentaler Clinic bombing

Naylor, 876

Violence against providers

Naylor, 876

Academy Road BIZ

Members' statement

Moroz, 1522

Accessibility for Manitobans Act

Annual Report March 31, 2023

Fontaine, 59

Secord Review Report, 2023

Fontaine, 364

Timeline for annual review

Fontaine, 246-247

Stone, 246

Acorn Family Place

Members' statements

Naylor, 1566

Active Living Seven Oaks

Tenth anniversary

Sandhu, 238

Addiction and homelessness

Request for plan to address

Hiebert, 247

Smith, 247

Throne Speech

Hiebert, 189

Addiction treatment services

Budget 2024

Fontaine, 1047

Lamoureux, 1047

Funding

Hiebert, 669-670

Smith, 669-670

General comments

Pankratz, 209

Schott, 230

Adult education. See also Manitoba Assistance Amendment Act

Consultations re: Bill 6

Bereza, 583

Fontaine, 583

Report recommendations

Balcaen, 581

Fontaine, 581

Tuition waiver for EIA recipients

Balcaen, 584-585

Vocational treatment re: Bill 6

Bereza, 582

Fontaine, 582

Adult learning centres

Funding

Altomare, 387

Stone, 436

Wasyliw, 395

Instructor pay

Bereza, 526

In Manitoba

Khan, 536

Supports for

Lamoureux, 327

Adult literacy

Advisory council

Bereza, 525

Consultations re: Bill 5

Bereza, 524

Cable, 328

Ewasko, 328

Lagassé, 530

Stone, 328

Dr. Jim Silver's work on

Marcelino, 391

Moyes, 379

Family literacy

Bereza, 525

Framework development

Bereza, 526

Francophone immigrants

Loiselle, 393

Immigrant community

Moses, 384

Labour shortage

Bereza, 440

Stone, 437

Media literacy

Altomare, 387

New legislation announcement

Cable, 311

Devgan, 310-311

Poverty reduction

Blashko, 400

Wasyliw, 397

Stakeholder feedback re: Bill 5

Bereza, 524-526

Strategy requirement re: Bill 5

Guenter, 438

Adult Literacy Act (Bill 5)

1 R

Cable, 275

2 R

Debate

Altomare, 386-391

Balcaen, 537-538

Bereza, 440, 523-527

Blashko, 398-401

Cross, 331-336

Ewasko, 328-329

Fontaine, 336-339, 378

Guenter, 438-440

Jackson, 401, 435

Khan, 531-537

Lagassé, 527-531

Lamoureux, 329-330

Loiselle, 391-394

Moses, 381-386

Moyes, 378-381

Perchotte, 330-331

Stone, 436-438

Wasyliw, 394-398

Opening statement

Cable, 322-326

Questions

Cable, 327-328

Ewasko, 328

Hiebert, 327

Lamoureux, 327

Perchotte, 327

Stone, 328

Adult literacy programs

Barriers to access

Moyes, 380

Demand for

Altomare, 388

Enrollment numbers

Wasyliw, 395

ESL programs

Cross, 335

Framework

Moyes, 380

Indigenous focused

Bereza, 527

Indigenous students

Altomare, 389-390

Learning disabilities

Hiebert, 327

Online training

Perchotte, 327

Program delivery methods

Perchotte, 327

Program models

Altomare, 387

Refugee community

Blashko, 399

For refuges

Moyes, 380-381

Reporting requirement re: Bill 5

Altomare, 388

Rural access to

Altomare, 388

Standardized programming

Altomare, 389

Ukrainian refugees

Wasyliw, 396

Advanced Education Administration Amendment Act (Bill 10)

1 R

Cable, 559-560

2 R

Debate

Lamoureux, 1424

Perchotte, 1423-1424

Opening statement

Cable, 1420

Questions

Cable, 1421-1424

Cook, 1421-1423

Johnson, 1423

Lamoureux, 1421

Perchotte, 1421-1423

Schuler, 1421-1423

Advanced Education and Training

Annual Report March 31, 2023

Cable, 17

Advanced Education and Training Department

Supplement to the Estimates of Expenditure 2024-2025

Cable, 1110

Advisory council on workplace safety and health

Re-establishment of

Marcelino, 659

Advocate for Children and Youth Act. See Advocate for Children and Youth Act in Legislative Affairs committee

