No.3/2004



House of Assembly

Province of Newfoundland & Labrador


1st Session -- 45th General Assembly

Wednesday, March 24th , 2004

ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS

(a) Statements by Members

(b) Statements by Ministers

(c) Oral Questions

(d) Presenting Reports by Standing and Special Committees

(e) Notices of Motion

(f) Answers to questions for which notice has been given

(g) Petitions

ORDERS OF THE DAY

1. -- Committee of Supply

(a) Resolution and Bill No. 2 Respecting the Granting of Interim Supply to Her Majesty.

Bills Referred To Committee Of The Whole House

2. -- Committee of the Whole on a Bill -- "An Act To Amend The Student Financial Assistance Act". (Bill No. 1)

MOTION

1. -- MS. YVONNE JONES (Cartwright - L'Anse au Clair) -- To Move:

WHEREAS Health Care is one of the essential services provided by a government to the people of this province;

AND WHEREAS there is a demonstrated need for improvements to health care services in many areas of this province;

AND WHEREAS in several cases improvements to health care facilities have been put on hold without sufficient explanation;

AND WHEREAS the government has directed health care boards to produce cost saving plans that will result in service cuts in may rural areas;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Members of the House of Assembly call on the Government to reaffirm that health care is a priority item that cannot be compromised;

AND THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Members of the House of Assembly call on Government to proceed with all previously announced improvements to health care facilities as they were originally scheduled."

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Published under the authority of the Speaker of the

House of Assembly by Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer