Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
50th General Assembly - 2nd Session - 2022 - 2025

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PADDOCK, LIN (PC) (BAIE VERTE - GREEN BAY)

Arts Council Act (Amdt.) (Bill 98)

Committee, 5604–5605

Baie Verte - Green Bay (District)

Clubs/organizations

Baie Verte Peninsula Chamber of Commerce—Celebration of golden anniversary, 5525

Budget

If the government were still deliberating on how to account for their tobacco settlement revenue, then what would be the deficit for this fiscal year, 7425
If the tobacco settlement revenue is not included, what would be the deficit for this fiscal year, 7426
Is it acceptable to book revenue you will not receive in this fiscal year in order to underestimate the deficit in an election year, 7336
This year's budget includes $520 million in revenue from the tobacco settlement, how much of that will actually be received this fiscal year, 7426
Why didn't the Minister consult this province's Auditor General before tabling the budget, 7335

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 6994–7020
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 7462(36)–7462(39)
Sub-amendment

Debate, 7412–7415

Estimates

Government Services Committee

Concurrence motion, 7308–7311

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Treasury Board Secretariat, 7373, 7374, 7375, 7376, 7377, 7378

Canadian Armed Forces

5 Wing Goose Bay

Urging Government of Canada to advance important roles that Newfoundland and Labrador fulfill with respect to National Defence, NATO and NORAD

Debate, 5247–5249

Finance

Buy from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada campaign

Comments on, 6531–6532

Gasoline tax

Will Premier force people to pay more next year by reintroducing the full gas tax, 5995
Will Premier permanently cut the gas tax, 5996

Home heating

House to support removal of the provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) from home heating products

Debate, 5389–5391

Minister of Finance

Will you fire the Minister of Finance, 7336

Sugar tax

In Budget 2025 there was a chance to scrap the sugar tax, but they didn't, can the Minister explain why, 7088
Will the Minister stand up today and commit to amending the budget and finally scrap this wasteful, regression and punishing tax, 7088

Health care

Hospitals

When will clinics that were promised in the by-election be opened, 5228, 7475
Will Premier admit that he was just playing politics during the by-election when he promised new clinics, 5228

Vaccines

Urging the government to provide the shingles vaccine free of charge to seniors and individuals living with compromised immune systems

Debate, 6945–6947

House of Assembly

Maiden speech, 5118–5121
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5903–5906

Interim Supply Act, 2025 (Bill 105)

Committee, 6631–6633, 6882–6884

Lands Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 68)

Committee, 5677–5679

LaScie

Sports/recreation

Clance, Avery—sole fundraiser for La Scie Sport and Recreation, 6726–6727

Law Enforcement Identity Management Act (Bill 94)

Committee, 5444–5445

Law Enforcement Oversight Commission Act (Bill 102)

Committee, 6803–6804

Loan Act, 2025 (Bill 110)

Committee, 7496–7499, 7504–7505

Members' Statements

Business/entrepreneurship

Baie Verte Chamber of Commerce—Celebration of golden anniversary, 5525

Clubs/organizations

Green Bay Ground Search and Rescue—wishing continued success, 7563
Royal Canadian Air Cadets, 837 Northeast Squadron—50th anniversary—Springdale, 7327–7328

Military

Acknowledging World War I story of Sergeant Ernest Goudy—Port Anson, 5090

Sports/recreation

Figure skating

Silver Gliders Figure Skating Club—50th anniversary—Springdale, 7027

Skating

Clance, Avery—sole fundraiser for La Scie Sport and Recreation—LaScie, 7626–7627

Ministerial Statements

Buy from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada campaign

response, 6531–6532

Public Service Commission

Recognizing 50th anniversary of

response, 5220–5221

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate (Members), 6248, 6249, 6250, 6251, 6252, 6336, 6337, 6338–6339, 6340, 6383, 6384, 6385–6386, 6387, 6388, 6389

Ocean Ranger

House to call on government to work with the Government of Canada to repatriate artifacts and records from the Ocean Ranger to St. John's for a permanent exhibit

Debate, 5648–5650

Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act (Amdt.) (Bill 86)

Committee, 5560

Oral Questions

Budget

If the government were still deliberating on how to account for their tobacco settlement revenue, then what would be the deficit for this fiscal year, 7425
If the tobacco settlement revenue is not included, what would be the deficit for this fiscal year, 7426
Is it acceptable to book revenue you will not receive in this fiscal year in order to underestimate the deficit in an election year, 7336
This year's budget includes $520 million in revenue from the tobacco settlement, how much of that will actually be received this fiscal year, 7426
Why didn't the Minister consult this province's Auditor General before tabling the budget, 7335

Finance

Gasoline tax

Will Premier force people to pay more next year by reintroducing the full gas tax, 5995
Will Premier permanently cut the gas tax, 5996

Minister of Finance

Will you fire the Minister of Finance, 7336

Sugar tax

In Budget 2025 there was a chance to scrap the sugar tax, but they didn't, can the Minister explain why, 7088
Will the Minister stand up today and commit to amending the budget and finally scrap this wasteful, regression and punishing tax, 7088

Health care

Hospitals

When will clinics that were promised in the by-election be opened, 5228, 7475
Will Premier admit that he was just playing politics during the by-election when he promised new clinics, 5228

Public Service Commission

My understanding is that the Public Service Commission chair position has been advertised, it has been recruited for, there have been interviews, there has been a report generated by the Independent Appointments Commission and the report has been submitted to government, is this correct, 7176
Why is this chairperson of the Public Service Commission still in an acting position after seven years, 7086

Treasury Board Secretariat

The Auditor General recently found that over 1,000 public servants were overpaid, how did this happen, 6850
The Uniformed Pension Plan is only 25 per cent funded, what is the plan to fully fund this pension plan, 7623
Why is the government not bothering to fix these overpayments, 6850

Petitions

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

Urging government to commit to significant upgrades to Route 392 that would include paving and shoulder reconstruction to improve the safety for these residents and the travelling public, including tourists, 5641, 7631

Point of Order

Language, unparliamentary

"cooking the books," 7416

Port Anson

Military

Acknowledging World War I story of Sergeant Ernest Goudy, 5090

Public Service Commission

My understanding is that the Public Service Commission chair position has been advertised, it has been recruited for, there have been interviews, there has been a report generated by the Independent Appointments Commission and the report has been submitted to government, is this correct, 7176
Recognizing 50th anniversary of, 5220–5221
Why is this chairperson of the Public Service Commission still in an acting position after seven years, 7086

Resolution, Government

Canadian Armed Forces

5 Wing Goose Bay

Urging Government of Canada to advance important roles that Newfoundland and Labrador fulfill with respect to National Defence, NATO and NORAD

Debate, 5247–5249

House of Assembly

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5903–5906

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate, 6248, 6249, 6250, 6251, 6252, 6336, 6337, 6338–6339, 6340, 6383, 6384, 6385–6386, 6387, 6388, 6389

Ocean Ranger

House to call on government to work with the Government of Canada to repatriate artifacts and records from the Ocean Ranger to St. John's for a permanent exhibit

Debate, 5648–5650

Resolution, Private Member's

Finance

Home heating

House to support removal of the provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) from home heating products

Debate, 5389–5391

Health care

Vaccines

Urging the government to provide the shingles vaccine free of charge to seniors and individuals living with compromised immune systems

Debate, 6945–6947

Seniors

Seniors' Benefit

Urging government to increase the Newfoundland and Labrador Seniors' Benefit by 20 per cent, for a maximum of $1,819, effective January 2025 and further commit to annual increases indexed to inflation

Debate, 6015–6017

Transportation and Infrastructure

Air access

House calls on the government to work with Indigenous partners, businesses and the federal government to implement a plan that reduces costs and increases the accessibility of air travel to, from and within Labrador

Debate, 7453–7455

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 5 (Bill 89)

Second reading, 5289
Committee, 5333

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 6 (Bill 100)

Second reading, 6549
Committee, 6551, 6552, 6553

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 7 (Bill 106)

Second reading, 6646–6649
Committee, 6828, 6829, 6830

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 8 (Bill 108)

Second reading, 7547–7550
Committee, 7559, 7560

Seniors

Urging government to increase the Newfoundland and Labrador Seniors' Benefit by 20 per cent, for a maximum of $1,819, effective January 2025 and further commit to annual increases indexed to inflation

Debate, 6015–6017

Speech from the Throne

Select Committee Appointment (Address in Reply)

Debate, 5118–5121, 6994–7020

Springdale

Clubs/organizations

Royal Canadian Air Cadets, 837 Northeast Squadron—50th anniversary, 7327–7328

Sports/recreation

Figure skating—Silver Gliders Figure Skating Club—50th anniversary, 7027

Transportation and Infrastructure

Air access

House calls on the government to work with Indigenous partners, businesses and the federal government to implement a plan that reduces costs and increases the accessibility of air travel to, from and within Labrador

Debate, 7453–7455

Highways/roads

Urging government to commit to significant upgrades to Route 392 that would include paving and shoulder reconstruction to improve the safety for these residents and the travelling public, including tourists, 5641, 7631

Treasury Board Secretariat

The Auditor General recently found that over 1,000 public servants were overpaid, how did this happen, 6850
The Uniformed Pension Plan is only 25 per cent funded, what is the plan to fully fund this pension plan, 7623
Why is the government not bothering to fix these overpayments, 6850

United Church of Canada Act, The (Amdt.) (Bill 99)

Second reading, 7535–7536
Committee, 7542, 7543

PARDY, CRAIG (PC) (BONAVISTA)

Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 56)

Second reading, 3054–3055

Aquaculture Act, 2023 (Bill 17)

Committee, 2605–2608, 2617, 2618, 2619

Amendment—Clause 6

Debate, 2612–2613

Bonavista (District)

Awards, miscellaneous

Cross of Valour—Sceviour, Martin and Harold Miller, 4561–4562

Clubs/organizations

Lions Club—47th Charter Night—Port Rexton & Area, 4833
Lions Club—Invaluable contribution in serving community needs, 3653

Sports/recreation

Hockey—Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial High School Hockey Tournament—Celebrating the female Discovery Collegiate team, 4103

Volunteers

Clench, Mark—Acknowledging humanitarian efforts in supporting youth and their mental health, 2816–2817
Miller, Nancy—Celebrating service to her community and her school, 29
Volunteer Fire Department—50th anniversary—King's Cove and Area, 5983–5984

Bonavista (Town)

Clubs/organizations

Christ Anglican Church—Celebratory event with reconciliation and healing purpose, 3319

Military

Abbott, Cyril—Celebrating long service to his province and country, 4874–4875

Miscellaneous

Mouland, Sandra—Act of kindness towards tourists and visitors, 237
Tremblett, Joanne—Celebrating perseverance, strength and courage in cancer journey, 180

Municipalities

Acknowledging residents of Bonavista and area who initiated a rally line in support of health care in the region, 1182
Butler, Reg—Commending commitment and service to community, 3849

Budget

Why does budget leave seniors in poverty, 1557
Why is the word "poverty" not used in the entire budget speech if it is supposed to be a priority, 1463, 1464

Budget 2023

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 1477–1481
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 1793(16)–1793(19)
Sub-amendment

Debate, 1664–1668

Estimates

Government Services Committee

Concurrence motion, 2129–2132

Resource Committee

Concurrence motion, 2137(32)–2137(34)

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Treasury Board Secretariat, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115

Budget 2024

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 3923–3926
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 4026–4029
Sub-amendment

Debate, 4187–4191

Estimates

Resource Committee

Concurrence motion, 4386–4390

Social Services Committee

Concurrence motion, 4307–4310

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 7103–7106
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 7183–7186
Sub-amendment

Debate, 7390(47)–7390(51)

Estimates

Resource Committee

Concurrence motion, 7241–7245

Burgoyne's Cove

Tributes

Miller, Harold—celebrating courage and bravery in life-saving efforts, 7028

Burials and funerals

Can Minister provide an update to the situation outside the Health Sciences Centre, 3859
Did the Dept. of Children, Seniors and Social Development know about the bodies in storage at the Health Sciences Centre, 3643
How did Minister not act on the rates paid to families, 3644
If the Minister knew about the body overflow situation, why wasn't it addressed before now, 3643
Two months after issue was raised in the House of Assembly, will Minister provide an update, 3859–3860
When Minister became aware of the operational issue on February 16, did he notify the Dept. of Health and Community Services, 3665
Why didn't Minister take action if he knew that the situation was evolving at the Health Sciences Centre, 3665–3666
Why didn't the Minister consider the emotional and financial burden placed on families due to the lack of sufficient funeral assistance, 3644
Why didn't the Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development notify the Dept. of Health and Community Services, 3665

Champney's Arm

Awards, miscellaneous

Freeman, Brody—Gallant Conduct Medal, 7329

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Children in care

How many vacancies exist today in relation to the social worker program in our province, 6988
I ask the Minister to update this House on critical social worker vacancies, 6987
What guarantees can the Minister offer that every child in care is truly receiving the best care available, 7471
Why does the government not track the performance of the intervention and In Care Program for children and youth, 7470–7471

Foster families

Is the Minister concerned that, by not treating foster families with respect, families will no longer choose to foster, 7471–7472

Income support

Why is government not being proactive with career counselling and job support to help give young people a start in life, 1601
Why is Minister satisfied to write cheques versus job offers, 1601

National Seniors' Month

Recognition of, 7422–7423

National Social Work Month

Acknowledgement of, 3597, 6599

Prenatal Infant Nutrition Supplement

Does Minister agree that $25,726 net family income is a reasonable threshold for the program, with the cost of living soaring, 1687
Why is Minister allowing pregnant mothers and families to go without help, 1687
Will Minister provide a firm timeline as to when the appropriate funds will be put into those families that need resources as soon as possible, 1687

Civic addresses

Urging government to commence immediately a plan to have all of rural Newfoundland and Labrador with civic addressing before the end of the 2024 calendar year and registered with the national database of Canada Post, 5070–5071

Clarenville

Tributes

Acknowledging longstanding physician and surgeon at Dr. G. B. Cross Memorial Hospital—Verster, Dr. Ryno, 3903

Cost of living

Are food banks with overwhelming demand and the closure of the Memorial University food bank how government addresses poverty, 650
Can Minister give an overview of the actions for education that are in the poverty reduction plan, 3398
Can the Minister please update the House on food bank usage numbers in this province, 7340–7341
Doubling income for Income Support clients would still mean they live below poverty level, 2985–2986
Food First NL called for a targeted income support for families with children reporting or experiencing food insecurity, how does the Minister respond to this suggestion, 7431
Has a home been found for the St. Vincent de Paul food bank formerly located at Corpus Christi, 2084
How can government call this a true poverty reduction plan when education was left out, 3398
How many children will be lifted out of poverty by this government with this budget, 4572
How many families are visiting the food bank on a monthly basis, 3254
How many more children have had to experience poverty because government dismantled the poverty reduction program, 192
How much higher will Liberals' decisions push Mary's grocery bill, 1967
How will Minister address senior's situation, which is representative of so many Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, 3858
How will Minister responsible for poverty reduction prevent those who are food insecure from the greater likelihood of turning up in an emergency department, 842
In addition to the school lunch program, can Minister provide an overview of the actions for education that would be in the Liberal government's poverty reduction plan, 3399
Is government's Poverty Reduction Plan going to significantly influence the need for food bank visits, and what is government's projection, 4571
Is Minister concerned that health outcomes will get worse with the high cost of food, 843
Seniors

What does Minister responsible for poverty reduction tell seniors who are compromising their health because they're forced to choose between food and medication, 513
What is Minister's response to an 83-year-old woman in line at a food bank for the first time in her life, 785

Single parents

What can single mother do who asked how she can put a turkey on the table at Christmas, 651

Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Debate, 3341–3343

What are seniors and children in communities without food banks supposed to do, 1967–1968
What does Minister say to those who have to choose between food and fuel, 191
What does Minister tell parents who are skipping meals so their children can eat, 3254
What does the Minister for poverty reduction say to long lineups at Bridges to Hope, 784
What is Minister going to do to help lower the cost of putting food on the table, 1871
What is Minister responsible for poverty reduction doing to prevent the high cost of food and home heating from making our health care crisis worse, 842
What new measures will government undertake, 2986
What new measures will Liberal government provide to help those struggling as winter approaches, 2985
When are Liberals going to help people who can no longer afford to feed their families, 191
When will we see a significant percentage of our children being brought out of poverty, and what is government's target for doing so, 4570–4571
Why aren't we having a more focussed effort to bring our province's children out of poverty, 4572
Why are we one decade into this government's jurisdiction and we have no poverty reduction strategy, 4778–4779
Why do children in this province have to rely on programs such as Kids Eat Smart and breakfast clubs, 1870
Why is government refusing to reinstate the Poverty Reduction Strategy that they cancelled, 1600
Will budget move a significant percentage of our children out of poverty and what is the estimate, 4570
Will Minister admit government's lack of a poverty reduction strategy has left a generation of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians behind, 1600
Will Minister admit that we have a cost of living crisis, 1599
Will Minister commit to finding a way to lower local food prices, 1870
Will Minister step in to ensure that every community in the province has access to a food bank, 2084
Will you implement a school meal program for all K-to-12 students in the province's school system, 7430
With Christmas season approaching and the demand for hampers surging, what is the Minister going to do to make sure that people have food on their table at Christmas, 650

Digital Government and Service NL

Driver testing

Urging government to reinstate the drivers' road testing in Bonavista to more adequately serve the area's 8,000-plus residents, 1565, 2832–2833

Education

Budget 2024

Comments in debate, 4187–4191

Child care

Urging government to immediately address the lack of regulated child care facilities in the Bonavista area by including a child care operation in one of our health care facilities to ensure our health care professionals and physicians will not be missing work as a result of the inability to find child care, 252–253, 2299–2300

Deaf and hard of hearing

Urging government to fully extend the financial support of our youth with cochlear implants while they attend post-secondary schooling and consider a degree of financial support for those with implants, 2496–2497

Poverty reduction plan

Can Minister give an overview of the actions for education that are in the poverty reduction plan, 3398
In addition to the school lunch program, can Minister provide an overview of the actions for education that would be in the Liberal government's poverty reduction plan, 3399

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Comments on, 4189–4190

Teachers

Comments on hiring by seniority, 4191
Comments on historical salary of, 4187

Elliston

Tributes

Cuff, Fred—celebrating the outstanding service contributions to the community, 7078

Environment and Climate Change

Drinking water

When will government prioritize safe drinking water in rural Newfoundland and Labrador including the community of Newman's Cove in the District of Bonavista, 2486

Greener Homes Program

Comments on, 5070–5071

Wells

Urging government to explore extending financial assistance to community wells in unincorporated areas like Plate Cove West and Dunfield, 4544–4545

Essential Ambulance Services Act (Bill 24)

Second reading, 959–962

Finance

Carbon tax

Does Minister believe seniors and those facing poverty can afford a tripling of the carbon tax, 514
How does Minister support carbon tax when it is forcing people to pay more for heat in their homes, their drive to work, and putting food on the table, 514

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

House to support rebate of the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax on new purpose-built rental housing be provided, and that the rebate mirror the Government of Canada's existing and enhanced GST/HST New Residential Rental Property Rebate

Debate, 3018–3019

Home heating

House to support removal of the provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) from home heating products

Debate, 5396–5398

How many people are awaiting rebates and when will they finally receive them, 1100
Urging government to immediately create an emergency plan to enable those residents earning less than $40,000 per year to heat their homes and remain healthy this winter, 661
Urging government to implement a grant transition program for the not-for-profits like our fire departments, our Lions Clubs, our seniors' clubs, et cetera, so they are able to continue to provide their valuable services more efficiently, 5419–5420
What does Minister plan to do to lower the cost of home heating fuel in this province, 1101

Home heating rebate

Will Minister commit to continuing the home heating rebate program in the upcoming budget, 1100

Indexing

Urging government to add an indexing provision to provincial online calculator to avoid clawing back increases that seniors receive federally, 1048, 3523

Sugar tax

Given that the sugar tax is designed to push people to use artificially sweetened beverages, will government recognize this as one more good reason to cancel the tax, 2486
Has Minister for poverty reduction advocated to axe this tax and the carbon tax, which are driving more people into poverty, 360
Urging government to spare the residents of our province another tax by immediately repealing the sugar tax this fall, leaving over $9 million in the pockets of struggling residents, 371–372
Where in the Poverty Reduction Strategy does it say to implement a sugar tax, 361
Why does Premier continue to pick the pockets of residents, after two years of the sugar tax, 3858

Tariffs

Can the Minister share some substance on your planning to provide some degree of comfort for the start-up of this season, 6687–6688
What situations in the fishery would lead to access to the $200-million fund announced yesterday, 6688–6689

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Capelin

What is government's position on the call to close the commercial capelin fishery, 4884–4885

Crab

Can Minister update the House on the status of the pricing panel deliberations, 3108, 3206
What is government doing to ensure that workers can keep the lights on and put food on the table until the fishery resumes, 2290–2291

Crown Lands

Urging government to allow municipalities in the province to complete arrears sales without Crown land challenges, but respecting easements, 5703–5704
Urging government to make a legislative amendment to allow for a mechanism to resolve existing private lands claims on crown land and revisit the 1976 legislation to abolish squatters' rights against the crown, 591–592, 795–796, 849–850
Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities; and take steps in the interim to address Crown Lands' actions against occupied properties in the province

Debate, 5026–5028

Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities, and to take steps in the interim to address crown land's actions against occupied properties in the province

Debate, 1978–1981

Why does Minister believe court cases are a good use of taxpayer dollars, 2340
Why is Minister choosing to spend time and taxpayer dollars on legal battles, 2340

Fisheries

Can Minister highlight some recent initiatives or policies the Liberal government has taken that will grow our industry from a $1.4 billion industry to a multi-billion industry, 4541
Can Minister update the House on the review into foreign ownership and control in the fish processing industry, 472
Comments on quotas, 1667
Did Minister Murray in Boston raise issue of impact of limit reduction in 3L, and why did we wait so long to reach out to Ottawa, 1338
Fewer people working in, 4387
House of Assembly to express to Government of Canada its strong opposition to unilateral fisheries management decisions and demand the establishment of a joint Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries management board to give our province a direct say in the management of our most historic and important resource industry

Notice of motion, 314
Moved, 479–481
Debate, 501–502

Urging government to impress upon the Professional Fish Harvesters Certification Board to review the regulations pertaining to fishing licensing, in particular the 75 per cent minimum requirement annual earnings from the fishing industry, to create a better pathway for new entrants, 1346
Urging government to reinstate the Fisheries Loan Board eligibility to aid young, prospective harvesters in securing funding to enter and become active participants in the Newfoundland fishery, 3735–3736
Urging Premier and Minister of Fisheries to immediately take a hands-on role at the table with representatives of our fishery workers and fish processors to help find a swift and effective resolution to the current impasse, as well as long-term solutions that make future impasses less likely and help place our fishing industry on a more stable and steady footing

Debate, 3798–3801

What does Minister expect harvesters to fish, 1339
What is government's plan to address the issues in the fishery, 1338
Why didn't government consult with harvesters on the more recent review of the Final Offer Selection system of fish processing or the Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act, 472
Why hasn't Minister taken action to grow our fishery, 43

Harvesters (2024 season)

Why would department try to discredit Mr. Efford, 3915
Will government act upon recommendation for coordinated joint management of both harvesting and processing, 3606

Hunting

Urging government to allow an ordered paper licence copy, especially for seniors of the province who have significant hardships in applying online, 1878–1879

Lobster

Government investment in lobster fishery, 7331–7332

Mackerel

How often has government made representation to its federal cousins to open the mackerel fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador, 3206
What does Minister say to the harvesters who know that the Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans is significantly underestimating the biomass of mackerel, 249
What does Minister say to those where were shut out of the mackerel fishery by the federal Minister, 249

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

Why don't we have the MSC blue label in Newfoundland and Labrador, and what has government been doing to facilitate that, 3109

Moose licence

Urging government to align the moose hunting regulations with those of the recreational cod fishery making it respectful, reasonable and fair, 3411, 4489–4490

Recreational fishery

Urging government to lobby federal government to explore more accommodating regulations that will allow residents of our province to catch their food in a safer, less expensive and more carbon-friendly manner, 5233–5234

Salmon

Urging government to lobby the federal government to purchase existing wild salmon licences at fair market value, 5004

Seals

Can Minister brief House on actions and initiatives undertaken by government since coming into power in 2015, 3206
Can Minister highlight any actions government has undertaken to address the imbalance in our ecosystem, 4541–4542
Comments on, 1665–1666, 4389
Does Minister agree with federal government recommendation to implement a seal population management program, 4885
Does Minister concur with findings of Standing Senate Committee that the federal government is not managing seal populations in an active or evidence-based manner, 4886
Urging government to address the seal population by taking proactive measures on fulfilling our current provincial quota of seals and enhancing the markets of seal products within our province and other jurisdictions, 318–319, 1702, 1745–1746, 3259
What actions has government taken to try to establish markets and grow the seal products industry, 4885

Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act (Amdt.) (Bill 19)

Second reading, 665–670
Committee, 680, 682–683, 684

Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 104)

Second reading, 5950–5956
Committee, 5979, 5980

Future Fund Act (Bill 5)

Committee, 173–175, 235(34)–235(35)

Harcourt

Birthdays/anniversaries

105th birthday—Pelley, Louie, 6778

Health care

Ambulance

Can we expect an immediate review that would cover all contingencies for those living in rural Newfoundland, 5271
How could it happen that almost an hour passed without an ambulance responding, 5270
Urge government to investigate the current medical transport system and make immediate changes to better address the welfare of residents and to alleviate overcrowding in emergency rooms, 6994
Will the Minister admit that the new ambulance program is failing the constituents of the District of Bonavista, 7572
Will the Minister promise that the ER doors will remain open in Bonavista 24-7 with a physician or a nurse practitioner on site, 7572

Doctors

Urging government, in addressing the human resourcing of physicians in the District of Bonavista, to include local representation in the recruitment process to further enhance the opportunities of attracting prospective physicians to the area, 747–748
Urging government to increase the recruitment efforts so that the residents of the Clarenville area can receive the necessary health care they deserve, 5851–5852

Emergency rooms

Can doors be opened so that the medical staff can triage those emergent victims who show up at the door, 2291
Can Minister update the House about keeping the doors of Bonavista hospital open, 2341
Can people in the gallery, their families and loved ones be confident that emergency room care will be available to them in their time of need, 1189
Have we made progress in unlocking the doors in order for residents to be triaged before being transported to Clarenville emergency, 2291
Urging government to address the practice of health care professionals being on site, behind locked doors, unable to respond to individuals who arrive requiring immediate medical assistance, 1197
When did Minister first know about several doctors who were willing to work at the ER at the Bonavista Peninsula health care clinic and why didn't he accept their offer, 1188
Why did Minister let the situation get to this point, 949
Will Minister guarantee that the emergency room in Bonavista be open 24 hours per day, seven days per week, 365 days per year, 1188
Would effective planning allow for contingencies in all circumstances and not have a person with an emergency call waiting an hour, 5271
Would it be appropriate to expect that a contingency for every situation would be in place, 5270

First aid

Urging government to implement immediately first aid certification within our K-12 school systems health curriculum, 5312

Hospitals

Urging government to provide a cost analysis on how Holter monitors are processed between Bonavista hospital and G.B. Cross in Clarenville, 6613–6614
Urging government to reinstate the chemotherapy service at Bonavista hospital to better serve the residents of Bonavista Peninsula, 4374, 4743–4744, 4787
Urging government to reinstate the walk-in service or the booking directly at Bonavista hospital as it is in other hospitals, 4212–4213, 4578, 4892
Urging government to return lab services to Bonavista hospital to the level that optimally services the residents of the area and enhances the recruitment of health care professionals, 5109–5110

Long-term care

Everyone has a legal duty to report suspected cases of abuse and neglect, why is the Minister failing to act on his legislative responsibility, 6988–6989
In light of the AG report into neglect and abuse of seniors in personal care homes, has the Minister ordered a review, 6988

Mental health

If his colleague won't, will Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development put his words concerning more community resources into practice, 583
When can residents of Rabbittown and the province expect to see solutions, 582–583

Patient Connect NL

Does it make sense that families are not strictly allowed to find their own family doctors to take them on, 5374
Urging government to extend the catchment area of the Patient Connect NL list for Clarenville to include the entire Bonavista Peninsula as opposed to ending in the Lethbridge area, 3673
Why are patients who registered for Patient Connect and have been on the wait list for years not allowed to visit family doctors in Clarenville, 5374

Physiotherapy

Urging government to conduct an immediate review of the Bonavista hospital booking process and initiate a much more accessible system of bookings for those in need, 1813–1814

Prescription Drug Program

Urging government to add safe blood thinners like Xarelto, Eliquis and other anticoagulants to the Newfoundland and Labrador Prescription Drug Program coverage, 1108–1109

Vaccines

I ask the Minister, which seniors' shingle vaccine policy do you endorse, the one your government has implemented or the one the Member for Windsor Lake has announced during his leadership run, 7037, 7038

House of Assembly

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5913–5916

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Will the Minister commit to showing and soliciting feedback in its plan from the Seniors' Advocate before finalizing the Poverty Reduction Plan, 4780

House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act (Amdt.) (Bill 60)

Second reading, 3263
Committee, 3265

Housing

Given the 50 per cent increase in the wait-list for a housing unit, does Minister regret not having done more, 2569
How long will 2,800 remain on the housing wait-list, 2676
Urging government to revisit Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation grant regulations, ensuring not to negatively impact the product but increase availability for those within the District of Bonavista who greatly need assistance, 1468
Was it only a lack of planning causing government not to take action, 2676
When will Minister responsible for poverty reduction introduce specific measures to deal with our housing crisis, 362
Why did Premier choose not to prepare the empty units over the past two years, 2675
Why did Premier deliberately choose to not adequately fund low-income housing units, 2675
Why has Minister not intervened to a significant degree while the housing crisis has exploded, 2569
Why has Premier not gone over to meet the folks across the street and hear their stories first-hand, 2569

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Labour Market Transfer Agreements

Minister calls on federal government to reverse employment funding cuts, 5056

Industry, Energy and Technology

Cellphone service

Urging government to account for the diminished services throughout the District of Bonavista and announce their plan to improve cellphone coverage through the district and province, 3112–3113

Insurance Companies Act (Amdt.) (Bill 47)

Second reading, 2637–2638

Interim Supply Act, 2023 (Bill 21)

Committee, 1129–1131

Interim Supply Act, 2024 (Bill 63)

Committee, 3474–3475, 3576–3579

Interim Supply Act, 2025 (Bill 105)

Committee, 6639–6640, 6644(1)–6644(3), 6757–6759

Justice and Public Safety

Child access

Can Minister provide update on what is being done to secure access to young father's child, 5993
Is it acceptable that a young father is no further ahead in seeing his two-year old-son after three attempts to secure legal aid, 5993

Child Support Enforcement

Urging government to review 30-day window for payment regulation to assure this critically needed payment is received at the first of the month, 2580–2581, 4256

Family law

Urging government to review the legislation related to family and civil law and find ways to make the system work for residents, families and children of our province, 6744–6745

Volunteer fire departments

Urging government to revise its eligibility criteria to provide fire departments financial assistance for 911 calls that take them outside their boundary for cabin fires, forest fires, medical calls and mutual aid responses, 3650–3651

Lands Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 68)

Second reading, 5585(43)–5585(47)
Committee, 5679–5680, 5682(11)–5682(12)

Lethbridge

Sports/recreation

Special Olympics—Celebrating achievements of Kate Peddle, 3635

Loan Act, 2023 (Bill 37)

Committee, 2213–2215, 2306–2308

Loan Act, 2024 (Bill 73)

Committee, 4452–4454

Members' Statements

Arts

Acknowledging Sharron Holloway's work in preserving our marine history and enhancing tourism in the Bloomfield area, 1391
Lapointe, Frank—celebrating unique talent and his incredible impact on our art and heritage, 7609

Awards, miscellaneous

Cross of Valour—Sceviour, Martin and Harold Miller—Bonavista (District), 4561–4562
Freeman, Brody—Gallant Conduct Medal—Champney's Arm, 7329

Birthdays/anniversaries

100th birthday—Dooley, Janie—Sweet Bay, 300
105th birthday—Pelley, Louie—Harcourt, 6778

Clubs/organizations

Christ Anglican Church—Celebratory event with reconciliation and healing purpose—Bonavista, 3319
Lions Club

