No.1/2016
House of
Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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1st Session – 48th
General Assembly
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Wednesday, March 9th,
2016
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.
– Second Reading of a Bill − “An Act To Establish An Independent
Appointments Commission And
To Require A Merit-Based Process For Various
Appointments”. (Bill No. 1)
(Premier)
MOTIONS
1.
− THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD
– To Move that the House Resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on Supply
to Consider Certain Resolutions for the Granting of Interim Supply to Her
Majesty.
(Bill No. 2)
2. – MR. PAUL DAVIS (Topsail – Paradise)
– To Move:
“BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable
House urges the Government of Canada to recognize the impact of the steep fall
in oil revenues on our Province and that it consider financial support to our
Province in order to prevent deep cuts in services to the people of
Newfoundland and Labrador;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Honourable House urges the Government of Canada to
modernize Federal-Provincial Arrangements, including the Equalization Program
and the Fiscal Stabilization Program to more fairly and promptly reflect our
Province's needs and to more fairly account for natural resources revenues.”
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