No.
43/2008
House
of Assembly
Province
of Newfoundland & Labrador
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1st
Session – 46th General Assembly
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Wednesday, December
3, 2008
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
(a) Statements
by Members
(b) Statements
by Ministers
(c) Oral
Questions
(d) Presenting
Reports by Standing and Select Committees
(e) Tabling of
Documents
(f) Notices of
Motion
(g) Answers to
questions for which notice has been given
(h) Petitions
ORDERS OF THE DAY
1. C
Committee of Supply
2. C
Address in Reply
Third
1. C Third
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To The Real
Estate Trading Act”. (Bill No. 39) (Government
Services)
2. C Third
Reading of a Bill C A An
Act To Amend The Arts Council Act”. (Bill No. 40) (Tourism,
Culture and Recreation)
3. C Third
Reading of a Bill C A An
Act To Repeal The Pickersgill
Fellowship Act”. (Bill No. 41) (Education)
4. C Third
5. C Third
Reading of a Bill C A An
Act To Repeal The Corporations Guarantees Act”. (Bill No.
43) (Government
Services)
6. C Third
Reading of a Bill C A An
Act To Repeal The Certified Public Accountants Act”. (Bill
No. 44) (Government
Services)
7. C Third
Reading of a Bill C A An
Act To Repeal The Chartered Accountants And Certified Public
Accountants Merger Act”. (Bill No. 45) (Government
Services)
8. C Third
Reading of a Bill C A An
Act To Repeal The
9. C Third
Reading of a Bill C A An
Act To Repeal The Labrador Linerboard Limited Agreement Act, 1979”. (Bill No.
47) (Natural
Resources)
10. C Third
Reading of a Bill C A An
Act To Repeal The Labrador Linerboard Limited Agreement
(Amendment) Act, 1979”. (Bill No. 48) (Natural
Resources)
Second
11 C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To Amend
The Income Tax Act, 2000 And To Repeal The Financial Corporations Capital Tax
Act”. (Bill No. 38)
(Finance
and President of Treasury Board)
12. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Amend The Securities Act”. (Bill No. 49)
(Government
Services)
13. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act Respecting
Certified Management Accountants”. (Bill No. 51) (Government
Services)
14. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Amend The Student Financial Assistance Act No. 2”. (Bill No. 52) (Education)
15. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To Remove
Anomalies And Errors In The Statute Law”. (Bill No. 53) (Justice
and Attorney General)
16. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Repeal The School Boards' Association Act”. (Bill No. 54) (Education)
17. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Repeal The Homes For Special Care Act”. (Bill No. 55) (Health
and Community Services)
18. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Repeal The Midwifery Act”. (Bill No. 56)
(Health
and Community Services)
19. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Repeal The Private Homes For Special Care Allowances Act”. (Bill No. 57) (Health
and Community Services)
20. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Repeal The Venereal Disease Prevention Act”. (Bill No. 58) (Health
and Community Services)
21. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Provide For The Organization And Administration Of Emergency Services In The
Province”. (Bill No. 59) (Municipal
Affairs)
22. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act Respecting
Fire Protection Services In The Province”. (Bill No. 60) (Municipal
Affairs)
23. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act Respecting
The Practice Of Dentistry”. (Bill No. 61)
(Health
and Community Services)
MOTIONS
1. C THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD C To Move
that the House Resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on Supply to
Consider a Resolution Relating to the Granting of Supplementary Supply to Her
Majesty. (Bill No. 67)
2. C THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL C To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The Provincial Court Act, 1991 No. 2”. (Bill No. 50)
3. C THE HONOURABLE
THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES C To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The Mineral Act”. (Bill No. 62)
4. C THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND RECREATION C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The Management Of Information Act”. (Bill No. 63)
5. C THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND RECREATION C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The Rooms Act”. (Bill No. 64)
6. C THE HONOURABLE
THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES C To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The Forestry Act No. 2”. (Bill No. 65)
7. C THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The Highway Traffic Act”. (Bill No. 66)
8. C THE
HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity And Administration Act
No. 2”. (Bill No. 68)
9. C MR. DARIN KING (Grand Bank) C To
Move:
“WHEREAS
AND
WHEREAS the Government's White Paper on public post-secondary Education in
Newfoundland and Labrador states that the Government is committed to
maintaining autonomy and academic freedom and notes that Memorial University is
an autonomous organization;
AND
WHEREAS the Government recognizes that autonomy is a necessary precondition
to the proper functioning of
AND
WHEREAS academic freedom is defined by the Canadian Association of
University Teachers as: “….the right to teach, learn, study and publish free of
orthodoxy or threat of reprisal and discrimination”;
AND WHEREAS section 51 of the legislation governing
the university – namely, An Act Respecting The Memorial University of
Newfoundland, which has been in place since 1973 – defines a process whereby
the Board of Regents, in consultation with the University Senate, must forward
the names of candidates for President of the university to the
Lieutenant-Governor in Council for approval;
AND
WHEREAS the Government recognizes that education is fundamental to
Newfoundland and Labrador's growth and prosperity; is committed to a strong,
vibrant post-secondary education system in our Province; and is willing to work
collaboratively with the Board of Regents and the university's administration
to ensure Memorial is one of the best universities in the world with the best
leadership in the world;
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that the House of Assembly affirms its full support for the
academic freedom and academic autonomy of
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Speaker of the
House of Assembly by Earl G. Tucker, Queen's
Printer