No. 44/2019-20
House
of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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1st Session – 49th
General Assembly
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Tuesday, September 15th,
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
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 A Resolution Relating to the Granting of Supply to Her Majesty. (Bill No. 40)
2. − 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)
3. − 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)
4. − 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)
5. − THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF DIGITAL
GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE NL - To ask leave
to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The Insurance Contracts Act”.
(Bill No. 41)
6. – THE CHAIR OF THE STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE (Honourable. S. Coady) –
To Move:
“THAT the House of Assembly concur in the Report of the Standing
Orders Committee dated September 14, 2020”.
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 pursuant to Standing
Order 11(1) that the House not adjourn at 5:30 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday,
September 15th, 2020.
11. − 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, September 17th, 2020.
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