No. 65/2019-20
House
of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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1st Session – 49th
General Assembly
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Monday, December 14th,
2020
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.
– Address in Reply
Second Reading Bills
2.
– Second Reading of a Bill - “An Act Respecting The Protection Of The
Health Of Persons Exposed To Radiation And Respecting The Safety Of Persons In
Connection With The Operation And Use Of The Electrical And Mechanical
Components Of Radiation Producing Equipment And Associated Apparatus”. (Bill
No. 23) (Digital
Government and Service NL)
MOTIONS
1. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY – To ask leave to
introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act Respecting The Supreme Court In The
Province”. (Bill No. 7)
2. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES – To ask leave to
introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend Various Acts Of The Province
Respecting The Publication Of A Summary Of A Decision Or Order Of An
Adjudication Tribunal”. (Bill No. 22)
3. – THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF DIGITAL
GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR – To ask leave to introduce a
Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The Vital Statistics Act, 2009”. (Bill No. 53)
4. – THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF
DIGITAL GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR – To ask leave to
introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The Pension Benefits Act,
1997”. (Bill No. 54)
5. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY – To ask leave
to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The Energy Corporation Act And The
Hydro Corporation Act, 2007”. (Bill No. 55)
6. −
THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER – To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, “An Act To Amend The Conflict Of Interest Act, 1995”. (Bill No. 56)
7. – THE
CHAIR OF THE PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE (Honourable D. Bragg) – To
Move:
“THAT the House of Assembly concur in
the Report of the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections on the
premature distribution of a report of an officer of the House of Assembly.”
8. − THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT
HOUSE LEADER – To Move:
“WHEREAS Justice LeBlanc has delivered his report Muskrat Falls: A Misguided Project which presents the key
findings of the public inquiry;
AND WHEREAS in that report it finds that the former Progressive Conservative
Government “was determined to proceed with the development of the hydroelectric
potential of the Lower Churchill River and it initiated several activities to
advance this development”;
AND WHEREAS the report further indicates that the former Progressive
Conservative Government “failed in its duty to ensure that the best interests
of the Province's residents were safeguarded”;
AND WHEREAS the Progressive Conservative Government “failed in its
responsibility to objectively assess and oversee the decisions and actions of
Nalcor”;
AND WHEREAS the original budget for the Muskrat Falls project was $7.4
billion and has risen to $12.7 billion yet findings are that “the assumptions
on which the Project's economics were based and promoted were not sufficiently
tested, and a comprehensive examination of the range of possible outcomes was
not undertaken”;
AND WHEREAS the report indicates that “this resulted in a combination of
unrealistic optimism, a willingness to misrepresent cost, schedule and risk,
and an inability to change course when things were going wrong”;
AND WHEREAS “the project had clearly reached the point of no return when the
Ball Government was elected (late 2015).
The real point of no return was at Financial Close of the FLG in November
2013”;
AND WHEREAS the consequence of this $12.7 billion project has had a profound
financial impact on the people of the Province, without mitigation a doubling
of electricity rates, and represents greater than 30% of the Province's direct
and indirect debt;
THEREFORE BE RESOLVED that this House supports the referral of this report to the RCMP
and RNC for potential criminality and further refers it to the Department of
Justice and Public Safety for potential civil litigation.”
9. − THE HONOURABLE THE
MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY – To Move:
“WHEREAS the Lieutenant-Governor in Council
appointed a tribunal under section 28 of the Provincial Court Act, 1991 to make recommendations on the salaries
and benefits of judges and the chief judge;
AND
WHEREAS the tribunal submitted its recommendations to the Minister of
Justice and Public Safety on June 6, 2019;
AND WHEREAS the Newfoundland and Labrador
Provincial Court Judges Salary and Benefits Tribunal Report was tabled in this
Honourable House on June 25, 2019 as required by section 28.2 of the Act;
AND WHEREAS the House of Assembly is required
to approve, vary or reject the report;
AND WHEREAS Government has decided to ask this
Honourable House to accept all of the recommendations of the tribunal as
contained in its report of June 4, 2019:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House accept
the recommendations of the 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court
Judges Salary and Benefits Tribunal;
AND THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the recommendations of the
Tribunal be implemented effective April 1, 2017”. (Debate
adj'd)
10. − THE HONOURABLE THE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER – To Move:
“THAT Bill 54, An Act To Amend The Pension Benefits Act, 1991 shall be deemed to
have been read a first time;
AND THAT notwithstanding Standing Order 84
in particular, if it is the pleasure of this House, Bill 54 may be read a
second time, referred to Committee of the Whole and read a third time on the
same sitting day;
AND THAT notice shall be deemed to have
been given and moved under Standing Order 11(1) that this House not adjourn at
5:30 p.m. today, Thursday, December 10, 2020”.
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