No. 31/2019-20

 

House of Assembly

Province of Newfoundland & Labrador

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1st Session – 49th General Assembly

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Wednesday, March 11th, 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

 

2. – Committee of Supply

 

(a) Resolution and Bill No. 26 Respecting the Granting of Interim Supply to Her Majesty.

                                                   (Progress)

Third Reading Bills

 

      3. – Third Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The Medical Care And Hospital Insurance Act”. (Bill No. 20) 

                                                                                 (Health and Community Services)                                                                              

       

Second Reading Bills

 

4. – Second Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The Highway Traffic Act”. (Bill No. 21)

                                                                 (Service NL)

 

5. – Second Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend the Social Workers Act”. (Bill No. 25)

                                                                 (Health and Community Services)

 

6. – Second Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The Personal Property Security Act”. (Bill No. 27)  

                                                                 (Service NL)

 

7. – Second Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The Forestry Act”. (Bill No. 28)

                                                     (Fisheries and Land Resources)

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 Association Apparatus”. (Bill No. 23)

4. – MR. TONY WAKEHAM (Stephenville – Port au Port) – To Move:

“WHEREAS a Province facing the fiscal and economic challenges that Newfoundland and Labrador is now facing must show leadership by producing a solid fiscal and economic plan for the 2020/21 fiscal year without delay;

 

AND WHEREAS Newfoundland and Labrador is experiencing significant population decline through interprovincial migration, with Statistics Canada reporting the net loss of an estimated 1,430 people in 2017; 2,733 people in 2018; and 4,501 people in 2019;

 

AND WHEREAS Statistics Canada projected last fall that Newfoundland and Labrador is on track to lose 65,000 people or 12.4 percent of its population within the next 25 years under a medium growth scenario if urgent corrective action is not taken;

 

AND WHERAS the Government stated in its 2019 Budget that it remains on a multi-year “plan to returning to a sustainable surplus in 2022-23”, although the details of this plan have not been publicly disclosed;

 

AND WHEREAS the democratic principles of accountability and transparency demand that expenditures be subject to the scrutiny of the usual budget process;

 

BE IT THEREFORE RESOVLED that this Honourable House urge the Government to deliver the 2020 Budget at the usual time in the Spring, prior to a general election.”

5. – 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”.

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