No.
15/2009
House
of Assembly
Province
of Newfoundland & Labrador
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2nd
Session – 46th General Assembly
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Wednesday, May 6,
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
Concurrence Motion C
(a) Resource Committee
Third
3. C Third Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To Repeal The
4. C Third
Bill Referred to Committee of the Whole
5. C Committee of the Whole on a Bill C “An Act To Amend The
City Of St. John's Act”. (Bill No. 14) (Municipal
Affairs)
Second
6. C Second Reading of a Bill C AAn Act Respecting Apologies”. (Bill No. 1)
(Justice
and Attorney General)
7. C Second Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To Amend The Labour-Sponsored Venture Capital Tax
Credit Act”. (Bill No. 3) (Finance
and President of Treasury Board)
8. C Second Reading of a Bill C AAn Act Respecting Chiropractors”. (Bill No. 8)
(Health and
Community Services)
9. C Second
(Education)
10. C Second
(Government Services)
11. C Second
(Government
Services)
12. C Second
(Health and
Community Services)
13. C Second Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Children's Law Act”. (Bill No. 13)
(Justice and
Attorney General)
14. C Second
(Justice
and Attorney General)
15. C Second
(Health and
Community Services)
16. C Second
(Justice and Attorney General)
17. C Second
(Government Services)
MOTIONS
1. C THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD C To Move AThat This House Approves in General the Budgetary
Policy of the Government.@ (Budget Speech)
2. 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 Certain Resolutions Relating to
the Granting of Supply to Her Majesty.
(Bill No. 2)
3. 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 to consider a Resolution Relating to the Advancing or
Guaranteeing of Certain Loans made under the Loan and Guarantee Act, 1957.
(Bill No. 16)
4. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF INNOVATION, TRADE AND
RURAL DEVELOPMENT C To ask
leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act To Amend The Research and
Development Council Act”. (Bill No. 20)
5. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT SERVICESC To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
Respecting The Registration Of Deeds And Other Documents”. (Bill No. 21)
6. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES C To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
Respecting Consumer Protection And Business Practices”. (Bill No. 22)
7. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES C To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The Occupational Health And Safety Act”. (Bill No. 23)
8. C MR. CLAYTON FORSEY (Exploits) C To Move:
“WHEREAS
AND
WHEREAS executive employees have high-level input into national policy and
decision-making that significantly affects
AND
WHEREAS the number of federal executive positions in
AND
WHEREAS during the 2006 federal election campaign, the leader of the
federal Conservative Party said: “I think the secret will be to identify
particular functions and operations that should be here, as opposed to putting
a few jobs here and a few jobs there.
There should be some specific things that are headquartered here.”;
AND
WHEREAS the leader of the federal Liberal Party prior to the 2008 federal
election committed to advocate ways to “be more effective in putting the
headquarters and the decision-making process closer to where the resource is”;
AND
WHEREAS the leader of the federal New Democratic Party shared this concern
and committed to “reviewing federal government policies that have resulted in
this situation with a view to ensuring fairness and full access to federal
government program delivery and services”;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Assembly calls on the current Government
of Canada, and any other national party if it is elected to form the
government, to increase the number of federal decision-making executive
positions and/or national or regional headquarters based in
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Speaker of the
House of Assembly by Earl G. Tucker,
Queen's Printer