Affordability

Gas prices, concern for

Khan, 917

Kinew, 917

General comments

Stone, 780

Affordability measures

Carbon tax vs. fuel tax

Khan, 470-471

Kinew, 470-471

Cost of living, need to address

Khan, 1508

Moses, 1508-1509

Fuel tax reduction

Oxenham, 351

Affordable housing

General comments

Wasyliw, 177

Interlake-Gimli constituency

Fontaine, 1575

Johnson, 1575

Les Suites Marion

Loiselle, 102

Members' statements

Wasyliw, 468-469

Shortage, plan to address

Hiebert, 282

Smith, 282

Throne Speech

Hiebert, 189

Agape Table

Members' statements

Asagwara, 858-859

Agassiz constituency

Byram, 85-86, 882-883

Agricultural Crown lands

Lease increase

Brar, 272

Agriculture Department

Supplement to the Estimates of Expenditure 2024-2025

Kostyshyn, 1110

Agriculture industry. See also Resolutions

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week

Kostyshyn, 599

Carbon emission reduction

Bereza, 902-903

Schmidt, 902

Carbon tax and producer competitiveness

Bereza, 903-904

Narth, 903

Carbon tax exemption

Bereza, 902

Kinew, 133-134

Stefanson, 133-134

Climate change and drought

Moroz, 457

Dyed diesel fuel

Johnson, 113

Khan, 112-113

Sala, 112-113

Education Property Tax Credit

Kostyshyn, 471-472

Stone, 471

Fuel and carbon taxes, production costs

Bereza, 134-135

Kinew, 134-135

King, 458

KPPA agricultural producer

New water licence

Bereza, 954-955

Kostyshyn, 954-955

New offices, budget and staffing

Kostyshyn, 1050

Narth, 1050

Request to remove carbon tax

Bereza, 28-29

Kostyshyn, 28-29

Throne Speech

Stone, 80

AI-generated intimate images

New legislation to address

Schott, 777

Wiebe, 777

Air ambulance services. See also Emergency Medical Response and Stretcher Transportation Amendment Act

Service delivery model

Asagwara, 595

Altomare, Hon. Nello (Transcona) NDP

Adult learning centres

Funding, 387

Adult literacy

Media literacy, 387

Adult Literacy Act (Bill 5)

2 R

Debate, 386-391

Adult literacy programs

Demand for, 388

Indigenous students, 389-390

Program models, 387

Reporting requirement re: Bill 5, 388

Rural access to, 388

Standardized programming, 389

Brandon Manitoba

School expansion, 1049

Budget 2024

Early learning and child care, 1011

School construction, 972-973

Bureau l'éducation française

Assistant Deputy Minister, re-establishment of, 183

Child care

Day of Action for Early Learning and Child Care, 235-236

Child-care spaces

Government intention, 30-31, 70-71, 160, 286

Need for, 477

Community Child Care Standards Amendment Act (Bill 18)