47th Charter Night—Port Rexton & Area, 4833
Invaluable contribution in serving community needs—Bonavista (District), 3653

Education

Lions International Peace Poster Contest Merit Award—Hogan, Trinity—Port Rexton, 1592

Military

Acknowledging more than 38 years of service—Gill, David—Burgoyne's Cove, 5090–5091
Celebrating long service to his province and country—Abbott, Cyril—Bonavista, 4874–4875

Miscellaneous

Acknowledging humanitarian works of Chris and Karen Ricketts—Plate Cove West, 5132–5133
Act of kindness towards tourists and visitors—Mouland, Sandra—Bonavista, 237
Heroic actions after helicopter crash—Cerebrating the response of Steve and Gene Ploughman, Jeff Bray and Charles Harris, 1329
Life-saving actions of 18-year-old Bella Short—Musgravetown, 5296–5297
Transcontinental canoe odyssey from Rigolet, Labrador to Emmonak, Alaska—Perry, Herman, 1549

Municipalities

Acknowledging residents of Bonavista and area who initiated a rally line in support of health care in the region, 1182
Commending commitment and service to community—Butler, Reg—Bonavista, 3849

Sports/recreation

Canada Winter Games

Celebrating national bronze medal in pairs skating—Butt, Mark and Lily Evans, 1031

Figure skating

Pairs skating—Celebrating national bronze medal—Butt, Mark and Lily Evans, 1031

Hockey

Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial High School Hockey Tournament

Celebrating the female Discovery Collegiate team—Bonavista (District), 4103

Special Olympics

Celebrating achievements of Kate Peddle—Lethbridge, 3635

Tributes

Acknowledging longstanding physician and surgeon at Dr. G. B. Cross Memorial Hospital—Verster, Dr. Ryno—Clarenville, 3903
Barbour, Dr. Tom—Musgravetown, 642
Coleridge, Rosalind—Trinity, 1956
Cuff, Fred—celebrating the outstanding service contributions to the community—Elliston, 7078
Miller, Harold—celebrating courage and bravery in life-saving efforts—Burgoyne's Cove, 7028
Newfoundland fisheries advocate—Etchegary, Gus, 2226
Thirty-nine years of service with Port Blandford-Winter Brook Development Association—Keats, Barbara—Bonavista (District), 3440

Volunteers

Acknowledging celebrated volunteer—Kelley, Melvin—Port Rexton, 4473
Acknowledging humanitarian efforts in supporting youth and their mental health—Clench, Mark—Bonavista (District), 2816–2817
Acknowledging volunteerism of 87-year-old Wilmore Coole—Newman's Cove, 1679
Caring Cards NL—Celebrating Kristy Peet and her team for supporting seniors in long-term care, 2562
Celebrating service to her community and her school—Miller, Nancy—Bonavista (District), 29
Thomas, Gerald—Musgravetown, 3098
Volunteer Fire Department

50th anniversary—King's Cove and Area, 5983–5984

Memorial University Act (Amdt.) (Bill 39)

Second reading, 1932–1935

Ministerial Statements

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Foster families

Recognizing October as National Foster Family Month

response, 7422–7423

National Social Work Month

Acknowledgment of

response, 3597, 6599

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Lobster

Government investment in lobster fishery

response, 7331–7332

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Labour Market Transfer Agreements

Minister calls on federal government to reverse employment funding cuts

response, 5056

Municipal and Provincial Affairs

Municipal Awareness Week

Proclamation of

response, 2074

Recognizing outstanding contributions to province—Rowe, Penelope

response, 1550

Public Service

Graduate Recruitment Program

Welcoming new recruits

response, 576–577

Seniors

Seniors of Distinction Awards

Minister congratulates the 2024 Seniors of Distinction

response, 5985

Municipal and Provincial Affairs

Abandoned buildings

Urging government to bring forward legislation that acts on the removal of collapsed or dilapidated structures, 2015–2016

Local Service District (LSD)

Can Minister update municipalities in District of Bonavista on the implementation time frame and any communications to municipalities on this matter, 4939
How many of the Local Service Districts are actively pursuing incorporating into municipalities to become towns, and is the pathway to becoming incorporated smooth and attainable, 4939
Urging government to allow Local Service Districts to maintain their utility tax, their 2.5 per cent of their annual utility usage that is currently received by government to be returned to the Local Service District for operational funding, 3456–3457
Urging government to create an improved and more acceptable path for viable communities and LSDs who wish to become incorporated as municipalities, 2997, 4947–4948

Municipal Awareness Week

Proclamation of, 2074

Poll tax

Urge government to allow municipalities permission to continue with the utilization of poll tax to meet their communities needs, 6796

Waste management

Are online landfills part of government's tourism strategy, 2340–2341

Musgravetown

Miscellaneous

Life-saving actions of 18-year-old Bella Short, 5296–5297

Tributes

Barbour, Dr. Tom, 642

Volunteers

Thomas, Gerald, 3098

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate (Members), 6260, 6261, 6262, 6263, 6264–6265, 6346–6347, 6348–6349, 6350

Newfoundland Pony

Numbers in district increasing, 3474

Newman's Cove

Volunteers

Acknowledging volunteerism of 87-year-old—Coole, Wilmore, 1679

Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act (Amdt.) (Bill 86)

Second reading, 5498–5500
Committee, 5511–5512, 5513, 5514, 5515, 5516

Oral Questions

Budget

Why does budget leave seniors in poverty, 1557
Why is the word "poverty" not used in the entire Budget Speech if it is supposed to be a priority, 1463, 1464

Burials and funerals

Can Minister provide an update to the situation outside the Health Sciences Centre, 3859
Did the Dept. of Children, Seniors and Social Development know about the bodies in storage at the Health Sciences Centre, 3643
How did the Minister not act on the rates paid to families, 3644
If the Minister knew about the body overflow situation, why wasn't it addressed before now, 3643
Two months after issue was raised in the House of Assembly, will Minister provide an update, 3859–3860
When the Minister became aware of the operational issue on February 16, did he notify the Dept. of Health and Community Services, 3665
Why didn't Minister take action if he knew that the situation was evolving at the Health Sciences Centre, 3665–3666
Why didn't the Minister consider the emotional and financial burden placed on families due to the lack of sufficient funeral assistance, 3644
Why didn't the Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development notify the Dept. of Health and Community Services, 3665

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Children in care

How many vacancies exist today in relation to the social worker program in our province, 6988
I ask the Minister to update this House on critical social worker vacancies, 6987
What guarantees can the Minister offer that every child in care is truly receiving the best care available, 7471
Why does the government not track the performance of the intervention and In Care Program for children and youth, 7470–7471

Foster families

Is the Minister concerned that, by not treating foster families with respect, families will no longer choose to foster, 7471–7472

Income support

Doubling income for Income Support clients would still mean they live below poverty level, 2985–2986
Why is government not being proactive with career counselling and job support to help give young people a start in life, 1601
Why is Minister satisfied to write cheques versus job offers, 1601

Prenatal Infant Nutrition Supplement

Does Minister agree that $25,726 net family income is a reasonable threshold for the program, with the cost of living soaring, 1687
Why is Minister allowing pregnant mothers and families to go without help, 1687
Will Minister provide a firm timeline as to when the appropriate funds will be put into those families that need resources as soon as possible, 1687

Cost of living

Are food banks with overwhelming demand and the closure of the Memorial University food bank how government addresses poverty, 650
Can Minister give an overview of the actions for education that are in the poverty reduction plan, 3398
Can the Minister please update the House on food bank usage numbers in this province, 7340–7341
Doubling income for Income Support clients would still mean they live below poverty level, 2985–2986
Food First NL called for a targeted income support for families with children reporting or experiencing food insecurity, how does the Minister respond to this suggestion, 7431
Has a home been found for the St. Vincent de Paul food bank formerly located at Corpus Christi, 2084
How can government call this a true poverty reduction plan when education was left out, 3398
How many children will be lifted out of poverty by this government with this budget, 4572
How many families are visiting the food bank on a monthly basis, 3254
How many more children have had to experience poverty because government dismantled the poverty reduction program, 192
How much higher will Liberals' decisions push Mary's grocery bill, 1967
How will Minister address senior's situation, which is representative of so many Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, 3858
How will Minister responsible for poverty reduction prevent those who are food insecure from the greater likelihood of turning up in an emergency department, 842
In addition to the school lunch program, can Minister provide an overview of the actions for education that would be in the Liberal government's poverty reduction plan, 3399
Is government's poverty reduction plan going to significantly influence the need for food bank visits, and what is government's projection, 4571
Is Minister concerned that health outcomes will get worse with the high cost of food, 843
What are seniors and children in communities without food banks supposed to do, 1967–1968
What can single mother do who asked how she can put a turkey on the table at Christmas, 651
What does Minister responsible for poverty reduction tell seniors who are compromising their health because they're forced to choose between food and medication, 513
What does Minister say to those who have to choose between food and fuel, 191
What does Minister tell parents who are skipping meals so their children can eat, 3254
What does the Minister for poverty reduction say to long lineups at Bridges to Hope, 784
What is Minister going to do to help lower the cost of putting food on the table, 1871
What is Minister responsible for poverty reduction doing to prevent the high cost of food and home heating from making our health care crisis worse, 842
What is Minister's response to an 83-year-old woman in line at a food bank for the first time in her life, 785
What new measures will government undertake, 2986
What new measures will Liberal government provide to help those struggling as winter approaches, 2985
When are Liberals going to help people who can no longer afford to feed their families, 191
When will we see a significant percentage of our children being brought out of poverty, and what is government's target for doing so, 4570–4571
Why aren't we having a more focussed effort to bring our province's children out of poverty, 4572
Why are we one decade into this government's jurisdiction and we have no poverty reduction strategy, 4778–4779
Why do children in this province have to rely on programs such as Kids Eat Smart and breakfast clubs, 1870
Why is government refusing to reinstate the Poverty Reduction Strategy that they cancelled, 1600
Will budget move a significant percentage of our children out of poverty and what is the estimate, 4570
Will Minister admit government's lack of a poverty reduction strategy has left a generation of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians behind, 1600
Will Minister admit that we have a cost of living crisis, 1599
Will Minister commit to finding a way to lower local food prices, 1870
Will Minister step in to ensure that every community in the province has access to a food bank, 2084
Will you implement a school meal program for all K-to-12 students in the province's school system, 7430
With Christmas season approaching and the demand for hampers surging, what is the Minister going to do to make sure that people have food on their table at Christmas, 650

Education

Poverty Reduction Plan

Can Minister give an overview of the actions for education that are in the poverty reduction plan, 3398
In addition to the school lunch program, can Minister provide an overview of the actions for education that would be in the Liberal government's poverty reduction plan, 3399

Environment and Climate Change

Drinking water

When will government prioritize safe drinking water in rural Newfoundland and Labrador including the community of Newman's Cove in the District of Bonavista, 2486

Finance

Carbon tax

Does Minister believe seniors and those facing poverty can afford a tripling of the carbon tax, 514
How does Minister support carbon tax when it is forcing people to pay more for heat in their homes, their drive to work, and putting food on the table, 514

Home heating

How many people are awaiting rebates and when will they finally receive them, 1100
What does Minister plan to do to lower the cost of home heating fuel in this province, 1101

Home heating rebate

Will Minister commit to continuing the home heating rebate program in the upcoming budget, 1100

Sugar tax

Given that the sugar tax is designed to push people to use artificially sweetened beverages, will government recognize this as one more good reason to cancel the tax, 2486
Has Minister for poverty reduction advocated to axe this tax and the carbon tax, which are driving more people into poverty, 360
Where in the Poverty Reduction Strategy does it say to implement a sugar tax, 361
Why does Premier continue to pick the pockets of residents, after two years of the sugar tax, 3858

Tariffs

Can the Minister share some substance on your planning to provide some degree of comfort for the start-up of this season, 6687–6688
What situations in the fishery would lead to access to the $200-million fund announced yesterday, 6688–6689

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Capelin

What is government's position on the call to close the commercial capelin fishery, 4884–4885

Crab

Can Minister update the House on the status of the pricing panel deliberations, 3108, 3206
What is government doing to ensure that workers can keep the lights on and put food on the table until the fishery resumes, 2290–2291

Crown Lands

Why does Minister believe court cases are a good use of taxpayer dollars, 2340
Why is Minister choosing to spend time and taxpayer dollars on legal battles, 2340

Fisheries

Can Minister highlight some recent initiatives or policies the Liberal government has taken that will grow our industry from a $1.4 billion industry to a multi-billion industry, 4541
Can Minister update the House on the review into foreign ownership and control in the fish processing industry, 472
Did Minister Murray in Boston raise issue of impact of limit reduction in 3L, and why did we wait so long to reach out to Ottawa, 1338
What does Minister expect harvesters to fish, 1339
What is government's plan to address the issues in the fishery, 1338
Why didn't government consult with harvesters on the more recent review of the Final Offer Selection system of fish processing or the Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act, 472
Why hasn't Minister taken action to grow our fishery, 43

Harvesters (2024 season)

Why would department try to discredit Mr. Efford, 3915
Will government act upon recommendation for coordinated joint management of both harvesting and processing, 3606

Mackerel

How often has government made representation to its federal cousins to open the mackerel fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador, 3206
What does Minister say to the harvesters who know that the Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans is significantly underestimating the biomass of mackerel, 249
What does Minister say to those where were shut out of the mackerel fishery by the federal Minister, 249

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

Why don't we have the MSC blue label in Newfoundland and Labrador, and what has government been doing to facilitate that, 3109

Seals

Can Minister brief House on actions and initiatives undertaken by government since coming into power in 2015, 3206
Can Minister highlight any actions government has undertaken to address the imbalance in our ecosystem, 4541–4542
Does Minister agree with federal government recommendation to implement a seal population management program, 4885
Does Minister concur with findings of Standing Senate Committee that the federal government is not managing seal populations in an active or evidence-based manner, 4886
What actions has government taken to try to establish markets and grow the seal products industry, 4885

Health care

Ambulance

Can we expect an immediate review that would cover all contingencies for those living in rural Newfoundland, 5271
How could it happen that almost an hour passed without an ambulance responding, 5270
Why did Minister let the situation get to this point, 949
Will the Minister admit that the new ambulance program is failing the constituents of the District of Bonavista, 7572
Will the Minister promise that the ER doors will remain open in Bonavista 24-7 with a physician or a nurse practitioner on site, 7572
Would effective planning allow for contingencies in all circumstances and not have a person with an emergency call waiting an hour, 5271
Would it be appropriate to expect that a contingency for every situation would be in place, 5270

Emergency rooms

Can doors be opened so that the medical staff can triage those emergent victims who show up at the door, 2291
Can Minister update the House about keeping the doors of Bonavista hospital open, 2341
Can people in the gallery, their families and loved ones be confident that emergency room care will be available to them in their time of need, 1189
Have we made progress in unlocking the doors in order for residents to be triaged before being transported to Clarenville emergency, 2291
When did Minister first know about several doctors who were willing to work at the ER at the Bonavista Peninsula health care clinic and why didn't he accept their offer, 1188
Will Minister guarantee that the emergency room in Bonavista be open 24 hours per day, seven days per week, 365 days per year, 1188

Long-term care

Everyone has a legal duty to report suspected cases of abuse and neglect, why is the Minister failing to act on his legislative responsibility, 6988–6989
In light of the AG report into neglect and abuse of seniors in personal care homes, has the Minister ordered a review, 6988

Mental health

If his colleague won't, will Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development put his words concerning more community resources into practice, 583
When can residents of Rabbittown and the province expect to see solutions, 582–583

Patient Connect NL

Does it make sense that families are not strictly allowed to find their own family doctors to take them on, 5374
Why are patients who registered for Patient Connect and have been on the wait list for years not allowed to visit family doctors in Clarenville, 5374

Vaccines

I ask the Minister, which seniors' shingle vaccine policy do you endorse, the one your government has implemented or the one the Member for Windsor Lake has announced during his leadership run, 7037, 7038

House of Assembly

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Will the Minister commit to showing and soliciting feedback in its plan from the Seniors' Advocate before finalizing the Poverty Reduction Plan, 4780

Housing

Given the 50 per cent increase in the wait-list for a housing unit, does Minister regret not having done more, 2569
How long will 2,800 remain on the housing wait-list, 2676
Was it only a lack of planning causing government not to take action, 2676
When will Minister responsible for poverty reduction introduce specific measures to deal with our housing crisis, 362
Why did Premier choose not to prepare the empty units over the past two years, 2675
Why did Premier deliberately choose to not adequately fund low-income housing units, 2675
Why has Minister not intervened to a significant degree while the housing crisis has exploded, 2569
Why has Premier not gone over to meet the folks across the street and hear their stories first-hand, 2569

Justice and Public Safety

Child access

Can Minister provide update on what is being done to secure access to young father's child, 5993
Is it acceptable that a young father is no further ahead in seeing his two-year-old son after three attempts to secure legal aid, 5993

Municipal and Provincial Affairs

Local Service District (LSD)

Can Minister update municipalities in District of Bonavista on the implementation time frame and any communications to municipalities on this matter, 4939
How many of the Local Service Districts are actively pursuing incorporating into municipalities to become towns, and is the pathway to becoming incorporated smooth and attainable, 4939

Waste management

Are online landfills part of government's tourism strategy, 2340–2341

Seniors

How can a senior on a fixed income make ends meet when the cost of living continues to rise and when there is no poverty reduction plan, 1558, 1559
How is it acceptable that couple have been waiting 2½ years for an occupational therapist to visit home to avail of the home modification program, 3034
How many seniors will avail of the targeted basic income that will be launched in two weeks' time, 4371
How many will benefit from the targeted poverty reduction strategy that will be launched in a couple of weeks, 4371
What is government going to do for seniors who cannot have a proper diet, and what will be done for couple waiting 2½ years for a visit from the occupational therapist, 3035
What measures can we expect for seniors who cannot afford to eat a proper diet, 3034
When can seniors of the province, living in food insecure homes, expect to see the seniors' Poverty Reduction Plan, 4115
When will the targeted seniors' Poverty Reduction Plan be released, 4370–4371
Will government accept recommendation to index the Seniors' Benefit to inflation, 4779

Pay equity

Urging government to address the discrepancy in pay for those doing the same home care support but receiving far less pay, 7580–7581

Pay Equity and Pay Transparency Act (Bill 3)

Committee, 391–393

Persons with disabilities

Urging government to advocate with the Government of Canada to add food banks under the persons disability process within the recreational fishery enabling fish to be available for our vulnerable populations, 5147–5148

Petitions

Civic addresses

Urging government to commence immediately a plan to have all of rural Newfoundland and Labrador with civic addressing before the end of the 2024 calendar year and registered with the national database of Canada Post, 5070–5071

Digital Government and Service NL

Driver testing

Urging government to reinstate the drivers' road testing in Bonavista to more adequately serve the area's 8,000-plus residents, 1565, 2832–2833

Education

Child care

Urging government to immediately address the lack of regulated child care facilities in the Bonavista area by including a child care operation in one of our health care facilities to ensure our health care professionals and physicians will not be missing work as a result of the inability to find child care, 252–253, 2299–2300

Deaf and hard of hearing

Urging government to fully extend the financial support of our youth with cochlear implants while they attend post-secondary schooling and consider a degree of financial support for those with implants, 2496–2497

Environment and Climate Change

Wells

Urging government to explore extending financial assistance to community wells in unincorporated areas like Plate Cove West and Dunfield, 4544–4545

Finance

Home heating

Urging government to immediately create an emergency plan to enable those residents earning less than $40,000 per year to heat their homes and remain healthy this winter, 661
Urging government to implement a grant transition program for the not-for-profits like our fire departments, our Lions Clubs, our seniors' clubs, et cetera, so they are able to continue to provide their valuable services more efficiently, 5419–5420

Indexing

Urging government to add an indexing provision to provincial online calculator to avoid clawing back increases that seniors receive federally, 1048, 3523

Sugar tax

Urging government to spare the residents of our province another tax by immediately repealing the sugar tax this fall, leaving over $9 million in the pockets of struggling residents, 371–372

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Crown lands

Urging government to allow municipalities in the province to complete arrears sales without Crown land challenges, but respecting easements, 5703–5704

Fisheries

Urging government to impress upon the Professional Fish Harvesters Certification Board to review the regulations pertaining to fishing licensing, in particular the 75 per cent minimum requirement annual earnings from the fishing industry, to create a better pathway for new entrants, 1346
Urging government to reinstate the Fisheries Loan Board eligibility to aid young, prospective harvesters in securing funding to enter and become active participants in the Newfoundland fishery, 3735–3736

Hunting

Urging government to allow an ordered paper licence copy, especially for seniors of the province who have significant hardships in applying online, 1878–1879

Moose licence

Urging government to align the moose hunting regulations with those of the recreational cod fishery making it respectful, reasonable and fair, 3411, 4489–4490

Recreational fishery

Urging government to lobby federal government to explore more accommodating regulations that will allow residents of our province to catch their food in a safer, less expensive and more carbon-friendly manner, 5233–5234

Salmon

Urging government to lobby the federal government to purchase existing wild salmon licences at fair market value, 5004

Seals

Urging government to address the seal population by taking proactive measures on fulfilling our current provincial quota of seals and enhancing the markets of seal products within our province and other jurisdictions, 318–319, 1702, 1745–1746, 3259

Health care

Ambulance

Urge government to investigate the current medical transport system and make immediate changes to better address the welfare of residents and to alleviate overcrowding in emergency rooms, 6994

Doctors

Urging government, in addressing the human resourcing of physicians in the District of Bonavista, to include local representation in the recruitment process to further enhance the opportunities of attracting prospective physicians to the area, 747–748
Urging government to increase the recruitment efforts so that the residents of the Clarenville area can receive the necessary health care they deserve, 5851–5852

Emergency rooms

Urging government to address the practice of health care professionals being on site, behind locked doors, unable to respond to individuals who arrive requiring immediate medical assistance, 1197

First aid

Urging government to implement immediately first aid certification within our K-12 school systems health curriculum, 5312

Hospitals

Urging government to provide a cost analysis on how Holter monitors are processed between Bonavista hospital and G.B. Cross in Clarenville, 6613–6614
Urging government to reinstate the chemotherapy service at Bonavista hospital to better serve the residents of Bonavista Peninsula, 4374, 4743–4744, 4787
Urging government to reinstate the walk-in service or the booking directly at Bonavista hospital as it is in other hospitals, 4212–4213, 4578, 4892
Urging government to return lab services to Bonavista hospital to the level that optimally services the residents of the area and enhances the recruitment of health care professionals, 5109–5110

Patient Connect NL

Urging government to extend the catchment area of the Patient Connect NL list for Clarenville to include the entire Bonavista Peninsula as opposed to ending in the Lethbridge area, 3673

Physiotherapy

Urging government to conduct an immediate review of the Bonavista hospital booking process and initiate a much more accessible system of bookings for those in need, 1813–1814

Prescription Drug Program

Urging government to add safe blood thinners like Xarelto, Eliquis and other anticoagulants to the Newfoundland and Labrador Prescription Drug Program coverage, 1108–1109

Housing

Urging government to revisit Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation grant regulations, ensuring not to negatively impact the product but increase availability for those within the District of Bonavista who greatly need assistance, 1468

Industry, Energy and Technology

Cellphone service

Urging government to account for the diminished services throughout the District of Bonavista and announce their plan to improve cellphone coverage through the district and province, 3112–3113

Justice and Public Safety

Child Support Enforcement

Urging government to review 30-day window for payment regulation to assure this critically needed payment is received at the first of the month, 2580–2581, 4256

Family law

Urging government to review the legislation related to family and civil law and find ways to make the system work for residents, families and children of our province, 6744–6745

Volunteer fire departments

Urging government to revise its eligibility criteria to provide fire departments financial assistance for 911 calls that take them outside their boundary for cabin fires, forest fires, medical calls and mutual aid responses, 3650–3651

Municipal and Provincial Affairs

Local Service District (LSD)

Urging government to allow Local Service Districts to maintain their utility tax, their 2.5 per cent of their annual utility usage that is currently received by government to be returned to the Local Service District for operational funding, 3456–3457
Urging government to create an improved and more acceptable path for viable communities and LSDs who wish to become incorporated as municipalities, 2997, 4947–4948

Poll tax

Urge government to allow municipalities permission to continue with the utilization of poll tax to meet their communities needs, 6796

Pay equity

Urging government to address the discrepancy in pay for those doing the same home care support but receiving far less pay, 7580–7581

Persons with disabilities

Urging government to advocate with the Government of Canada to add food banks under the persons disability process within the recreational fishery enabling fish to be available for our vulnerable populations, 5147–5148

Public tendering

Urging government to establish and adhere to reasonable timelines for the tendering process to be brought to its conclusion, 3042

Seniors

Urging government to extend timelines for drivers' medical exam for seniors, 3412–3413

Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation

Tourism

Urging government to review its roadwork criteria to ensure that tourism sites on the Bonavista Peninsula pave the way with better roads for our valued tourists, 1973–1974

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

Urging government to address the deplorable road conditions on this route to Tickle Cove where vehicles are damaged and schoolchildren are badly shaken in their trips to and from school, 7532–7533
Urging government to establish a goal of having every pothole within the District of Bonavista filled with hot asphalt within a six-week period and prior to the end of June, 5473–5474, 7091–7092
Urging government to immediately assure there will be no potholes on either of the two main routes in the District of Bonavista, 102, 202
Urging government to provide the required maintenance and implement a better operational plan to bring Route 230A up to a safe and acceptable standard, 2244
Urging government to provide the required maintenance and implement a better operational plan to bring Route 235 up to a safe standard, 1411
Urging government to replace the broken filtering screen at the Amherst Cove depot, 6543–6544, 6924

Road access

Urging government to adjust its regulations within certain rural communities to allow property development by granting road access to said properties, 1248–1249, 4855, 5541–5542

Snow clearing

Urging government to explore every option to have plow reinstated in King's Cove, 5762–5763

Plate Cove West

Miscellaneous

Acknowledging humanitarian works of Chris and Karen Ricketts, 5132–5133

Point of Order

Language, unparliamentary

"disingenuous," 6696

Member who reads letter aloud should table it, 1793(19)

Port Rexton

Education

Lions International Peace Poster Contest Merit Award—Hogan, Trinity, 1592

Volunteers

Acknowledging celebrated volunteer—Kelley, Melvin, 4473

Provincial Health Authority Act (Bill 20)

Second reading, 762–766

Public Service

Graduate Recruitment Program

Welcoming new recruits, 576–577

Public tendering

Urging government to establish and adhere to reasonable timelines for the tendering process to be brought to its conclusion, 3042

Resolution, Government

Finance

Harmonized Sales Tax

House to support rebate of the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax on new purpose-built rental housing be provided, and that the rebate mirror the Government of Canada's existing and enhanced GST/HST New Residential Rental Property Rebate

Debate, 3018–3019

House of Assembly

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5913–5916

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate, 6260, 6261, 6262, 6263, 6264–6265, 6346–6347, 6348–6349, 6350

Resolution, Private Member's

Cost of living

Taxes and fees

Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Debate, 3341–3343

Finance

Home heating

House to support removal of the provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) from home heating products

Debate, 5396–5398

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Crown Lands

Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities; and to take steps in the interim to address Crown Lands' actions against occupied properties in the province—2023

Debate, 1978–1981

Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities; and to take steps in the interim to address Crown Lands' actions against occupied properties in the province—2024

Debate, 5026–5028

Fisheries

House of Assembly to express to Government of Canada its strong opposition to unilateral fisheries management decisions and demand the establishment of a joint Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries management board to give our province a direct say in the management of our most historic and important resource industry

Notice of motion, 314
Moved, 479–481
Debate, 501–502

Urging Premier and Minister of Fisheries to immediately take a hands-on role at the table with representatives of our fishery workers and fish processors to help find a swift and effective resolution to the current impasse, as well as long-term solutions that make future impasses less likely and help place our fishing industry on a more stable and steady footing

Debate, 3798–3801

Seniors

Seniors' Benefit

Urging government to increase the Newfoundland and Labrador Seniors' Benefit by 20 per cent, for a maximum of $1,819, effective January 2025 and further commit to annual increases indexed to inflation

Debate, 6007–6009

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) and Income Tax Act, 2000 (Amdt.) (Bill 38)

Second reading, 1859(29)–1859(33)

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 16)

Committee, 209–210

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 7 (Bill 106)

Second reading, 6651–6653

Schools Act, 1997 (Amdt.) (Bill 7)

Second reading, 595–598

Schools Act, 1997 (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 43)

Second reading, 2865–2867
Committee, 2891–2894, 2925–2927

Seniors

How can a senior on a fixed income make ends meet when the cost of living continues to rise and when there is no poverty reduction plan, 1558, 1559
How is it acceptable that couple have been waiting 2½ years for an occupational therapist to visit home to avail of the home modification program, 3034
How many seniors will avail of the targeted basic income that will be launched in two weeks' time, 4371
How many will benefit from the targeted poverty reduction strategy that will be launched in a couple of weeks, 4371
Seniors of Distinction Awards

Minister congratulates the 2024 Seniors of Distinction, 5985

Urging government to extend timelines for drivers' medical exam for seniors, 3412–3413
Urging government to increase the Newfoundland and Labrador Seniors' Benefit by 20 per cent, for a maximum of $1,819, effective January 2025 and further commit to annual increases indexed to inflation

Debate, 6007–6009

What is government going to do for seniors who cannot have a proper diet, and what will be done for couple waiting 2½ years for a visit from the occupational therapist, 3035
What measures can we expect for seniors who cannot afford to eat a proper diet, 3034
When can seniors of the province, living in food insecure homes, expect to see the seniors' Poverty Reduction Plan, 4115
When will the targeted seniors' Poverty Reduction Plan be released, 4370–4371
Will government accept recommendation to index the Seniors' Benefit to inflation, 4779

Standing Committees

Resource Committee (2025)

Report of Committee, 7224–7225

Standing Orders

SO 36

Matters of urgent public importance

Adjournment of House to address housing emergency

Debate, 2596–2598

Supplementary Supply Act, 2022-2023 (Bill 2)

Committee, 73–75

Supplementary Supply Act, 2022-2023 No. 2 (Bill 25)

Committee, 1292(11)–1292(13)

Sweet Bay

Birthdays/anniversaries

100th birthday—Dooley, Janie, 300

Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation

Tourism

Urging government to review its roadwork criteria to ensure that tourism sites on the Bonavista Peninsula pave the way with better roads for our valued tourists, 1973–1974

Towns and Local Service Districts Act (Bill 54)

Second reading, 3176–3180
Committee, 3370–3373, 3374–3375

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

Urging government to address the deplorable road conditions on this route to Tickle Cove where vehicles are damaged and schoolchildren are badly shaken in their trips to and from school, 7532–7533
Urging government to establish a goal of having every pothole within the District of Bonavista filled with hot asphalt within a six-week period and prior to the end of June, 5473–5474, 7091–7092
Urging government to immediately assure there will be no potholes on either of the two main routes in the District of Bonavista, 102, 202
Urging government to provide the required maintenance and implement a better operational plan to bring Route 230A up to a safe and acceptable standard, 2244
Urging government to provide the required maintenance and implement a better operational plan to bring Route 235 up to a safe standard, 1411
Urging government to replace the broken filtering screen at the Amherst Cove depot, 6543–6544, 6924

Road access

Urging government to adjust its regulations within certain rural communities to allow property development by granting road access to said properties, 1248–1249, 4855, 5541–5542

Snow clearing

Urging government to explore every option to have plow reinstated in King's Cove, 5762–5763

Trinity

Tributes

Coleridge, Rosalind, 1956

Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 (Amdt.) and City of St. John's Municipal Taxation Act (Amdt.) (Bill 93)

Committee, 5831(21)–5831(23)

Wild Life Act (Amdt.) (Bill 10)

Second reading, 807–809

Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act, 2022 (Bill 18)

Second reading, 864–866

PARROTT, LLOYD (PC) (TERRA NOVA)

Baie Verte - Green Bay (District)

Clubs/organizations

Green Bay Chamber of Commerce—Acknowledging renewed leadership and energized focus, 5983

Budget

Urging government to initiate a process and allocate the required time and resources to allow elected Members the opportunity to review budgets and question appropriate senior staff of government agencies, boards, commissions and other similar entities on an annual basis

Amendment

Debate, 4220–4222

Budget 2023

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 1498–1504
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 1793(20)–1793(25)
Sub-amendment

Debate, 1646–1652

Estimates

Resource Committee

Concurrence motion, 2137(49)–2137(52)

