No.42/2012
House
of Assembly
Province
of Newfoundland & Labrador
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1st
Session – 47th General Assembly
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Wednesday, June 6,
2012
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 Address
in Reply
Bills Referred to Committee of the Whole
2. C Committee
of the Whole on a Bill C “An
Act To Amend The
(Intergovernmental and
Aboriginal Affairs)
3. C Committee
of the Whole on a Bill C “An
Act To Extinguish Obsolete Actions In The Province”. (Bill No. 24)
(Justice and Attorney
General)
4. C Committee
of the Whole on a Bill C “An
Act Respecting The Practice Of Optometry In The Province”. (Bill No. 25)
(Health and Community
Services)
5. C Committee
of the Whole on a Bill C “An
Act To Amend The Consumer Protection And Business
Practices Act No. 2”.
(Bill
No. 26) (Service NL)
6. C Committee
of the Whole on a Bill C “An
Act To Amend The Psychologists Act, 2005”. (Bill No. 28)
(Health and Community
Services)
Second
7. C Second
Reading of a Bill C “An
Act Respecting Procurement By Public Bodies”.
8. C Second
Reading of a Bill C “An
Act To Regulate The Personal Services Industry”.
(Bill
No. 27) (Health and Community
Services)
MOTIONS
1. C THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL C To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled,
“An Act To Amend The Access To Information And Protection Of Privacy Act”.
(Bill No. 29)
2. C THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The City Of St. John's
Act and The City Of St. John's Municipal Taxation Act”. (Bill No. 30)
3. C THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD C To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, “An Act To Amend The Public Service Collective Bargaining Act”. (Bill
No. 31)
4. C THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD C To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, “An Act To Amend The Public Service Commission Act”. (Bill No. 32)
5. C MR. DWIGHT BALL (
“WHEREAS
the labour
force of Newfoundland and Labrador has traditionally been one that is disproportionally based on seasonal employment compared
with other provinces given the large rural population and broad seasonal
industries including the fishery, tourism, forestry, roadwork, construction,
cultural industries and agriculture.
Many of these industries depend upon seasonal labour
for their continued existence and success;
AND
WHEREAS the Government
of
AND
WHEREAS these changes
will adversely affect more than 50,000 persons in Newfoundland and Labrador who
are in receipt of Employment Insurance each year, including more than 7,000
recipients of fishery benefits;
AND
WHEREAS the changes,
including the requirement for EI recipients to find a job paying at least 80
per cent of pay in a similar occupation within six weeks and the requirement
that recipients to be willing to work at a job that is within a one hour commute
from their home are aimed at urban populations and ignores the needs and
realities of the rural economy;
AND
WHEREAS the changes made
to the Employment Insurance appeals and review process denies the right for a
speedy, meaningful and comprehensive appeal;
AND
WHEREAS the changes were
conceived, announced and will be implemented without consultations with the
population of Canada, without advance warning to the government's of the
provinces or territories, without a proper debate in the Parliament of Canada
on the principles or implementation, and without mandate to do so given these
changes were never proposed during the most recent federal election;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that this
House of Assembly condemns the substance and implementation of the changes to
the Canadian Employment Insurance program;
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
this House calls upon Government to immediately conduct a detailed research
program to examine the long-term effects of these changes on individuals,
communities and the Province as a whole with the goals of gathering evidence to
use in a campaign against these changes and also for use in determining what
Provincial Government programs may be required to mitigate the negative effects
of these changes;
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
this House calls upon the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to join
forces with the governments of the
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this House calls upon the
Government of Newfoundland and
6. C MR. GLENN LITTLEJOHN (Port de Grave) C To Move:
“WHEREAS the Federal Government has tremendous
power and leverage to lower barriers between provinces and forge a path toward
fairness and true community;
AND WHEREAS
AND WHEREAS Prime
Minister Stephen Harper and his colleagues have committed to provide a loan
guarantee or equivalent financial support for the Muskrat Falls Project, which
includes a sub-sea transmission link to the Maritimes, because it has national
or regional importance, it has economic and financial merit, and it will
significantly reduce greenhouse gases;
AND WHEREAS the
Prime Minister, in announcing funding for Ontario under the eco Trust on March
6, 2007, said that province could choose to use its funding to advance
construction of “an East-West electrical transmission interconnect with
Manitoba, allowing for the importation of clean hydroelectric power”;
AND WHEREAS on
September 16, 2009, the Prime Minister announced funding for the construction
of the Northwest Transmission Line in northern British Columbia and the
prospect of connecting the line to Alaska;
AND WHEREAS the
opening of Canadian east-west energy corridors would give provinces the freedom
to transmit energy to markets within
BE IT THEREFORE
RESOLVED that this House of Assembly urges all governments in
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