1 R, 699

2 R

Opening statement, 1458-1459

Questions, 1461

Department of Education and Early Childhood Learning

Annual Report March 31, 2023, 17

Early childhood education

New spaces, number of, 1217

Early childhood educators

Wages and benefits framework, 1217

Workforce strategy, 1216

Early learning and child care

Initiatives in Budget 2024, 1011

Education and Early Childhood Learning Department

Supplement to the Estimates of Expenditure 2024-2025, 1110

Education Property Tax Credit

Affordability concerns, 511-512

Education system

Attendance rates, release of data collected, 1119

Michif language in curriculum, 657

New funding model, status of review, 1119

Provincial standardized testing, 666-667

Throne Speech, 184

Environment

Throne Speech, 185

Excellence in Education Awards

Ministerial statements, 1502-1503

Fuel tax rate reduction

Fuel types, request to include, 199-200

Heat pumps

Ground source, 185

Indigenous education

Assistant Deputy Minister appointment, 183

Koats for Kids, 303

Li Pchi Pwayson

Early childhood education centre, 656

Lylyk, Hudson

Members' statements, 303

Members' statements

Lylyk, Hudson, 303

Video King, 915-916

Michif language

School curriculum, 657

Ministerial statements

Day of Action for Early Learning and Child Care, 235-236

Excellence in Education Awards, 1502-1503

Oral Questions

Child-care spaces

Government intention, 30-31, 70-71, 160, 286

Concern for number of child-care spaces

Request for government plan to address, 477

Early childhood education

Request for number of spaces created, 1217

Early childhood educators

Wages and benefits framework, 1217

Workforce strategy, 1216

Early learning and child care

Initiatives in Budget 2024, 1011

Education property taxes

Affordability concerns, 511-512

Fuel tax amendment act

Exemption for all fuel types, 199-200

Minister of Labour and PNP program

Newcomers right to protest, 1445

New education funding model

Status of review, 1119

New high school in Tyndall Park

Budget for construction project, 1119

New school construction projects

Government intention, 476-477

Provincial standardized testing

Government position, 666-667

School construction and class sizes

Priority concerns-Budget 2024, 972-973

School construction projects

Child-care spaces, 1351-1352

School expansion in Brandon

Request for government support, 1049

School nutrition programs

Funding announcement, 515-516

Student attendance rates

Release of data collected, 1119

Universal school nutrition program

Government announcement, 1048

Poverty and crime

Education levels, 390

Provincial Nominee Program

Newcomers right to protest, 1445

Public Schools Amendment Act (Bill 21)

1 R, 700

Resolutions

Calling on the provincial government to address the overcrowding in schools

Debate, 1393-1395

Calling on the provincial government to extend employment standards benefits to workers of the gig economy

Debate, 1296-1298

Louis Riel

Debate, 656-657

School construction

Child-care spaces, 1351-1352

Expansion--Brandon, 1049

New construction projects, 476-477

New high school, budget for--Tyndall Park, 1119

Priority concerns-Budget 2024, 972-973

School nutrition programs

Funding announcement, 515-516

Government announcement, 1048

Throne Speech

Debate, 183-186

Education system, 184

Environment, 185

Tyndall Park

New high school,

Construction project budget, 1119

Video King

Members' statements, 915-916

Alzheimer Society of Manitoba

Members' statements

Johnson, 947

Ambrose, Edward. See Government Statement

Ambulance services. See Air ambulance services

Amounts Paid to Members of the Legislative Assembly

Report on March 31, 2023

Lindsey, 59

An Act Respecting the Administration of Oaths of Office

1 R

Kinew, 13-14

Angus, Alexander

Members' statements

Wharton, 914

Angus, Sam

Members' statements

Wharton, 914

Animal overpopulation

One Health program funding

Bereza, 774

Kostyshyn, 774

Request for funding to address

Bereza, 665

Kostyshyn, 665-666

Animal Shelter and Rescue Awareness Day

Ministerial statements

Bereza, 1145-1146

Fontaine, 1144-1145

Anti-Semitism

Cook, 675

Khan, 682

Kinew, 597

Apprenticeship and Certification Board

Annual Report March 31, 2023

Moses, 97

Apprenticeship Awards of Distinction

Rural employer of the year (Troy Barkman)

Lagassé, 838-839

Apprenticeships. See Trades

Aquaculture

King, 261

Aquatic invasive species

Clear Lake water testing

Nesbitt, 1311-1312

Schmidt, 1311-1312

Request for protection plan

Moses, 1152

Nesbitt, 1152

Architecture

Tyndall stone, use in

Moyes, 544

Narth, 540-541

Archives of Manitoba

Staffing budget

Khan, 1045

Simard, 1045-1046

Arlington Bridge closure

Repair or replacement inquiry

Bushie, 287

Guenter, 287

Arts, Culture and Sport in Community Fund

Funding commitment inquiry

Narth, 284

Simard, 284

Funding concerns

Khan, 729-730

Future of fund

Cook, 182

Arts/culture sector

Funding, Budget 2024

Cross, 1079

Simard, 1079

Throne Speech

Johnson, 220

Asagwara, Hon. Uzoma (Union Station) NDP

Agape Table

Members' statements, 858-859

Air ambulance services

Service delivery model, 595

Birth control

Universal access announcement, 285

Boundary Trails Health Centre

Number of beds available, 1250

Budget 2024

Community supportive living (seniors), 1249-1250

Home repairs, maintenance for seniors, 1352

Carbon tax

Provincial plan, 1245-1246

Celebration of Nigerian Independence Day Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) (Bill 22)

