No.
42/2009
House
of Assembly
Province
of Newfoundland & Labrador
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2nd
Session – 46th General Assembly
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Monday, December
21, 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
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.”
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Published under the authority of the
Speaker of the
House of Assembly by Earl G. Tucker,
Queen's Printer