Budget 2024

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 4267–4272
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 4119–4124
Sub-amendment

Moved, 4124–4125
Debate, 4125–4131

Estimates

Resource Committee

Concurrence motion, 4396–4402

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Access to Information and Protection of Privacy, 4237(27)–4237(28)
Communications and Public Engagement, 4237(28), 4237(29)–4237(30), 4237(31)
Financial Administration, 4237(32)
Government House, 4237(22)
Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation, 4237(35), 4237(36), 4237(37)
Intergovernmental Affairs, 4237(33), 4237(34)–4237(35)
Office of the Executive Council, 4237(23)–4237(24), 4237(25)
Treasury Board Secretariat, 4237(54), 4237(55), 4237(56), 4237(57)

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 7462(49)–7462(54)
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 7390(1)–7390(6)
Sub-amendment

Moved, 7390(6)
Debate, 7390(6)–7390(12)

Estimates

Resource Committee

Concurrence motion, 7247–7253

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Cabinet Secretariat, 7349, 7350, 7351, 7352, 7354
Communications and Public Engagement, 7355, 7356
Intergovernmental Affairs, 7358, 7359
Office of the Chief Information Officer, 7385, 7386–7387, 7388–7389

Buildings Accessibility Act (Amdt.) (Bill 52)

Second reading, 2963–2964
Committee, 3073–3074

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Newfoundland and Labrador Act (Amdt.) (Bill 90)

Second reading, 6902(1)–6902(11)

Amendment (Referral to a Committee)

Debate, 6902(30)–6902(31)

Committee

Amendment—Clause 7

Moved, 6902(63)–6902(64)

Canadian Armed Forces

5 Wing Goose Bay

Urging Government of Canada to advance important roles that Newfoundland and Labrador fulfill with respect to National Defence, NATO and NORAD

Debate, 5238–5241

Clarenville

Business/entrepreneurship

Mackenzie Top Peak top award of $100,000—White Hills Resort, 1391

Education

Clarenville High School Robotics Team—acknowledging successful year of competitions, 7328
Promotion of wellness embraced by Clarenville High School, 2282

Municipalities

Acknowledging volunteers behind the inaugural Wheels & Heels weekend event, 2516–2517

Sports/recreation

Cross-country skiing—Recognizing stellar volunteer and advocate—Cleary, Dr. Peter, 298
Figure skating—Congratulating Susan Dean on receiving the Skate Canada national volunteer award for Newfoundland and Labrador, 2745–2745
Hockey—Boyle Trophy—Congratulating Clarenville High Cougars on win, 4628
Special Olympics—Congratulating Clarenville All Stars on performance in the 2023 Winter Games, 1590–1591

Cost of living

Are overflowing food banks a sign of Liberal successes, 2526
Seniors

Comments on impacts on seniors, 1647
Differing realities for rural areas of province, 1648–1649

Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Debate, 3350, 3351–3353

What is being done to ensure those on low and fixed incomes can afford to go to the grocery store, 2527
When will Premier subsidize travel over $500, as Quebec does, for travel from the Big Land to the island, 3785
Why is government failing food banks and individuals who rely on them, 2526
Why is Premier not taking action to make food more affordable on the North Coast of Labrador, 3782

Eastport

Awards, miscellaneous

Historic Site's Association Ambassador Program—Burden, Ava and Noah Squire, 6725

Clubs/organizations

Turner, Carl—Royal Canadian Legion Life Membership Award, 1996–1997

Education

Atlantic Canadian Brilliant Labs Innovation Fair—Junior High students and teachers of Holy Cross School in Eastport representing community and province, 3848–3849
Honouring veterans—Holy Cross School students, 888–889

Economic Diversification and Growth Enterprises Repeal Act (Bill 70)

Second reading, 3761–3763
Committee, 3765, 3767, 3768

Education

Child care

Comments in Budget Speech 2023, 1646–1647
What is the point of $10-a-day child care if there are no spaces for children in Labrador West, 3728

Research Inspired Student Enrichment Awards (RISE Awards)

2024—Recognizing 20 of province's young leaders, 4200

Electrical Power Control Act, 1994 (Amdt.) and Public Utilities Act (Amdt.) (Bill 34)

Committee, 2376, 2381

Environment and Climate Change

Climate change

Urging Government of Canada to immediately repeal the carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Regulations

Debate, 2701–2705
Amendment

Moved, 2704

Electric vehicle (EV)

Comments on, 1650

Essential Ambulance Services Act (Bill 24)

Committee, 1017–1018

Finance

Bottled water tax

Comments on, 1650–1651

Carbon tax

What will Premier do to ensure residents of Labrador don't see a massive hike in the cost of food on April 1, 3728
Why doesn't Premier tell Prime Minister to axe the tax, 3729
Why hasn't Premier written a letter to the Public Utilities Board asking them to scrap the 5 cent per litre North Atlantic tax, 3783

Sugar tax

Comments on, 1651
Urging government to cancel the sugar-sweetened beverage tax at the earliest opportunity, 658–659

Tariffs

What has the minister done to ensure the continued operation of the Come By Chance refinery and Voisey's bay, 6689

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Crown Lands

Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities; and take steps in the interim to address Crown Lands' actions against occupied properties in the province

Debate, 5043–5044

Fisheries

Urging Premier and Minister of Fisheries to immediately take a hands-on role at the table with representatives of our fishery workers and fish processors to help find a swift and effective resolution to the current impasse, as well as long-term solutions that make future impasses less likely and help place our fishing industry on a more stable and steady footing

Debate, 3809–3812

Moose licence

Urging government to reconsider the licence quota cuts for areas 27 and 42, 2243–2244

Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 104)

Second reading, 5969–5971

Future Fund Act (Bill 5)

Committee, 167–170

Amendment—Clause 2

Debate, 235(10)–235(11)

Glovertown

Clubs/organizations

Fry Family Foundation—Acknowledging 25 years of community service, 573–574

Municipalities

Multicultural social for new immigrants and community, 4358

Sports/recreation

Ball hockey—World Juniors U21 Team Canada player—Simpson, Jenni—Glovertown, 2563

Health care

Ambulance

How can government expect residents of the province to believe improvements to ambulance service are coming when the entirety of health care has broken under the Liberals' watch, 3518
Why is integrated ambulance services failing rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 7521
Will the Minister order a review of the use of postal codes at Central dispatch, 7521–7522

Babies switched at birth

Why can't these men be offered counselling or any mental health supports, 4484–4485
Why do Mr. Avery and Mr. Hynes deserve less than the related apologies given in the Manitoba Legislature, 4484
Will Premier apologize to Craig Avery and Clarence Hynes for the negligence they've endured under a government-run health care facility, 4484

Cancer

What effect is backlog for radiation treatment having on the patients that need it, 899

Collaborative care clinics

Has the amount of unattached patients been decreased or are we just shifting resources for shiny new clinics, 2756
What is the net gain of patients as a result of the collaborative care clinics, 2755
What will the dollar cost be per patient at a collaborative care clinic, 2756

Crisis, Health Care System

Are amputations instead of wound care, and risk of sepsis instead of ostomy the future of health care in this province, 5308
Are examples provided a display of government's inability to provide proper care to Newfoundland and Labrador, 5695
Are nurses working 24 hours around the clock in private rooms, while patients needing health care cannot get admittance into the hospital how government is transforming our health care system, 4640–4641
How does Minister find it acceptable that people are lined up outdoors to get their name on a list to get to see a doctor, 38–39
Is the Liberal plan for rural communities to deliver a second-class health care system, 5101
What is the plan to stabilize health care services in Eastern and rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5755
When will government prioritize specialist recruitment in rural Newfoundland and Labrador so patients can receive closer to home care, 6537
Why is Minister allowing unsafe conditions for patients in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5755

Doctors

Can Minister confirm that internal medicine doctors get paid more in St. John's than in rural Newfoundland, 5100
Can Minister outline why the Clarenville Hospital no longer has internal medicine doctors, 5099–5100
Did Minister receive correspondence from internal medicine specialists in rural Newfoundland, 5100
Did Minister receive correspondence from internal medicine specialists in rural Newfoundland, specifically Clarenville and Carbonear, with subsequent conversations, 5101
Did the absence of an internist in Clarenville deny man appropriate care, 5695
Given that there are no internal medicine specialists supporting Bonavista, Clarenville, Burin and Carbonear, what does Minister think will happen if someone gets very sick, very fast, 5101
Is example of a family being told that full resuscitation was no longer available in the absence of an internist the future of health care in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5694
Is region of Terra Nova experiencing being treated differently because they didn't vote Liberal, 5139
When did Minister actually know about the issue for internists in Clarenville, 5139
Why are Liberals penalizing seniors without a family doctor, 4006
Why are residents in region of Terra Nova experiencing second-class health care, 5139
Why doesn't Minister tell the plan for medical patients at Dr. G.B. Cross Memorial Hospital, given the absence of doctors as of December 16, 5756
Why is Minister pitting one region against the other, 5140
Will Minister admit that the residents of Clarenville area are being put at risk for internal medicine doctors because they get paid more to work in St. John's than in rural Newfoundland, 5100
Would Minister like to correct his statement regarding internists' pay, 5138

Emergency rooms

Comments on challenges to service provision, 1649
What assurances can Minister give that the new service model will not cause more chaos and erosion of services, 3517

Family care teams

Does Minister call the Clarenville team a success, given that it has no doctors, no applications for doctors, and is not open, 2724
How many doctors applied for positions in Clarenville, 2724
How many doctors are employed at the collaborative care clinic in Clarenville, 2723
How many patients does the collaborative care clinic in Clarenville have, 2723

Hospitals

What will happen to the in-patients in Clarenville after December 16th, 5756

Long-term care

Does Minister feel that an 85-year-old senior waiting for admission to long-term care for 148 days is appropriate, 4640
How can families be left with nowhere to turn for help with their loved ones in their greatest time of need, 4640

Medevac services

Is a 31-year-old man almost dying and having part of his leg amputated acceptable health care, 4996
Is patient's lack of being medevaced and having part of his leg amputated acceptable health care for Labradorians in urgent need, 4995–4996
What did the 2024 budget do to change things for Labradorian in need of air ambulance and medevac, 4996–4997
What help is there for Labradorians who need a flight back home after being medevaced for urgent care, or are they left on their own, 4997
Why hasn't government found a way to subsidize and reduce the cost of air travel from the northern region of our province so people can afford to get to major centres where high-level health care and other services are provided, 4997–4998

Medical Transportation Assistance Program (MTAP)

Comments on, 1651

Mental health

How can Minister allow people to fall through the cracks and commit crimes before they have a chance to avail of the help they desperately need, 4293–4294
How is it fair that person who sought help at the Waterford was sent home in a taxi several times, and is now in the justice system, 4295
What does Minister say to family of the 23-year-old man who tried to get the necessary mental health interventions but was recently arrested, 4294

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS)

Is the $50-million cut to health care the reason there are over 1,000 people on a wait-list for colonoscopies at G.B. Cross, 6733
Will the Minister reverse the $50-million cut to health care so that the residents of Clarenville and surrounding area can get critical, preventative cancer screening, 6733

Prosthetics

How does it make sense that government will add wheelchair ramps, put people on social services, but not assist amputees with prosthetics, 4695
Why are prosthetics not covered by the Newfoundland and Labrador government, 4694
Why are rural amputees not covered by the Medical Transportation Assistance Program, 4694

Wound care services

When is a wound care specialist returning to Clarenville, 6538
When will wound care resume in Clarenville at G. B. Cross, 6537
Why won't the Liberal government give specialists the tools they need to provide the health care to the men and women in rural Newfoundland who need these services, 6538

Highway Traffic Act (Amdt.), City of Corner Brook Act (Amdt.), City of Mount Pearl Act (Amdt.), City of St. John's Act (Amdt.) and Municipalities Act, 1999 (Amdt.) (Bill 55)

Second reading, 2843–2844

House of Assembly

Independent Appointments Commission

Appointment or reappointment of: Karen McCarthy, chairperson; William Mahoney, Brendan Mitchell, Jamie Schwartz, Karen Skinner, Nancy Ruth Healey and Rex A. Goudie

Debate, 7641

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5931–5933

Housing

How can Premier continue to stand with this Minister, 3103–3104
How many current vacancies does Minister have in his department for tradespeople, 2940
How much longer is it going to take before houses get fixed, 2941
Urging government to immediately take steps to reduce the lack of social housing in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

Debate, 3232–3234

When is Premier finally going to replace the Minister, 3105
When is Premier going to show leadership and intervene, 3105
Why are we not recruiting tradespeople for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation, 2940–2941
Why is Premier encouraging individuals to live in deplorable conditions, 3104
Why is Premier encouraging individuals to live in these conditions, 3104

Hydro Corporation Act, 2024 (Bill 33)

Second reading, 5477–5478
Committee, 5485, 5486, 5487

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Barrow AFC

How many people have indicated that they immigrated into this province because they saw the province's name in little text, 5537
What else is included in the m5 contract, 5536
Why won't Minister make the m5 contract available, 5536
Will Minister table the full m5 contract, 5535

Immigration

2024 was record-breaking year for immigration, 6910

Supporting inclusive employment opportunities, 5527
Working Opportunities Program

Minister highlights inaugural class of Working Opportunities Program, 5133

Income Tax Act, 2000 (Amdt.) (Bill 35)

Second reading, 4493–4494

Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation

Why is food security for Indigenous communities not mentioned in the Liberal poverty reduction plan, 3330

Industry, Energy and Technology

Bull Arm Fabrication Site

Urging government to expedite the process to get the site back in operation, 522–523

Come By Chance Refinery

Acknowledging Braya's new era and 50 years in the community, 4286

Fuel

Is government okay with the fact that we've almost run out of fuel on several occasions, 3203
Shouldn't we be holding both the companies and the Public Utilities Board to account, 3203
What has government done to ensure that we don't run out of propane this winter, 3203–3204
Why was fuel security not even mentioned in the Liberals' poverty reduction plan, 3330–3331

Fuel shortage

What has government done to ensure the province does not experience a fuel shortage, 3038

Minister of

Correspondence between the Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology and Dwan Street, President FFAW-UNIFOR, dated February 4 and 19, 2025—Tabled, 6902(31)

Oil exploration

Can Minister see the damage that government is doing to the oil and gas industry, 3249
Is Minister surprised that Equinor walked away, 3250
When is Minister going to turn oil exploration around, 3249
Will Minister admit that government's anti-oil agenda has driven exploration out of the province, 3248

Small Business Week and Co-op Week

Recognition of, 2520

Interim Supply Act, 2023 (Bill 21)

Committee, 1084–1087

Interim Supply Act, 2024 (Bill 63)

Committee, 3541–3544

Interim Supply Act, 2025 (Bill 105)

Committee, 6644(10)–6644(13)

Justice and Public Safety

Civil child abuse claims

Urging government to amend the Limitations Act to remove limitation periods for civil child abuse claims where the abuse complained of occurred against a minor, (a) within an intimate relationship; (b) within a relationship of dependency; (c) where the defendant was in a position of trust or authority, 2992–2993, 4009–4010, 4648

Firefighters

Urging government to explore innovative solutions and best practices that will further support our volunteer firefighters

Debate, 1209–1212

Illegal drugs

Does department share concerns about rise in drug use in Labrador, 3913–3914
What is government doing to urgently address the policing issues in Labrador to curb this growing crisis, 3914
Will Minister join Grand Chief Pokue and the Innu Nation's call for more Royal Canadian Mounted Police to stop the drugs flooding into Labrador, 3914

Labour Standards Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 101)

Committee, 5873

Labrador Affairs

Arctic Inspiration Prize

Congratulating individuals from Northern Labrador who have received special recognition, 4632–4633

Labrador flag

50th anniversary of, 3996

Lands Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 68)

Committee, 5672–5675

Law Enforcement Oversight Commission Act (Bill 102)

Committee, 6624, 6625, 6626–6627

Loan Act, 2023 (Bill 37)

Committee, 2301–2304

Loan Act, 2024 (Bill 73)

Committee, 4442–4445

Medical Act, 2011 (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 83)

Committee, 5571

Members' Statements

Awards, miscellaneous

Historic Site's Association Ambassador Program—Burden, Ava and Noah Squire—Eastport, 6725

Business/entrepreneurship

Mackenzie Top Peak top award of $100,000—White Hills Resort—Clarenville, 1391

Clubs/organizations

Fry Family Foundation—Acknowledging 25 years of community service and appreciation of work in Glovertown, 573–574
Green Bay Chamber of Commerce—Acknowledging renewed leadership and energized focus, 5983
Royal Canadian Legion

Annual Poppy and Remembrance Day Poster contest—Congratulating winners, 5050–5051
Life Membership Award—Turner, Comrade Carl—Eastport, 1996–1997

Education

Acknowledging contributions to music education—Lundrigan, Ann, 3633–3634
Atlantic Canadian Brilliant Labs Innovation Fair—Junior High students and teachers of Holy Cross School in Eastport representing community and province, 3848–3849
Clarenville High School Robotics Team—acknowledging successful year of competitions—Clarenville, 7328
Honouring veterans—Holy Cross School students—Eastport, 888–889
Promotion of wellness embraced by Clarenville High School, 2282

Military

Acknowledging soldiers, sailors and airmen who sacrificed and served so that we could have a better life, 5260

Miscellaneous

Adventure Biking Project—Empowering youth through cycling adventures—Terra Nova (District), 1954–1955
Applauding fundraising efforts of Hunt family to help families who are dealing with childhood cancer, 3096
Gourdzilla—1,034-pound pumpkin—Lake, Leslee and Krista—Terra Nova (District), 507–508

Municipalities

Acknowledging volunteers behind the inaugural Wheels & Heels weekend event—Clarenville, 2516–2517
Multicultural social for new immigrants and community—Glovertown, 4358
Recognizing individuals behind the rededication of the Shoal Harbour War Monument, 3194

Sports/recreation

Ball hockey

World Juniors U21 Team Canada player—Simpson, Jenni—Glovertown, 2563

Cross-country skiing

Recognizing stellar volunteer and advocate—Cleary, Dr. Peter—Clarenville, 298

Figure skating

Congratulating Susan Dean on receiving the Skate Canada national volunteer award for Newfoundland and Labrador—Clarenville, 2745–2745

Hockey

Boyle Trophy—Congratulating Clarenville High Cougars on win, 4628
Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial High School Hockey Tournament

Acknowledging the event and its participants—Terra Nova (District), 4102

Skating

Skate NL CanSkate Athlete Award—Hickey, Noah—Random Island, 3390

Special Olympics

Congratulating Clarenville All Stars on performance in the 2023 Winter Games, 1590–1591

Tributes

Brown, Jim—Musgravetown, 5524–5525
Wishart, Reverend Dr. Major Ian S.—recognition for his service and ministry, 7564

Volunteers

Acknowledging 40 years of volunteer service in Random Island area—Cook, Jim, 5833
Acknowledging various volunteers in District of Terra Nova, 1679–1680
Walk for Breakfast—Southwest Arm Academy—Acknowledging the time, money and volunteers, 355

Mineral Act (Amdt.) (Bill 59)

Second reading, 3121–3122
Committee, 3126, 3127, 3128, 3129, 3130

Ministerial Statements

Education

Research Inspired Student Enrichment Awards (Rise Awards)

2024—Recognizing 20 of province's young leaders

response, 4200

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Immigration

2024 was record-breaking year for immigration

response, 6910

Supporting inclusive employment opportunities

response, 5527

Working Opportunities Program

Minister highlights inaugural class of Working Opportunities Program

response, 5133

Industry, Energy and Technology

Come By Chance Refinery

Acknowledging Braya's new era and 50 years in the community

response, 4286

Small Business Week and Co-op Week

Recognition of

response, 2520

Labrador Affairs

Arctic Inspiration Prize

Congratulating individuals from Northern Labrador who have received special recognition

response, 4632–4633

Labrador flag

50th anniversary of

response, 3996

Unknown soldier

Premier acknowledges repatriation of unknown First World War soldier

response, 4923–4925

World War I

Deputy Premier honours lives lost in Gallipoli during First World War

response, 3244

Municipal and Provincial Affairs

Emergency response

What exactly is your department doing to help emergency responders when postal codes are provided for location, 7571
When is it going to be fixed, 7572
Will the Minister direct emergency dispatch to stop asking for postal codes and instead use landmarks and specific directions to ensure a timely response, 7571

Regionalization plan

Is there a cost analysis completed for the Premier's regionalization plan, 738

Musgravetown

Tributes

Brown, Jim, 5524–5525

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate (Members), 6148–6149, 6150, 6151, 6152, 6153, 6168–6170, 6171, 6172, 6173, 6304, 6305–6308, 6309–6310, 6316–6317, 6318, 6319, 6320–6323, 6346, 6478, 6479, 6480, 6481–6484, 6485, 6488–6493

Tabled documents

Hydro-Québec media release—An Important Step Towards Securing Québec's Energy Future, 6490

Ocean Ranger

House to call on government to work with the Government of Canada to repatriate artifacts and records from the Ocean Ranger to St. John's for a permanent exhibit

Debate, 5644–5647

"Ode to Labrador"; "Ode to Newfoundland"

Urging government to bring forward legislation to require the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" to be sung at graduation ceremonies at Memorial University's convocation

Debate, 2454–2457

Urging Memorial University to include the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" in all future convocation ceremonies so that Newfoundland and Labrador's one great university will properly honour the people, the legacy, the beauty, the uniqueness, the potential and the fallen of Newfoundland and Labrador

Debate, 822–823

Oral Questions

Cost of living

Are overflowing food banks a sign of Liberal successes, 2526
What is being done to ensure those on low and fixed incomes can afford to go to the grocery store, 2527
When will Premier subsidize travel over $500, as Quebec does, for travel from the Big Land to the island, 3785
Why is government failing food banks and individuals who rely on them, 2526
Why is Premier not taking action to make food more affordable on the North Coast of Labrador, 3782

Education

Child care

What is the point of $10-a-day child care if there are no spaces for children in Labrador West, 3728

Finance

Carbon tax

What will Premier do to ensure residents of Labrador don't see a massive hike in the cost of food on April 1, 3728
Why doesn't Premier tell Prime Minister to axe the tax, 3729
Why hasn't Premier written a letter to the Public Utilities Board asking them to scrap the 5 cent per litre North Atlantic tax, 3783

Tariffs

What has the minister done to ensure the continued operation of the Come By Chance refinery and Voisey's bay, 6689

Health care

Ambulance

How can government expect residents of the province to believe improvements to ambulance service are coming when the entirety of health care has broken under the Liberals' watch, 3518
What assurances can Minister give that the new service model will not cause more chaos and erosion of services, 3517
Why is integrated ambulance services failing rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 7521
Will the Minister order a review of the use of postal codes at Central dispatch, 7521–7522

Babies switched at birth

Why can't these men be offered counselling or any mental health supports, 4484–4485
Why do Mr. Avery and Mr. Hynes deserve less than the related apologies given in the Manitoba Legislature, 4484
Will Premier apologize to Craig Avery and Clarence Hynes for the negligence they've endured under a government-run health care facility, 4484

Cancer

What effect is backlog for radiation treatment having on the patients that need it, 899

Collaborative care clinics

Has the amount of unattached patients been decreased or are we just shifting resources for shiny new clinics, 2756
What is the net gain of patients as a result of the collaborative care clinics, 2755
What will the dollar cost be per patient at a collaborative care clinic, 2756

Crisis, Health Care System

Are amputations instead of wound care, and risk of sepsis instead of ostomy the future of health care in this province, 5308
Are examples provided a display of government's inability to provide proper care to Newfoundland and Labrador, 5695
Are nurses working 24 hours around the clock in private rooms, while patients needing health care cannot get admittance into the hospital how government is transforming our health care system, 4640–4641
How does Minister find it acceptable that people are lined up outdoors to get their name on a list to get to see a doctor, 38–39
Is the Liberal plan for rural communities to deliver a second-class health care system, 5101
What is the plan to stabilize health care services in Eastern and rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5755
When will government prioritize specialist recruitment in rural Newfoundland and Labrador so patients can receive closer to home care, 6537
Why is Minister allowing unsafe conditions for patients in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5755

Doctors

Can Minister confirm that internal medicine doctors get paid more in St. John's than in rural Newfoundland, 5100
Can Minister outline why the Clarenville Hospital no longer has internal medicine doctors, 5099–5100
Did Minister receive correspondence from internal medicine specialists in rural Newfoundland, 5100
Did Minister receive correspondence from internal medicine specialists in rural Newfoundland, specifically Clarenville and Carbonear, with subsequent conversations, 5101
Did the absence of an internist in Clarenville deny man appropriate care, 5695
Given that there are no internal medicine specialists supporting Bonavista, Clarenville, Burin and Carbonear, what does Minister think will happen if someone gets very sick, very fast, 5101
Is example of a family being told that full resuscitation was no longer available in the absence of an internist the future of health care in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5694
Is region of Terra Nova experiencing being treated differently because they didn't vote Liberal, 5139
When did Minister actually know about the issue for internists in Clarenville, 5139
Why are residents in region of Terra Nova experiencing second-class health care, 5139
Why doesn't Minister tell the plan for medical patients at Dr. G.B. Cross Memorial Hospital, given the absence of doctors as of December 16, 5756
Why is Minister pitting one region against the other, 5140
Will Minister admit that the residents of Clarenville area are being put at risk for internal medicine doctors because they get paid more to work in St. John's than in rural Newfoundland, 5100
Would Minister like to correct his statement regarding internists' pay, 5138

Family care teams

Does Minister call the Clarenville team a success, given that it has no doctors, no applications for doctors, and is not open, 2724
How many doctors applied for positions in Clarenville, 2724
How many doctors are employed at the collaborative care clinic in Clarenville, 2723
How many patients does the collaborative care clinic in Clarenville have, 2723

Hospitals

What will happen to the in-patients in Clarenville after December 16th, 5756

Long-term care

Does Minister feel that an 85-year-old senior waiting for admission to long-term care for 148 days is appropriate, 4640
How can families be left with nowhere to turn for help with their loved ones in their greatest time of need, 4640

Medevac services

Is a 31-year-old almost dying and having part of his leg amputated acceptable health care, 4996
Is patient's lack of being medevaced and having part of his leg amputated acceptable health care for Labradorians in urgent need, 4995–4996
What did the 2024 budget do to change things for Labradorian in need of air ambulance and medevac, 4996–4997
What help is there for Labradorians who need a flight back home after being medevaced for urgent care, or are they left on their own, 4997
Why hasn't government found a way to subsidize and reduce the cost of air travel from the northern region of our province so people can afford to get to major centres where high-level health care and other services are provided, 4997–4998

Mental health

How can Minister allow people to fall through the cracks and commit crimes before they have a chance to avail of the help they desperately need, 4293–4294
How is it fair that person who sought help at the Waterford was sent home in a taxi several times, and is now in the justice system, 4295
What does Minister say to family of 23-year-old who tried to get the necessary mental health interventions but was recently arrested, 4294

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS)

Is the $50-million cut to health care the reason there are over 1,000 people on a wait-list for colonoscopies at G.B. Cross, 6733
Will the Minister reverse the $50-million cut to health care so that the residents of Clarenville and surrounding area can get critical, preventative cancer screening, 6733

Prosthetics

How does it make sense that government will add wheelchair ramps, put people on social services, but not assist amputees with prosthetics, 4695
Why are prosthetics not covered by the Newfoundland and Labrador government, 4694
Why are rural amputees not covered by the Medical Transportation Assistance Program, 4694

Wound care services

When is a wound care specialist returning to Clarenville, 6538
When will wound care resume in Clarenville at G. B. Cross, 6537
Why won't the Liberal government give specialists the tools they need to provide the health care to the men and women in rural Newfoundland who need these services, 6538

Housing

How can Premier continue to stand with this Minister, 3103–3104
How many current vacancies does Minister have in his department for tradespeople, 2940
How much longer is it going to take before houses get fixed, 2941
When is Premier finally going to replace the Minister, 3105
When is Premier going to show leadership and intervene, 3105
Why are we not recruiting tradespeople for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation, 2940–2941
Why is Premier encouraging individuals to live in deplorable conditions, 3104
Why is Premier encouraging individuals to live in these conditions, 3104

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Barrow AFC

How many people have indicated that they immigrated into this province because they saw the province's name in little text, 5537
What else is included in the m5 contract, 5536
Why won't Minister make the m5 contract available, 5536
Will Minister table the full m5 contract, 5535

Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation

Why is food security for Indigenous communities not mentioned in the Liberal poverty reduction plan, 3330

Industry, Energy and Technology

Fuel

Is government okay with the fact that we've almost run out of fuel on several occasions, 3203
Shouldn't we be holding both the companies and the Public Utilities Board to account, 3203
What has government done to ensure that we don't run out of propane this winter, 3203–3204
Why was fuel security not even mentioned in the Liberals' poverty reduction plan, 3330–3331

Fuel shortage

What has government done to ensure the province does not experience a fuel shortage, 3038

Oil exploration

Can Minister see the damage that government is doing to the oil and gas industry, 3249
Is Minister surprised that Equinor walked away, 3250
When is Minister going to turn oil exploration around, 3249
Will Minister admit that government's anti-oil agenda has driven exploration out of the province, 3248

Justice and Public Safety

Illegal drugs

Does department share concerns about rise in drug use in Labrador, 3913–3914
What is government doing to urgently address the policing issues in Labrador to curb this growing crisis, 3914
Will Minister join Grand Chief Pokue and the Innu Nation's call for more Royal Canadian Mounted Police to stop the drugs flooding into Labrador, 3914

Municipal and Provincial Affairs

Emergency response

What exactly is your department doing to help emergency responders when postal codes are provided for location, 7571
When is it going to be fixed, 7572
Will the Minister direct emergency dispatch to stop asking for postal codes and instead use landmarks and specific directions to ensure a timely response, 7571

Regionalization plan

Is there a cost analysis completed for the Premier's regionalization plan, 738

Seniors

What are seniors without a family doctor supposed to do to get a drivers' medical, 4053
When is Minister going to clean up the mess of seniors who registered two years ago with the Health Hub but still haven't gotten a call back, 4053
Why are Liberals discriminating against seniors, 4054

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

Can Minister ensure that government will work directly with the families of those bodies needing exhumation after the government flyer went off the road, and that there will be no cost to said families, 4737
Has Minister completed an environmental assessment where the government flyer went off the road, 4737
Why has government not done a thing to remediate the damage done by a departmental flyer that went off the road in February, 4736–4737

Travel expenses

Were meetings in Dubai scheduled after Premier got notice of his honorary degree, 4638–4639
With whom did Premier meet in Dubai on energy last weekend and how did meeting advance our province's clean energy potential, 4639

Pay Equity and Pay Transparency Act (Bill 3)

Second reading, 342–344

Persons with disabilities

House calls on government to immediately create a dedicated advocate for persons with disabilities, who, as a stand-alone statutory Officer of the hon. House, will investigate and make recommendations based on the principle of “nothing about us without us”

Debate, 7586–7588

Petitions

Finance

Sugar tax

Urging government to cancel the sugar-sweetened beverage tax at the earliest opportunity, 658–659

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Moose licence

Urging government to reconsider the licence quota cuts for areas 27 and 42, 2243–2244

Industry, Energy and Technology

Bull Arm Fabrication Site

Urging government to expedite the process to get the site back in operation, 522–523

Justice and Public Safety

Civil child abuse claims

Urging government to amend the Limitations Act to remove limitation periods for civil child abuse claims where the abuse complained of occurred against a minor, (a) within an intimate relationship; (b) within a relationship of dependency; (c) where the defendant was in a position of trust or authority, 2992–2993, 4009–4010, 4648

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

Urging government to address brush cutting for Route 410, 413 and 419, 5999–6000
Urging government to repair the road on Random Island and maintain the standard that is safe to travel by all residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, 794–795

Veterans

Urging government to immediately restore the number of designated beds at the pavilion for veterans to pre-2022 numbers and to develop a plan to increase the number of dedicated beds to accommodate post-Korean Conflict and those who might need them, 4944–4945

Point of Order

Allegation of questioning the integrity of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Williams, 6345, 6346
Language, unparliamentary

"bullshit," 6457
"Member is probably going to bake sales," 5540, 5623
"pajama party," 4443

Member cannot say indirectly what cannot be said directly, 3766
Referenced a vote, 7528–7529
Third reading

Vote carried when Opposition thought it would be delayed, 6905

Point of Privilege

Confusion over who is currently the Minister of Health, 6592–6593

Provincial Health Authority Act (Bill 20)

Second reading, 749–755

Public-Private Partnerships

Comments on, 3542

Public Safety Act (Amdt.) (Bill 95)

Second reading, 5723–5724
Committee, 5734, 5735, 5831(2), 5831(3), 5831(4)

Quarry Resources Act (Bill 58)

Second reading, 3137–3141
Committee, 3146–3148, 3149, 3150, 3151–3152, 3153, 3154, 3155, 3156, 3157

Quotations

Binyon, Laurence, 4925
Shakespeare, William, 4925

Random Island

Sports/recreation

Skating—Skate NL CanSkate Athlete Award—Hickey, Noah, 3390

Volunteers

Acknowledging 40 years of volunteer service in Random Island area—Cook, Jim, 5833

Resolution, Government

Canadian Armed Forces

5 Wing Goose Bay

Urging Government of Canada to advance important roles that Newfoundland and Labrador fulfill with respect to National Defence, NATO and NORAD

Debate, 5238–5241

Environment and Climate Change

Climate Change

Urging Government of Canada to immediately repeal the carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Regulations

Debate, 2701–2705
Amendment

Moved, 2704

House of Assembly

Independent Appointments Commission

Appointment or reappointment of: Karen McCarthy, chairperson; William Mahoney, Brendan Mitchell, Jamie Schwartz, Karen Skinner, Nancy Ruth Healey and Rex A. Goudie

Debate, 7641

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5931–5933

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate, 6148–6149, 6150, 6151, 6152, 6153, 6168–6170, 6171, 6172, 6173, 6304, 6305–6308, 6309–6310, 6316–6317, 6318, 6319, 6320–6323, 6346, 6478, 6479, 6480, 6481–6484, 6485, 6488–6493

Ocean Ranger

House to call on government to work with the Government of Canada to repatriate artifacts and records from the Ocean Ranger to St. John's for a permanent exhibit

Debate, 5644–5647

Resolution, Private Member's

Cost of living

Taxes and fees

Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Debate, 3350, 3351–3353

Finance

Budget

Urging government to initiate a process and allocate the required time and resources to allow elected Members the opportunity to review budgets and question appropriate senior staff of government agencies, boards, commissions and other similar entities on an annual basis

Amendment

Debate, 4220–4222

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Crown Lands

Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities; and to take steps in the interim to address Crown Lands' actions against occupied properties in the province—2024

Debate, 5043–5044

Fisheries

Urging Premier and Minister of Fisheries to immediately take a hands-on role at the table with representatives of our fishery workers and fish processors to help find a swift and effective resolution to the current impasse, as well as long-term solutions that make future impasses less likely and help place our fishing industry on a more stable and steady footing

Debate, 3809–3812

Housing

Social housing

Urging government to immediately take steps to reduce the lack of social housing in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

Debate, 3232–3234

Justice and Public Safety

Firefighters

Urging government to explore innovative solutions and best practices that will further support our volunteer firefighters

Debate, 1209–1212

Memorial University of Newfoundland

"Ode to Labrador"; "Ode to Newfoundland"

Urging government to bring forward legislation to require the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" to be sung at graduation ceremonies at Memorial University's convocation

Debate, 2454–2457

Urging Memorial University to include the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" in all future convocation ceremonies so that Newfoundland and Labrador's one great university will properly honour the people, the legacy, the beauty, the uniqueness, the potential and the fallen of Newfoundland and Labrador

Debate, 822–823

Persons with disabilities

Advocate

House calls on government to immediately create a dedicated advocate for persons with disabilities, who, as a stand-alone statutory Officer of the hon. House, will investigate and make recommendations based on the principle of “nothing about us without us”

Debate, 7586–7588

Transportation and Infrastructure

Air access

House calls on the government to work with Indigenous partners, businesses and the federal government to implement a plan that reduces costs and increases the accessibility of air travel to, from and within Labrador

Debate, 7445–7447

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) and Income Tax Act, 2000 (Amdt.) (Bill 38)

Second reading, 1854–1859
Committee, 2408–2411

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 7 (Bill 106)

Second reading, 6816–6821

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 8 (Bill 108)

Second reading, 7555–7557

Schools Act, 1997 (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 43)

Committee, 2895–2898

Seniors

What are seniors without a family doctor supposed to do to get a drivers' medical, 4053
When is Minister going to clean up the mess of seniors who registered two years ago with the Health Hub but still haven't gotten a call back, 4053
Why are Liberals discriminating against seniors, 4054

Shoal Harbour

Municipalities

Recognizing individuals behind the rededication of the Shoal Harbour War Monument, 3194

Southwest Arm

Volunteers

Walk for Breakfast—Southwest Arm Academy—Acknowledging the time, money and volunteers, 355

Standing Orders

SO 36

Matters of urgent public importance

Adjournment of House to address housing emergency

Debate, 2586–2587

Tabled Documents

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)—Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

Hydro-Québec media release—An Important Step Towards Securing Québec's Energy Future, 6490

Industry, Energy and Technology

Correspondence between the Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology and Dwan Street, President FFAW-UNIFOR, dated February 4 and 19, 2025, 6902(31)

Terra Nova (District)

Miscellaneous

Adventure Biking Project—Empowering youth through cycling adventures, 1954–1955

Sports/recreation

Hockey—Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial High School Hockey Tournament—Acknowledging the event and its participants, 4102

Volunteers

Acknowledging various volunteers, 1679–1680

Transportation and Infrastructure

Air access

House calls on the government to work with Indigenous partners, businesses and the federal government to implement a plan that reduces costs and increases the accessibility of air travel to, from and within Labrador

Debate, 7445–7447

Highways/roads

Can Minister ensure that government will work directly with the families of those bodies needing exhumation after the government flyer went off the road, and that there will be no cost to said families, 4737
Has Minister completed an environmental assessment where the government flyer went off the road, 4737
Urging government to address brush cutting for Route 410, 413 and 419, 5999–6000
Urging government to repair the road on Random Island and maintain the standard that is safe to travel by all residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, 794–795
Why has government not done a thing to remediate the damage done by a departmental flyer that went off the road in February, 4736–4737

Travel expenses

Were meetings in Dubai scheduled after Premier got notice of his honorary degree, 4638–4639
With whom did Premier meet in Dubai on energy last weekend and how did meeting advance our province's clean energy potential, 4639

Unknown Soldier

Premier acknowledges repatriation of unknown First World War soldier, 4923–4925

Veterans

Urging government to immediately restore the number of designated beds at the pavilion for veterans to pre-2022 numbers and to develop a plan to increase the number of dedicated beds to accommodate post-Korean Conflict and those who might need them, 4944–4945

World War I

Deputy Premier honours lives lost in Gallipoli during First World War, 3244

PARSONS, HON. ANDREW (L) (BURGEO - LA POILE)

Answers to Questions For Which Notice Has Been Given

Industry, Energy and Technology

Nalcor—Clarification of Brendan Paddick's date of leave of absence, 905

Budget 2023

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Non-confidence motion

Sub-amendment

Debate, 1772–1777

Budget 2024

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Estimates

Resource Committee

Concurrence motion, 4390–4396

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Non-confidence motion

Debate, 7201–7204

Burgeo - La Poile (District)

Birthdays/anniversaries

75th birthday—First child born after Confederation—Roberts, Joseph Cecil, 4044–4045

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Newfoundland and Labrador Act (Amdt.) (Bill 90)

Second reading, 6747–6754, 6902(33)–6902(35)

Amendment (Referral to a Committee)

Debate, 6902(23)–6902(29)

Committee, 6902(36)–6902(39), 6902(40), 6902(41), 6902(42)–6902(44), 6902(45), 6902(46), 6902(47), 6902(48)–6902(49), 6902(50), 6902(51), 6902(52)–6902(53), 6902(54)–6902(55), 6902(56)–6902(57), 6902(58)–6902(63)

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board

Annual Report 2022-23—Tabled, 2533
Annual Report 2023-24—Tabled, 5276

Cost of living

Doubling income for Income Support clients would still mean they live below poverty level, 2986
How does Minister expect families to put a roof over their heads and keep up with all of these high costs of living, 2981–2982
Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Debate, 3343–3345

What new measures will Liberal government provide to help those struggling as winter approaches, 2985
Why are we one decade into this government's jurisdiction and we have no poverty reduction strategy, 4779
Why is Premier not taking action to make food more affordable on the North Coast of Labrador, 3782

Digital Government and Service NL

Driver testing

Urging government to reinstate the drivers' road testing in Bonavista to more adequately serve the area's 8,000-plus residents, 2833

Economic Diversification and Growth Enterprises Board

Annual report 2023-2024—Tabled, 4890

Economic Diversification and Growth Enterprises Repeal Act (Bill 70)

Second reading, 3759–3761, 3763–3764
Committee, 3766–3767, 3768–3769, 3770–3772

Education

Research Inspired Student Enrichment Awards (RISE Awards)

2025—celebrating award winners, 7080

Electrical Power Control Act, 1994 (Amdt.) and Public Utilities Act (Amdt.) (Bill 34)

Notice of motion, 1107
Second reading, 2369–2370
Committee, 2372–2374, 2375–2376, 2377

Environment and Climate Change

Climate change

Urging government to declare a climate emergency, invest substantially in public transit infrastructure province-wide, cease subsidies of oil and gas companies and introduce legislation that bans the advertising for oil and gas companies, 4303

Environmental assessment

Urging government to institute a six-month pause, with time extension possibilities, on approving industry projects on the Southwest Coast until the proper cumulative effects assessment studies and meaningful consultations are concluded, 2683–2685

Finance

Carbon tax

Why hasn't Premier written a letter to the Public Utilities Board asking them to scrap the 5 cent per litre North Atlantic tax, 3783–3784

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

Why does this government continue to refuse to help people stay warm this winter, 6690

Public Assets, Sale of

Have we not learned anything about sole-source contracts, 310

Sugar tax

If Premier won't do anything about the carbon tax, will he do the right thing and cancel the sugar tax, 2938–2939

Tariffs

Given the threat of tariffs, what steps are being taken to help Newfoundland and Labrador businesses expand their trade opportunities to European markets, 5760
What has the minister done to ensure the continued operation of the Come By Chance refinery and Voisey's bay, 6689

Food insecurity

Has government established a targeted food poverty reduction plan, 4838

Health care

Doctors

Urging government to increase the recruitment efforts so that the residents of the Clarenville area can receive the necessary health care they deserve, 5851
Will doctors come to our province if they feel they are being disrespected and devalued by Liberal government, 466

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Is Minister aware that people in Western Newfoundland and Labrador have to travel to Grand Falls-Windsor for this appointment, 4838–4839

Emergency rooms

Does today's surplus mean that the people of Whitbourne can expect emergency rooms back, 465–466

Hospitals

St. Clare's—Can Premier tell us which page of the Health Accord recommends replacing St. Clare's, 579

Medevac services

Is patient's lack of being medevaced and having part of his leg amputated acceptable health care for Labradorians in urgent need, 4996

Provincial Health Authority Act (Bill 20)

Will Premier stand and apologize to the Privacy Commissioner for not consulting his office on this bill, 780

House of Assembly

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5921–5924

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

What will Minister do to implement the recommendations of the Seniors' Advocate, 4843
When does government plan to act on recommendations from the Seniors' Advocate, 4776–4777
Will the Minister commit to showing and soliciting feedback in its plan from the Seniors' Advocate before finalizing the Poverty Reduction Plan, 4780

Opposition

Recounting tenor of past House relations, 1772–1773

Hurricane Fiona

Comments on, 31
When is Minister going to be able to get answers for people so they can begin to move forward with their lives, 901
Why is it taking so long for people to get the relief they need to rebuild their lives, 2345

Hydro Corporation Act, 2024 (Bill 33)

Notice of motion, 1107
Second reading, 5476–5477, 5481–5484
Committee, 5485–5487, 5488, 5489, 5490, 5492–5493

Independent Churchill River Negotiation Oversight Panel

Initial Quarterly Report - March 2025—Tabled, 6992

Industry, Energy and Technology

Bay du Nord

Will government commit that construction work will be done in the province by Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, 359
Will government ensure that the majority of construction jobs on the FPSO are located in this province so that when the vessel sets sail, it leaves the shores of our province rather than that of foreign countries, 359
Will Minister ensure that labour is engaged and satisfied before he finalizes the benefits agreement, 360

Broadband

When will there be an announcement on Internet coverage, 2943

Bull Arm Fabrication Site

Urging government to expedite the process to get the site back in operation, 48, 523–524, 2948, 3649, 4300, 5109

Cellphone service

Urging government to account for the diminished services throughout the District of Bonavista and announce their plan to improve cellphone coverage through the district and province, 3113
Urging government to formulate a plan to improve Wi-Fi and cell service issues throughout the District of Placentia West - Bellevue, 5766–5767, 6611, 7041
Urging government to request upgrades and repairs to existing towers and equipment to enhance and improve the quality of cellular service from the Goulds to St. Shott's, 4304–4305, 5286–5287
Urging government to work and partner with various cellular providers and telecommunication officials to stabilize and improve the cellphone service within the region of Harbour Main, 525–526, 1471–1472, 3212–3213, 4301–4302, 6857

Come By Chance Refinery

Acknowledging Braya's new era and 50 years in the community, 4285–4286
Comments on, 1774, 4394–4396

Electricity

Has the Minister asked Newfoundland Power not to cut electricity to families and individuals unable to afford the exorbitant power bills, 6792

Energy needs

How will Minister ensure that the power needs of Labrador and the province are secured before any deals are signed with Quebec, 3110–3111

Fluorspar Mine

How will government keep this asset viable over the winter months, 247
What is government doing to protect the jobs on the Burin Peninsula, 246–247

Fuel

Is government okay with the fact that we've almost run out of fuel on several occasions, 3203
Shouldn't we be holding both the companies and the Public Utilities Board to account, 3203
What has government done to ensure that we don't run out of propane this winter, 3204

Fuel shortage

What has government done to ensure the province does not experience a fuel shortage, 3038

Mel Woodward Cup

Minister congratulates winner of 2023 Mel Woodward Cup, Notch Embedded, 1551

Mineral Incentive Program

Junior Exploration Assistance Performance Measures Evaluation 2019-20 to 2021-22—Tabled, 1107
Junior Exploration Assistance Performance Measures Evaluation 2022-23—Tabled, 6923–6924
Junior Exploration Assistance Performance Measures Evaluation 2023-24—Tabled, 6923–6924

Mining

Minister highlights impact of industry and future opportunities, 1331–1332
Prospectors and Developers Convention—Comments on, 3579
What is government's plan to have secondary processing as part of the contract and obligations to make sure minerals are processed secondarily in this province, 3256–3257
Where is the plan to add electrical capacity to make it possible to mine in this province, 3256

Nalcor Energy

How many charges have been laid, civil action initiated, and/or pink slips handed out at Nalcor since serious matters were brought to light, 475

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Strategic Plan 2023-2025—Tabled, 1345

Offshore safety

Why did this government ignore the recommendations in the Wells report and when will they enact this recommendation for worker safety, 6922

Oil and Gas Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador

Strategic Plan 2023-2025—Tabled, 1345

Oil exploration

Can Minister see the damage that government is doing to the oil and gas industry, 3249–3250
Is Minister surprised that Equinor walked away, 3250
When is Minister going to turn oil exploration around, 3249
Will Minister admit that government's anti-oil agenda has driven exploration out of the province, 3248–3249

Renewable energy

Urging government to institute an immediate delay on all renewable energy projects until enactment of the comprehensive legislation, 5281–5285

Small businesses

How is it possible that woman who received grant now owes province money due to overassessment, 4936–4937

Small Business Week and Co-op Week

Recognition of, 2519–2520

Tacora Resources

Will department ensure that small businesses and workers in Labrador West who are owed up to millions of dollars will be supported, 2678–2679

Terra Nova FPSO

Are we now redoing work which was supposed to be completed overseas, 1733–1734
Comments regarding equity stake, 1774
Does Premier have any assurance that Suncor will not ship the Terra Nova off again to have work done which could be completed by Newfoundlanders and Labradorians here, 1734
How much of a hole will delay in timelines put in our provincial budget, 1735–1736
Less than 30 per cent publicly funded, 1773–1774
When will vessel return to production, 1735