1 R, 764

2 R

Opening statement, 1416-1417

Questions, 1417-1419

Community safety

Justice funding, 1306-1307

Daffodil Campaign

Ministerial statements, 1205-1206

Diabetics/diabetes

Insulin deductible, 245

School-age children, insulin support at school, 245

Diagnostic and Surgical Recovery Task Force

Dissolution of task force, 29-30

Emergency Medical Response and Stretcher Transportation Amendment Act (Bill 13)

1 R, 595

2 R

Opening statement, 1450

Questions, 1450-1452

Emergency room services

Expansion of patient discharge days, 164

Operating hours--Eriksdale, 139

Staff recruitment inquiry, 138

Violent incidents at children's hospital

Use of institutional safety officers, 1530

Family doctors

Plan to hire, 1217

Fuel Tax Amendment Act (Fuel Tax Holiday) (Bill 3)

2 R

Questions, 114

Government Motion

That the Assembly condemn efforts that put the pensions of all Canadians at risk and affirm collective support for the Canada Pension Plan and measures that strengthen the national pension plan, 492-494

That the Legislative Assembly affirm its commitment to immediately call for a ceasefire in the Israel and Gaza war to address the famine crisis, 671

Grace Hospital

Acute-care bed announcement, 203

Grocery prices

Pledge to lower, 1346-1347

Health cards

New plastic card announcement, 956

Health Department

Annual Report March 31, 2023, 97

Health Sciences Centre

Adult bed tower project, 67-68

Institutional safety officers, 1155

Secured parking, 1252

Health-care advisory committee

Inquiry into decision to abolish, 865-866

Health-care aides

Ten Ten Sinclair Housing strike

Quality of care concerns, 572

Health-care capital projects

Construction timeline inquiry, 159

Health-care facilities

Hours of operation and staffing--rural Manitoba, 244

Institutional safety officer placements, 572

Health-care services

Abuse investigation backlog, 71-72

Health-care system

Filling permanent positions and job postings, 1348-1349

Health Minister's management record, 1308-1309

Investments, 476

Private spending

Agency nurse costs, 1252

Wait time reduction and capacity initiatives, 246

Wait times, constituent case concern, 952-953

Health-care workers

Internationally trained

Permanent residency draw, 1410-1411

Listening tour announcement, 139

Misconduct reporting and whistle-blower protection, 310

New positions, number of, 1075-1076

Recruitment inquiry, 31

Strategic recruitment team staffing, 1348

Health-care workers, internationally educated

Recruitment and settlement funding, 707-708

Recruitment, funding and accreditation, 777-778

Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Department

Supplement to the Estimates of Expenditure 2024-2025, 1109

Hearing aid program, 375

Funding, 110

Program expansion inquiry, 307

HIV/AIDS

McLeod, Albert (Indigenous advocate), 276

Smith, Dr. Dick, 276

World AIDS Day, 275-276

Home-care services

Self-and family-managed care, 307

Indigenous health care

HIV/AIDS advocate (Albert McLeod), 276

Institutional safety officers

Health Sciences Centre, 1155

Interlake-Gimli constituency

STARS air ambulance

Contract renewal inquiry, 708

Long-term care

Budget increase inquiry, 307

Matters of Privilege

Raised by the Member for Midland alleging the Minister of Justice "shouted down and attacked" the Member for Tuxedo making her unable to fulfil her duties, 1374

