No.
39/2009
House
of Assembly
Province
of Newfoundland & Labrador
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2nd
Session – 46th General Assembly
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Tuesday,
December15, 2009
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
3. C Third
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The City Of Corner Brook Act, The City Of Mount Pearl Act And The City
Of St. John's Act.” (Bill No. 51) (Municipal
Affairs)
4. C Third
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The City Of Corner Brook Act, The City Of Mount Pearl Act, The City Of
St. John's Act, The City Of St. John's Municipal Taxation Act And The
Municipalities Act, 1999.” (Bill No. 52)
(Municipal
Affairs)
5. C Third
6. C Third
(Health and Community
Services)
Second
7. C Second
(Government
Services)
8. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Petroleum Products Act.” (Bill No. 50)
(Government Services)
9. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The House Of Assembly Accountability, Integrity And Administration
Act.” (Bill No. 54) (Government House Leader)
10. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Teachers' Pensions Act.” (Bill No. 57)
(Finance
and President of Treasury Board)
11. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To Amend The Order Of
(Bill
No. 58) (Natural
Resources)
MOTIONS
1. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT
OF TREASURY BOARD C To
Move:
WHEREAS section 7
of the Child and Youth Advocate Act
provides that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, on a resolution of the House of
Assembly carried by a majority vote of the Members of the House of Assembly
actually voting, may remove the advocate from office or suspend him or her
because of an incapacity to act, or for neglect of duty, or for misconduct;
AND WHEREAS subsection
8(1) of the Child and Youth Advocate Act
authorizes the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to suspend the Child and Youth
Advocate;
AND WHEREAS following
correspondence sent to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council by the Speaker of
this House dated August 17, 2009 expressing concern about the operation of the
Office of the Child and Youth Advocate, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council
suspended the Child and Youth Advocate;
AND WHEREAS on
September 9, 2009, this Honourable House voted on a
resolution to extend the suspension of the Child and Youth Advocate to provide
her, as she had requested, an opportunity to respond to the concerns raised by
the Honourable the Speaker;
AND WHEREAS the
Child and Youth Advocate provided her response in a submission to the Clerk of
the Executive Council dated September 30, 2009;
AND WHEREAS the
submission of the Child and Youth Advocate has not adequately responded to the
concerns raised by the Honourable the Speaker;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED THAT THIS House of Assembly concur in the removal from office of
the Child and Youth Advocate by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council for
misconduct.
2. C THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER C To
Move pursuant to Standing Order 11 that the House not adjourn at 5:30 o=clock
p.m. on Tuesday, December 15, 2009.
3.
C
THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER C
To Move pursuant to Standing Order 11 that the House not adjourn at 10:00 o=clock
p.m. on Tuesday, December 15, 2009.
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Published under the authority of the
Speaker of the
House of Assembly by Earl G. Tucker,
Queen's Printer