Government Services Committee

Members | Proceedings | Reports

The Government Services Committee: may be asked to review any matter the House wishes to refer to it, typically of the departments and agencies that are included in the general government sector as laid out in the Estimates. This Committee also reviews the annual Estimates of these departments and agencies.

Forty-Fourth General Assembly 1999-2003

Constituted: April 30, 1999.
Reconstituted: March 23, 2000.
Reconstituted: March 20, 2001.
Reconstituted: April 15, 2002.

Membership at the end of the General Assembly:

• Lloyd Matthews – St. John’s North (Chair)
• Jack Byrne – Cape St. Francis (vice-Chair)
• Eddie Joyce – Bay of Islands
• Terry French – Conception Bay South
• Sandra Kelly – Gander
• Ernie McLean – Lake Melville
• Tom Osborne – St. John’s South

Previous Members during the current General Assembly

• George Sweeney – Carbonear - Harbour Grace (former Chair)
• Ralph Wiseman – Topsail (former Chair)
• Paul Shelley – Baie Verte
• Yvonne Jones – Cartwright - L’Anse au Clair
• Robert Mercer – Humber East
• Edward Byrne – Kilbride
• Randy Collins – Labrador West
• Fabian Manning – Placentia & St. Mary’s
• Wallace Young – St. Barbe
• Sheila Osborne – St. John’s West
• Tom Lush – Terra Nova
• Wally Andersen – Torngat Mountains
• Harvey Hodder – Waterford Valley

Proceedings

The following list provides links to the transcripts and audio of the Government Services Committee proceedings.

Reviewing 2003-04 Estimates:

Dept. of Municipal and Provincial Affairs / Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation	April 1, 2003
Dept. of the Environment	April 30, 2003
Dept. of Works, Services and Transportation	April 28, 2003
Dept. of Finance / Public Service Commission	May 1, 2003
Dept. of Government Services and Lands	April 1, 2003

Reviewing 2002-03 Estimates:

Dept. of Municipal and Provincial Affairs / Newfoundland and Labrador Housing	April 18, 2002
Dept. of the Environment	April 23, 2002
Dept. of Works, Services and Transportation	April 29, 2002
Dept. of Government Services and Lands	May 7, 2002
Dept. of Finance	May 13, 2002

Reviewing 2001-02 Estimates:

Dept. of Works, Services and Transportation	April 2, 2001
Dept. of Government Services and Lands	April 4, 2001
Dept. of Municipal and Provincial Affairs	April 9, 2001
Dept. Environment	April 10, 2001
Dept. Finance	May 1, 2001

Reviewing 2000-01 Estimates:

Dept. of Municipal and Provincial Affairs / Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation	March 27, 2000
Public Services Commission	April 4, 2000
Dept. of Government Services and Lands	April 5, 2000
Dept. of Works, Services and Transportation	April 6, 2000
Dept. of Finance	April 10, 2000

Reviewing 1999-2000 Estimates:

Dept. of Finance	May 4, 1999
Dept. of Works, Services & Transportation	May 4, 1999
Dept. of Government Services and Lands	May 5, 1999
Public Service Commission/ Treasury Board	May 12, 1999
Dept. Municipal Affairs/ Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation	May 10, 1999

Reports

Committee Reports

Consideration of the Estimates 2003 (Concurrence)
Tabled: May 5, 2003
Debated: May 6, 2003

Consideration of the Estimates 2002 (Concurrence)
Tabled: May 13, 2002
Debated: May 14, 2002

Consideration of the Estimates 2001 (Concurrence)
Tabled: May 2, 2001
Debated: May 3, 2001

Consideration of the Estimates 2000 (Concurrence)
Tabled: April 11, 2000
Debated: April 13, 2000

Consideration of the Estimates 1999 (Concurrence)
Tabled: May 13, 1999
Debated: May 18, 1999; May 19, 1999 and May 20, 1999