No.27/2012
House
of Assembly
Province
of Newfoundland & Labrador
_______________________________________
1st
Session – 47th General Assembly
________________________________________
Wednesday, May 9,
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
2. C
Committee of Supply
Second
3. C Second
Reading of a Bill C “An
Act Respecting Procurement By Public Bodies”.
4. C Second
(Service
NL)
5. C Second
(Advanced
Education and Skills)
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. 16)
3. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Ensure Access For Service
Animals Used By Persons With Disabilities”. (Bill No. 17)
4. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL C To ask
leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The Legal Aid Act”. (Bill
No. 18)
5. C MS. YVONNE JONES (Cartwright - L'Anse
au Clair) C To
Move:
“WHEREAS we have seen many tragedies and many
lives lost due to distress on land and at sea, most recently the death of 14
year old Burton Winters of Makkovik, Labrador;
AND WHEREAS
ground search and rescue is a Provincial responsibility and was the first point
of contact in the Burton Winters Tragedy;
AND WHEREAS the Federal
Government has announced that the Maritime Sub-Centre for Search and Rescue
Services in
AND WHEREAS many
questions have been raised about procedures and practices of the Provincial Government
and DND in relation to the Burton Winters tragedy;
AND WHEREAS the
Government of Canada has indicated that they are ready to participate in, and
cooperate with, a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death
of Burton Winters;
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that this House urges the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
to conduct a full investigation into the Burton Winters Tragedy and search and
rescue services in Newfoundland and Labrador using a public enquiry under Section 3.(1) of the Public Inquiries Act which
states:
3.(1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may by order establish a
commission of inquiry to inquire and report on a matter that the
Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers to be of public concern.”
“WHEREAS
over the course of the
next 10 years,
AND
WHEREAS our Government since 2003 has laid the foundation for this growth
by commissioning and delivering on both the White Paper on Public
Post-secondary Education and the Skills Task Force to prepare our people;
AND
WHEREAS our Government, since the release of the Skills Task Force Report
in 2007, has invested approximately $95 million in the areas of apprenticeship,
science and technology, training and infrastructure;
AND
WHEREAS Budget 2012 invests $4.1 million in new funding to support the
following initiatives to advance apprenticeship opportunities and support women
and other under-represented groups in skilled trades in Newfoundland and
Labrador, including, 1) a Journeyperson Mentorship Program to help increase the
number of certified journeypersons available to provide required workplace
training for apprentices; 2) expansion
of the Apprenticeship Wage Subsidy Program that helps provide work experience
to apprentices, with a focus on first and second-year apprentices including
those from under-represented groups such as women and persons with
disabilities; and 3) registration of pre-apprentices in an
Apprentice Tracking System to assist students completing entry-level skilled
trades programs to secure employment and progress to journeyperson status;
AND
WHEREAS Budget 2012 also invests $200,000 to establish the Workforce
Development Secretariat, which will focus on ensuring that labour
market policies and programs are strategically aligned to develop and deploy a
highly trained and skilled workforce that can meet evolving labour
market demands;
AND
WHEREAS a further $10.8 million in federal funding administered by our
Government through the Labour Market Development
Agreement and Labour Market Agreement will support
training and programs such as the Apprenticeship Wage Subsidy and the Office to
Advance Women Apprentices;
AND
WHEREAS our Government has extended the public post-secondary tuition fee
freeze in 2012-13, expanded the Student Financial Assistance Program to
increase the study period exemption from $50 per week to $100 per week, and
continued the up-front needs-based grants and the interest-free student loans
as part of its progressive commitment to provide students in this Province with
the best student aid program in the country;
AND
WHEREAS our Government is also investing to expand programs such as
Memorial University's Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and the oceans
sector of the Marine Institute, while also investing in new and improved
infrastructure at our public post-secondary institutions;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House
supports the initiatives the Provincial Government is taking to prepare
Newfoundlanders and Labradorians for career
opportunities in the skilled trades in our Province.”
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Published under the authority of the
Speaker of the
House of Assembly by William E. Parsons,
Queen's Printer