No.36/2004

House of Assembly

Province of Newfoundland & Labrador


1st Session -- 45th General Assembly

Thursday, May 27th , 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 - Resolution and Bill No. 3 Respecting the Granting of Main 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 Mineral Act". (Bill No. 22)

3. -- Committee of the Whole on a Bill -- "An Act To Amend The Highway Traffic Act". (Bill No. 21)

4. -- Committee of the Whole on a Bill -- "An Act To Amend The Income Tax Act, 2000 No. 2". (Bill No. 20)

5. -- Committee of the Whole on a Bill -- "An Act To Amend The Memorial University Pensions Act". (Bill No. 23)

6. -- Committee of the Whole on a Bill -- "An Act To Create A Pension Plan For Provincial Court Judges". (Bill No. 24)

MOTIONS

1. -- THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD -- To Move that the House Resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on Supply to Consider Certain Resolutions for the Granting of Supply to Her Majesty. (Bill No. 3 )

2. -- THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD -- To Move that the House Resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole to Consider Certain Resolutions Respecting the Imposition of Taxes on Tobacco. (Bill No. 13)

3. -- THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD -- To Move that the House Resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole to Consider Certain Resolutions Relating To The Raising Of Loans By The Province. (Bill No. 19)

4. -- THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER -- To Move pursuant to Standing Order 11 that the House not adjourn at 5:30 o'clock p.m.on Thursday, May 27th, 2004.

5. -- THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER -- To Move pursuant to Standing Order 11 that the House not adjourn at 10:00 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, May 27th, 2004.

QUESTIONS

4. -- MS. ANNA THISTLE (Grand Falls-Buchans) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Finance and the Honourable the Premier to lay on the Table of the House the following information:

(a) All correspondence sent to the Prime Minister of Canada and the Minister of Finance regarding the issue of equalization payments to the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, since November 6, 2003.

(b) All meetings, reports, presentations, research material, forwarded to the Prime Minister of Canada and the Minister of Finance regarding the issue of equalization payments to the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, since November 6, 2003.

5. -- MR. ROLAND BUTLER (Port de Grave) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment to lay on the Table of the House the following information:

(a) All correspondence sent to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, regarding improvements to the Employment Insurance system, since November 6, 2003.

(b) All meetings, reports, presentations, research material, forwarded to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, regarding improvements to the Employment Insurance system, since November 6, 2003.

6. -- MR. KELVIN PARSONS (Burgeo & La Poile) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Natural Resources to lay on the Table of the House the following information:

(a) All correspondence sent to the Federal Minister of Natural Resources regarding the Federal Government's commitment to the development of the Lower Churchill, since November 6, 2003.

(b) All meetings, reports, presentations, research material, forwarded to the Federal Minister of Natural Resources regarding the Federal Government's commitment to the development of the Lower Churchill, since November 6, 2003.

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Published under the authority of the Speaker of the

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