McLeod, Albert

HIV/AIDS advocate, 276

Members' statements

Agape Table, 858-859

MHCF's Angel Squad event, 157

Mitzi's Restaurant, 1403

Mental health - youth

Psychiatric unit bed capacity, 1530

Mental health strategy - youth

Request to develop, 1530

Ministerial statements

Daffodil Campaign, 1205-1206

World AIDS Day, 275-276

Misericordia Health Centre Foundation

Angel Squad event, 157

Mitzi's Restaurant

Members' statements, 1403

Municipalities

Funding, 158

Northern health care services

ER hours of operation, 164

Family medicine residency grant, 203

Public release of ER wait times, 163

Staff recruitment and retention, 163

Nurses/nursing

Agency nurses, budget cap, 1252

Agency nursing costs, 1252

Mandated overtime, request for legislation to ban, 310

Overtime hours, plan to reduce, 1511

Staffing concerns at PCH's, 957

Oral Questions

Access to funds for seniors to age in place

Home repairs and maintenance in Budget 2024, 1352

Access to shingles vaccine

Barriers for low-income Manitobans, 956

Pharmacare coverage request, 956

Request to establish program, 955

Adult vaccination program

Request to update, 1352

Agency nurse spending

Request for budget cap, 1252

Boundary Trails Health Centre

Number of beds available, 1250

Community safety

Justice funding concerns, 1306-1307

Community supportive living for seniors

Funding concerns in Budget 2024, 1156-1157, 1249-1250

Diabetes medication

Insulin deductible, 245

Diagnostic and surgical wait times

Government decision to dissolve task force, 29-30

Emergency room expansion

Staff recruitment inquiry, 138

Emergency room wait times

Expansion of patient discharge days, 164

Front-line health-care workers

Listening tour announcement, 139

Funding to municipalities

Government intention, 158

Grace Hospital emergency room

Acute-care bed announcement, 203

Health Sciences Centre

Adult bed tower project, 67-68

Health-care advisory committee

Inquiry into decision to abolish, 865-866

Health-care capital projects

Construction timeline inquiry, 159

Health-care facilities-staff and patient safety

Placement of institutional safety officers, 572

Health-care investments

Government initiatives, 476

Health-care professionals

Misconduct reporting and whistle-blower protection, 310

Health-care staffing

Number of new workers, 1075-1076

Health-care system investments

Wait time reduction and capacity initiatives, 246

Health-care system management

Health Minister's record, 1308-1309

Health-care system staffing vacancies

Filling permanent positions and job postings, 1348-1349

Health-care system's surgical capacity

Inquiry into number of procedure cancellations, 1153-1154

Health-care wait times

Constituent case concern, 952-953

Health-care worker recruitment and retention

Strategic recruitment team staffing concerns, 1348

Health-care workers

Recruitment inquiry, 31

Increase in child psychiatric unit patients

Bed capacity-expansion inquiry, 1530

Institutional safety officers at HSC

Government announcement, 1155

Internationally educated health workers

Recruitment, funding and accreditation, 777-778

Internationally educated health-care workers

Recruitment and settlement funding, 707-708

Internationally trained health-care workers

Permanent residency draw, 1410-1411

Mandated overtime for nurses

Request for legislation to ban, 310

Manitoba diagnostic health clinic

Service agreement renewal, 1118-1119

New plastic health cards

Implementation announcement, 956

Nurse overtime hours

Request for plan to reduce, 1511

Personal-care home residents

Request for increase in hours of care, 374-375

Personal-care homes for Winnipeg

Construction inquiry, 1352-1353

Personal-care-home shortage

Funding and nurse staffing concerns, 957

Plan to hire new doctors

Government announcement, 1217

Pledge to lower food prices

Request for government accountability, 1346-1347

Private health-care spending

Cost for agency nurses, 1252

Proposed ER for Eriksdale

Operating hours, 139

Protection for Persons in Care Office

Case investigation backlog-timeline to clear, 1312

Implementation of AG recommendations, 1313

Request for update on action plan, 1312

Provincial carbon tax

Government plan, 1245-1246

Provincial Nominee Program

Labour Minister-interference concerns, 1441-1442, 1448

Ministerial interference concerns, 1408-1409

Premier's knowledge of labour minister's conduct, 1440-1441

Request for labour minister to resign, 1442

Timeline for next draw, 1405-1406

Rural and northern health care

ER hours of operation, 164

