No. 41/2019-20
House
of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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1st Session – 49th
General Assembly
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Wednesday, June 17th,
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
Third Reading Bills
2. – Third Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The Highway
Traffic Act”. (Bill No. 21)
(Service NL)
3. –
Third Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The Social Workers Act”. (Bill No.
25)
(Health and Community Services)
4. –
Third Reading of a Bill – “An
Act To Amend The Personal Property Security Act”. (Bill No. 27)
(Service NL)
Second Reading Bills
5. – Second Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The Animal Health And Protection
Act”. (Bill No. 39)
(Fisheries and Land Resources) (Debate adj'd)
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 SERVICE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR – To ask leave
to introduce a Bill entitled, “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)
4. − 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.”
5. − 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)
6. – MR. TONY WAKEHAM (Stephenville –
Port au Port) – To Move:
“BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House urge
the Government to table and bring to debate and concluding votes the 2020/21
budget prior to any general election”.
7. –
MR. ELVIS LOVELESS (Fortune Bay – Cape La Hune) – To Move:
“WHEREAS the Premier's Task Force on Improving
Educational Outcomes and the Education Action Plan both recommended developing
a phased-in implementation plan for Junior Kindergarten;
AND
WHEREAS Ontario, the Northwest Territories and Nova Scotia have implemented
or are in the process of implementing province-wide junior kindergarten;
AND
WHEREAS play-based learning promotes children's natural sense of curiosity
and discovery through hands-on exploration of the world around them;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House supports the Government of
Newfoundland and Labrador in taking necessary steps towards establishing a
Junior Kindergarten program”.
8. − THE HONOURABLE THE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER – To Move pursuant to Standing Order 11(1) that the House not
adjourn at 5:30 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, June 18th, 2020.
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