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1/24 Janice Clare Filmon (middle), the 25th and current Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, arrives at the Manitoba Legislative Building, in Winnipeg, to deliver the Throne Speech. She is accompanied by her husband, former Manitoba Premier, Gary Filmon (right), and a Winnipeg Police Service member. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 2/24 Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister speaks to media after the reading of the throne speech at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods 3/24 Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister speaks to media after the reading of the throne speech at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods 4/24 Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister speaks to media after the reading of the throne speech at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods 5/24 Manitoba premier Brian Pallister and Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, Janice Filmon, enter the Manitoba Legislature before the provincial throne speech is read in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods 6/24 Manitoba premier Brian Pallister smiles as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, Janice Filmon reads the provincial throne speech in the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods ORG XMIT: JGW106 7/24 MGEU President: Michelle Gawronsky responds to the Throne Speech, in Winnipeg. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 8/24 Dougald Lamont, leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party responds to the Throne Speech, in Winnipeg. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 9/24 Wab Kinew, leader of the Manitoba NDP responds to the Throne Speech, in Winnipeg. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 10/24 Wab Kinew, leader of the Manitoba NDP responds to the Throne Speech, in Winnipeg. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 11/24 Members of the 38th Artillery Tactical Group fired a fifteen gun salute to mark the opening of the Legislature, in Winnipeg, today. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 12/24 Members of the 38th Artillery Tactical Group fired a fifteen gun salute to mark the opening of the Legislature, in Winnipeg, today. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 13/24 Members of the 38th Artillery Tactical Group fired a fifteen gun salute to mark the opening of the Legislature, in Winnipeg, today. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 14/24 Members of the 38th Artillery Tactical Group fired a fifteen gun salute to mark the opening of the Legislature, in Winnipeg, today. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 15/24 Members of the 38th Artillery Tactical Group fired a fifteen gun salute to mark the opening of the Legislature, in Winnipeg, today. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 16/24 Members of the 38th Artillery Tactical Group fired a fifteen gun salute to mark the opening of the Legislature, in Winnipeg, today. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 17/24 Janice Clare Filmon, the 25th and current Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, arrives at the Manitoba Legislative Building, in Winnipeg, to deliver the Throne Speech. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 18/24 Janice Clare Filmon, the 25th and current Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, inspects members of the 38 Artillery Tactical Group, the soldiers fired a fifteen gun salute to mark the opening of the Legislature. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 19/24 Janice Clare Filmon (middle), the 25th and current Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, at the Manitoba Legislative Building, in Winnipeg, she is accompanied by her husband, former Manitoba Premier, Gary Filmon. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 20/24 Janice Clare Filmon, the 25th and current Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, at the Manitoba Legislative Building, in Winnipeg, to deliver the Throne Speech. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 21/24 Janice Clare Filmon (left), the 25th and current Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, arrives at the Manitoba Legislative Building, in Winnipeg, to deliver the Throne Speech. She is accompanied by her husband, former Manitoba Premier, Gary Filmon. Tuesday, November 20/2018 Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf 22/24 Winnipeg mayor Brian Bowman speaks to media after the reading of the throne speech at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. 23/24 Winnipeg mayor Brian Bowman speaks to media after the reading of the throne speech at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. 24/24 Lieutenant-Governor Janice Filmon opens 4th session of 41st Legislature with Speech from the Throne. Tom Brodbeck/Winnipeg Sun/Postmedia Previous Image Next Image

“I personally am not a fan of gambling and … I know families that it’s hurt very much,” the premier said. “Although, obviously, it generates revenue for the coffers of government on the one hand, there are real social costs on the other side.”

Pallister said a comprehensive probe is needed to determine the revenue dependence on an activity some Manitobans are addicted to.

The throne speech also promised to review police service delivery and release the results of an economic development review “in the coming weeks.”

Pallister offered no additional detail on those pledges Tuesday, while referring questions to Justice Minister Cliff Cullen about another promise to add immediate roadside penalties in “lower-level alcohol-related cases.”

Cullen confirmed those penalties could include licence suspensions for more minor cases of drunk driving.

Liberal leader Dougald Lamont accused the government of committing to an agenda of studying issues rather than actually taking action to address them.

“There’s just a lot of planning to plan,” said Lamont. “They say they’re going to have a report on preventative health next summer and the same thing applies with having an economic plan.”

Both Lamont and NDP leader Wab Kinew criticized the Progressive Conservative government for failing to unveil a clear strategy to combat meth use in the throne speech.

“They’ve only talked about meth in terms of law and order but not about the treatment. Police chiefs have said themselves that we cannot arrest our way out of this problem,” said Kinew.