Public release of ER wait times, 163

Staff recruitment and retention, 163

Rural and northern physician shortage

Family medicine residency grant, 203

Rural health-care facilities

Hours of operation and staffing, 244

School-age children with diabetes

Request for insulin support services, 245

Security concerns at HSC

Secured parking request, 1252

Self-and family-managed home care

Government funding inquiry, 307

Self-and-family-managed home care

Government funding inquiry, 110-111

Seniors advocate office

Timeline to establish, 71

Seniors and long-term care

Budget increase inquiry, 307

Seniors hearing aid program

Government funding inquiry, 110

Government intention, 375

Program expansion inquiry, 307

Southern health physician shortage

ER hours of operation and obstetric services, 202

Spinal surgery wait time reduction

New spine program announcement, 1513

STARS air ambulance

Contract renewal inquiry for Interlake-Gimli, 708-709

STARS air ambulance services

Contract renewal inquiry for Interlake-Gimli, 708-709

Surgical and diagnostic services

Wait-time concerns, 1213

Surgical wait times

Request for plan to address, 514

Ten Ten Sinclair Housing-health-care aide strike

Quality of care concerns for residents, 568-569

Universal access to birth control

Government announcement, 285

Victoria General Hospital

New ER announcement, 1531

Violent incidents at children's ER

Use of institutional safety officers, 1530

Vulnerable persons receiving health care

Abuse investigation backlog, 71-72

Working Together and Aging with Dignity

Signing of Federal-Provincial agreement, 610

Youth mental health strategy

Request for government to implement, 1530

Personal-care homes

Care hours, request for increase, 374-375

Construction inquiry--Winnipeg, 1352-1353

Funding and nurse staffing concerns, 957

Physicians

Shortage--rural/northern Manitoba, 202-203

Protection for Persons in Care Office

Action plan update, 1312

Case investigation backlog-timeline to clear, 1312

Implementation of AG recommendations, 1313

Provincial Nominee Program

Call for labour minister to resign, 1442

Labour Minister's conduct, knowledge of, 1440-1441

Ministerial interference concerns, 1408-1409, 1441-1442, 1448

Timeline for next draw, 1405-1406

Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Bill 36)

1 R, 1343

Resolutions

Calling on the provincial government to put patients over politics

Debate, 1554-1556

Questions, 1552

Rural health care

ER hours of operation, 164

Family medicine residency grant, 203

Health-care facilities

Hours of operation and staffing, 244

Public release of ER wait times, 163

Staff recruitment and retention, 163

Senior citizens

Community supportive living, Budget 2024, 1156-1157, 1249-1250

Hearing aid program, 110

Home repairs and maintenance, Budget 2024, 1352

Self-and family-managed home care, 110-111

Seniors advocate office

Timeline to establish, 71

Seniors and Long-Term Care

Annual Report March 31, 2023, 97

Shingles vaccine

Barriers for low-income Manitobans, 956

Pharmacare coverage request, 956

Request to establish program, 955

Smith, Dr. Dick

Our Own Health Centre, 276

Southern Health Region

ER hours of operation and obstetric services, 202

Spinal surgery

New spine program announcement, 1513

STARS air ambulance

Contract renewal inquiry--Interlake-Gimli, 708

Contract renewal--Interlake-Gimli, 708-709

Surgical and diagnostic services

Procedure cancellations, number of, 1153-1154

Service provider agreements, 1118-1119

Wait-times, 1213

Surgical wait times

Request for plan to address, 514

Ten Ten Sinclair Housing

Health-care aide strike

Quality of care concerns for residents, 568-569

Vaccinations

Adult program, update, 1352

Victoria General Hospital

New ER announcement, 1531

Working Together and Aging with Dignity

Signing of Federal-Provincial agreement, 610

World AIDS Day, 275-276

Youth

Child psychiatric unit, bed capacity, 1530

Assiniboia West Recreation Association

Members' statements

Kennedy, 505-506

Assiniboine Community College

Annual report 2022-2023

Cable, 1245

Nurse training program--Neepawa

Byram, 883

Assiniboine Forest

Cook, 279

Assiniboine River basin

Zebra mussels, water sample results

Moses, 1152

Nesbitt, 1151

Assistant Coach of the Year

Mitchell, Vaughn

Simard, 277

Association of Manitoba Municipalities

Convention update

Bushie, 283-284

Cross, 283

Automobile Injury Compensation Appeal Commission

Annual Report March 31, 2023

Naylor, 60

 

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