Resource Committee

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The Resource Committee: may be asked to review any matter the House refers to it, typically of the departments and agencies that are included in the resource 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:

• Kevin Aylward – St. George's - Stephenville East (Chair)
• Edward Byrne – Kilbride (vice-Chair)
• Mary Hodder – Burin - Placentia West
• Roland Butler – Port de Grave
• Lloyd Matthews – St. John's North
• Trevor Taylor – The Straits & White Bay North
• Harvey Hodder – Waterford Valley

Previous Members during the General Assembly

• Jim Walsh – Conception Bay East - Bell Island (former Chair)
• Bob Mercer – Humber East (former Chair)
• Gerry Reid – Twillingate & Fogo (former Chair)
• Roger Fitzgerald – Bonavista South (former vice-Chair)
• John Ottenheimer – St. John's East (former vice-Chair)
• Eddie Joyce – Bay of Islands
• Percy Barrett – Bellevue
• Kelvin Parsons – Burgeo & La Poile
• George Sweeney – Carbonear - Harbour Grace
• Yvonne Jones – Cartwright - L'Anse au Clair
• Bob French – Conception Bay South
• Randy Collins – Labrador West
• Tom Rideout – Lewisporte
• Tom Osborne – St. John's South
• Ralph Wiseman – Topsail
• Wally Andersen – Torngat Mountains
• Ross Wiseman – Trinity North
• Ray Hunter – Windsor - Springdale

Proceedings

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

Reviewing 2003-04 Estimates:

Dept. of Fisheries & Aquaculture	May 5, 2003
Dept. of Forest Resources & Agrifoods	April 8, 2003
Dept. of Mines and Energy	April 28, 2003
Dept. of Tourism, Culture & Recreation	April 8, 2003
Dept. of Industry, Trade & Rural Development	April 10, 2003 May 5, 2003
Dept. of Labrador & Aboriginal Affairs	May 1, 2003

Reviewing 2002-03 Estimates:

Dept. of Forest Resources & Agrifoods	April 16, 2002
Dept. of Fisheries & Aquaculture	April 23, 2002
Dept. of Labrador & Aboriginal Affairs	April 25, 2002
Dept. of Mines and Energy	May 1, 2002 May 7, 2002
Dept. of Tourism, Culture & Recreation	May 2, 2002
Dept. of Industry, Trade & Rural Development	May 9, 2002

Reviewing 2001-02 Estimates:

Dept. of Forest Resources & Agrifoods	March 27, 2001
Dept. of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs	March 27, 2001
Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Recreation	March 28, 2001
Dept. of Fisheries & Aquaculture	April 2, 2001
Dept. of Mines & Energy	April 3, 2001
Dept. of Industry, Trade and Rural Development	April 9, 2001

Reviewing 2000-01 Estimates:

Dept. of Fisheries & Aquaculture	March 28, 2000
Dept. of Forest Resources & Agrifoods	March 29, 2000
Dept. of Industry, Trade and Technology	March 30, 2000
Dept. of Development and Rural Renewal	April 3, 2000
Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Recreation	April 4, 2000
Dept. of Mines and Energy	April 10, 2000

Reviewing 1999-03 Estimates:

Dept. of Fisheries and Aquaculture	May 3, 1999
Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Recreation	May 6, 1999
Dept. Forest Resources and Agrifoods	May 10, 1999
Dept. Industry, Trade and Technology	May 11, 1999
Dept. of Mines & Energy	May 11, 1999
Dept. of Development and Rural Renewal	May 17, 1999

Reports

Consideration of the Estimates 2003 (Concurrence)
Tabled: May 6, 2003
Debated: May 8, 2003

Consideration of the Estimates 2002 (Concurrence)
Tabled: May 9, 2002
Debated: May 13, 2002 and May 14, 2002

Consideration of the Estimates 2001 (Concurrence)
Tabled: April 9, 2001
Debated: April 30, 2001

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

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