Upper Churchill

Will government commit that any deal will be fully debated in the House before ratification, 3101
Will government commit that any deal will be referred to an independent panel of experts for robust review, assessment and analysis as recommended by Justice LeBlanc, 3101
Will Labrador West's needs be prioritized in negotiations with Quebec on the Upper Churchill, or are we going to be on the outside looking in, 1343

Wind energy

Based on Premier's friendship with Mr. Risley and Brendan Paddick of World Energy GH2, how can he stay behind an ethical wall when meeting with the company, 4995
Did Premier recuse himself from Cabinet decision, 578
Did the former chair of Nalcor have access to insider information on wind generation while at Nalcor, 894
Does Premier intend to meet with Masdar when they visit this province, 4993
Does Premier really believe there is not at least an appearance of conflict of interest in this situation, 464–465
Is billionaire's hunting lodge where the deal was struck, or is this the biggest coincidence in Newfoundland and Labrador history, 464
Is it ethical or is it a conflict of interest for the Premier to be holding meetings to facilitate an agreement, 4994
Urging government to not approve wind farm project on the Port au Port Peninsula as the potential negative impacts outweigh any of the positives outlined in proposal, 792
Urging government to reject Phase 1 of the World Energy GH2 project and complete an environmental impact study on the World Energy GH2 project as one to ensure the complete project is evaluated and the environmental study is not circumvented, 477–478, 528–529
Was the former chair of Nalcor in a conflict of interest, 895
What assurances can Minister provide and what mechanisms will be put into place to ensure the people of Newfoundland and Labrador that their collective interests will be protected as it relates to site remediation, 2680–2681
What frameworks have been developed to ensure communities receive maximum local benefits for employment and financial considerations, 3852–3853
Why haven't details concerning the project been released, and how can we be sure that government is ethical and transparent with the green hydrogen project, 520
Will government make sure that benefits agreements are in place with local communities impacted by developments, 3853

Interim Supply Act, 2023 (Bill 21)

Committee, 1120–1122

Interim Supply Act, 2024 (Bill 63)

Committee, 3579–3582, 3587–3590

Interim Supply Act, 2025 (Bill 105)

Committee, 6699–6701

Justice and Public Safety

Child Support Enforcement

Urging government to review 30-day window for payment regulation to assure this critically needed payment is received at the first of the month, 2581

Fine options

How many more years are going to go by before government takes action on the uncollected fines, 6990
Why has the government been unable to collect the more than $50 million in fines owing, 6989

First Voice

Now that the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is taking responsibility, will the Minister, in the spirit of reconciliation, implement the recommendations made by the recent First Voice report, 470–471

Labrador Affairs

Resources

When will government own up to the fact that they continue to rape our resources but refuse to share the benefits, 2679

Loan Act, 2024 (Bill 73)

Committee, 4445–4447

Lobbyist Registration Act

Will Premier commit to a fulsome review of the act with a view to increasing accountability and transparency, 520–521

Management of Information Act (Amdt.) and House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act (Amdt.) (Bill 22)

Second reading

Amendment (Hoist—three-month delay)

Debate, 1325–1327

Members' Statements

Birthdays/anniversaries

75th birthday—First child born after Confederation—Roberts, Joseph Cecil—Burgeo - La Poile (District), 4044–4045

Miscellaneous

Hurricane Fiona—Devastation of, 31

Mineral Act (Amdt.) (Bill 59)

Notice of motion, 2991
Second reading, 3119–3121, 3125
Committee, 3126–3127, 3128–3129, 3130, 3131, 3132

Ministerial Statements

Education

Research Inspired Student Enrichment Awards (Rise Awards)

2025—Celebrating winners, 7080

Industry, Energy and Technology

Come By Chance Refinery

Acknowledging Braya's new era and 50 years in the community, 4285–4286

Mel Woodward Cup 2023

Minister congratulates Notch Embedded on award, 1551

Mining

Minister highlights impact of industry and future opportunities, 1331–1332

Small Business Week and Co-op Week

Recognition of, 2519–2520

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Annual report—2023, 5069
Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate (Members), 6093–6099, 6102–6103, 6158–6159, 6160, 6162–6163, 6164–6165, 6166, 6167–6168, 6247, 6324–6325, 6326, 6327–6328, 6350–6352, 6411–6413, 6459, 6467, 6512, 6513, 6515–6521

Ocean Ranger

House to call on government to work with the Government of Canada to repatriate artifacts and records from the Ocean Ranger to St. John's for a permanent exhibit

Debate, 5647–5648

Office of the Premier

Does Premier really believe there is not at least an appearance of conflict of interest in this situation, 464–465
Is billionaire's hunting lodge where the deal was struck, or is this the biggest coincidence in Newfoundland and Labrador history, 464
Who else was on luxury fishing trip, 895–896
Will Premier provide the House the full guest list of the trip to the fishing lodge, and who else was there with him, 779–780
Will Premier table the receipts for his fishing trip with John Risley, 645, 896

Oral Questions

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Income support

Doubling income for Income Support clients would still mean they live below poverty level, 2986

Cost of living

Doubling income for Income Support clients would still mean they live below poverty level, 2986
How does Minister expect families to put a roof over their heads and keep up with all of these high costs of living, 2981–2982
What new measures will Liberal government provide to help those struggling as winter approaches, 2985
Why are we one decade into this government's jurisdiction and we have no poverty reduction strategy, 4779
Why is Premier not taking action to make food more affordable on the North Coast of Labrador, 3782

Finance

Carbon tax

Why hasn't Premier written a letter to the Public Utilities Board asking them to scrap the 5 cent per litre North Atlantic tax, 3783–3784

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

Why does this government continue to refuse to help people stay warm this winter, 6690

Public Assets, Sale of

Have we not learned anything about sole-source contracts, 310

Sugar tax

If Premier won't do anything about the carbon tax, will he do the right thing and cancel the sugar tax, 2938–2939

Tariffs

Given the threat of tariffs, what steps are being taken to help Newfoundland and Labrador businesses expand their trade opportunities to European markets, 5760
What has the minister done to ensure the continued operation of the Come By Chance refinery and Voisey's bay, 6689

Food insecurity

Has government established a targeted food poverty reduction plan, 4838

Health care

Doctors

Will doctors come to our province if they feel they are being disrespected and devalued by Liberal government, 466

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Is Minister aware that people in Western Newfoundland and Labrador have to travel to Grand Falls-Windsor for this appointment, 4838–4839

Emergency rooms

Does today's surplus mean that the people of Whitbourne can expect emergency rooms back, 465–466

Hospitals

St. Clare's—Can Premier tell us which page of the Health Accord recommends replacing St. Clare's, 579

Medevac services

Is patient's lack of being medevaced and having part of his leg amputated acceptable health care for Labradorians in urgent need, 4996

Provincial Health Authority Act (Bill 20)

Will Premier stand and apologize to the Privacy Commissioner for not consulting his office on this bill, 780

House of Assembly

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

What will Minister do to implement the recommendations of the Seniors' Advocate, 4843
When does government plan to act on recommendations from the Seniors' Advocate, 4776–4777
Will the Minister commit to showing and soliciting feedback in its plan from the Seniors' Advocate before finalizing the Poverty Reduction Plan, 4780

Hurricane Fiona

When is Minister going to be able to get answers for people so they can begin to move forward with their lives, 901
Why is it taking so long for people to get the relief they need to rebuild their lives, 2345

Industry, Energy and Technology

Bay du Nord

Will government commit that construction work will be done in the province by Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, 359
Will government ensure that the majority of construction jobs on the FPSO are located in this province so that when the vessel sets sail, it leaves the shores of our province rather than that of foreign countries, 359
Will Minister ensure that labour is engaged and satisfied before he finalizes the benefits agreement, 360

Broadband

When will there be an announcement on Internet coverage, 2943

Electricity

Has the Minister asked Newfoundland Power not to cut electricity to families and individuals unable to afford the exorbitant power bills, 6792

Energy needs

How will Minister ensure that the power needs of Labrador and the province are secured before any deals are signed with Quebec, 3110–3111

Fluorspar Mine

How will government keep this asset viable over the winter months, 247
What is government doing to protect the jobs on the Burin Peninsula, 246–247

Fuel

Is government okay with the fact that we've almost run out of fuel on several occasions, 3203
Shouldn't we be holding both the companies and the Public Utilities Board to account, 3203
What has government done to ensure that we don't run out of propane this winter, 3204

Fuel shortage

What has government done to ensure the province does not experience a fuel shortage, 3038

Mining

What is government's plan to have secondary processing as part of the contract and obligations to make sure minerals are processed secondarily in this province, 3256–3257
Where is the plan to add electrical capacity to make it possible to mine in this province, 3256

Nalcor Energy

How many charges have been laid, civil action initiated, and/or pink slips handed out at Nalcor since serious matters were brought to light, 475

Offshore safety

Why did this government ignore the recommendations in the Wells report and when will they enact this recommendation for worker safety, 6922

Oil exploration

Can Minister see the damage that government is doing to the oil and gas industry, 3249–3250
Is Minister surprised that Equinor walked away, 3250
When is Minister going to turn oil exploration around, 3249
Will Minister admit that government's anti-oil agenda has driven exploration out of the province, 3248–3249

Small businesses

How is it possible that woman who received grant now owes province money due to overassessment, 4936–4937

Tacora Resources

Will department ensure that small businesses and workers in Labrador West who are owed up to millions of dollars will be supported, 2678–2679

Terra Nova FPSO

Are we now redoing work which was supposed to be completed overseas, 1733–1734
Does Premier have any assurance that Suncor will not ship the Terra Nova off again to have work done which could be completed by Newfoundlanders and Labradorians here, 1734
How much of a hole will delay in timelines put in our provincial budget, 1735–1736
When will vessel return to production, 1735

Upper Churchill

Will government commit that any deal will be fully debated in the House before ratification, 3101
Will government commit that any deal will be referred to an independent panel of experts for robust review, assessment and analysis as recommended by Justice LeBlanc, 3101
Will Labrador West's needs be prioritized in negotiations with Quebec on the Upper Churchill, or are we going to be on the outside looking in, 1343

Wind energy

Based on Premier's friendship with Mr. Risley and Brendan Paddick of World Energy GH2, how can he stay behind an ethical wall when meeting with the company, 4995
Did Premier recuse himself from Cabinet decision, 578
Did the former chair of Nalcor have access to insider information on wind generation while at Nalcor, 894
Does Premier intend to meet with Masdar when they visit this province, 4993
Does Premier really believe there is not at least an appearance of conflict of interest in this situation, 464–465
Is billionaire's hunting lodge where the deal was struck, or is this the biggest coincidence in Newfoundland and Labrador history, 464
Is it ethical or is it a conflict of interest for the Premier to be holding meetings to facilitate an agreement, 4994
Was the former chair of Nalcor in a conflict of interest, 895
What assurances can Minister provide and what mechanisms will be put into place to ensure the people of Newfoundland and Labrador that their collective interests will be protected as it relates to site remediation, 2680–2681
What frameworks have been developed to ensure communities receive maximum local benefits for employment and financial considerations, 3852–3853
Why haven't details concerning the project been released, and how can we be sure that government is ethical and transparent with the green hydrogen project, 520
Will government make sure that benefits agreements are in place with local communities impacted by developments, 3853

Justice and Public Safety

Fine options

How many more years are going to go by before government takes action on the uncollected fines, 6990
Why has the government been unable to collect the more than $50 million in fines owing, 6989

First Voice

Now that the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is taking responsibility, will the Minister, in the spirit of reconciliation, implement the recommendations made by the recent First Voice report, 470–471

Labrador Affairs

When will government own up to the fact that they continue to rape our resources but refuse to share the benefits, 2679

Lobbyist Registration Act

Will Premier commit to a fulsome review of the act with a view to increasing accountability and transparency, 520–521

Office of the Premier

Does Premier really believe there is not at least an appearance of conflict of interest in this situation, 464–465
Is billionaire's hunting lodge where the deal was struck, or is this the biggest coincidence in Newfoundland and Labrador history, 464
Who else was on luxury fishing trip, 895–896
Will Premier provide the House the full guest list of the trip to the fishing lodge, and who else was there with him, 779–780
Will Premier table the receipts for his fishing trip with John Risley, 645, 896

Seniors

How did we arrive at growing numbers of seniors struggling, 4777
How many total seniors are expected to be raised above the poverty line with government's Seniors' Well-Being Plan, 4778
What components of Budget 2024 directly help seniors, 4777–4778
Will government accept recommendation to index the Seniors' Benefit to inflation, 4779

Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation

Tourism

How are tourists supposed to get to our province this summer, 1731–1732

Petitions

Digital Government and Service NL

Driver testing

Urging government to reinstate the drivers' road testing in Bonavista to more adequately serve the area's 8,000-plus residents

response, 2833

Environment and Climate Change

Climate change

Urging government to declare a climate emergency, invest substantially in public transit infrastructure province-wide, cease subsidies of oil and gas companies and introduce legislation that bans the advertising for oil and gas companies

response, 4303

Environmental assessment

Urging government to institute a six-month pause, with time extension possibilities, on approving industry projects on the Southwest Coast until the proper cumulative effects assessment studies and meaningful consultations are concluded

response, 2683–2685

Health care

Doctors

Urging government to increase the recruitment efforts so that the residents of the Clarenville area can receive the necessary health care they deserve

response, 5851

Industry, Energy and Technology

Bull Arm Fabrication Site

Urging government to expedite the process to get the site back in operation

response, 48, 523–524, 2948, 3649, 4300, 5109

Cellphone service

Urging government to account for the diminished services throughout the District of Bonavista and announce their plan to improve cellphone coverage through the district and province

response, 3113

Urging government to formulate a plan to improve Wi-Fi and cell service issues throughout the District of Placentia West - Bellevue

response, 5766–5767, 6611, 7041

Urging government to request upgrades and repairs to existing towers and equipment to enhance and improve the quality of cellular service from the Goulds to St. Shott's

response, 4304–4305, 5286–5287

Urging government to work and partner with various cellular providers and telecommunication officials to stabilize and improve the cellphone service within the region of Harbour Main

response, 525–526, 1471–1472, 3212–3213, 6857

Renewable energy

Urging government to institute an immediate delay on all renewable energy projects until enactment of the comprehensive legislation

response, 5281–5285

Wind energy

Urging government to not approve wind farm project on the Port au Port Peninsula as the potential negative impacts outweigh any of the positives outlined in proposal

response, 792

Urging government to reject Phase 1 of the World Energy GH2 project and complete an environmental impact study on the World Energy GH2 project as one to ensure the complete project is evaluated and the environmental study is not circumvented

response, 477–478, 528–529

Justice and Public Safety

Child Support Enforcement

Urging government to review 30-day window for payment regulation to assure this critically needed payment is received at the first of the month

response, 2581

Point of Privilege

Not allowing Members to have advance copies of legislation is an obstruction of Members' duties on behalf of constituents, 4849

Quarry Resources Act (Bill 58)

Notice of motion, 2991
Second reading, 3133–3137, 3143–3144
Committee, 3146, 3147, 3148–3151, 3152, 3153–3154, 3155–3157

Renewable Energy Act (Bill 113)

Notice of motion, 6992

Resolution, Government

House of Assembly

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5921–5924

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate, 6093–6099, 6102–6103, 6158–6159, 6160, 6162–6163, 6164–6165, 6166, 6167–6168, 6247, 6324–6325, 6326, 6327–6328, 6350–6352, 6411–6413, 6459, 6467, 6512, 6513, 6515–6521

Ocean Ranger

House to call on government to work with the Government of Canada to repatriate artifacts and records from the Ocean Ranger to St. John's for a permanent exhibit

Debate, 5647–5648

Resolution, Private Member's

Cost of living

Taxes and fees

Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Debate, 3343–3345

Seniors

How did we arrive at growing numbers of seniors struggling, 4777
How many total seniors are expected to be raised above the poverty line with government's Seniors' Well-Being Plan, 4778
What components of Budget 2024 directly help seniors, 4777–4778
Will government accept recommendation to index the Seniors' Benefit to inflation, 4779

Tabled Documents

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board

Annual Report 2022-23, 2533
Annual Report 2023-24, 5276

Economic Diversification and Growth Enterprises Board

Annual report 2023-2024, 4890

Independent Churchill River Negotiation Oversight Panel

Initial Quarterly Report - March 2025, 6992

Mineral Incentive Program

Junior Exploration Assistance Performance Measures Evaluation 2019-20 to 2021-22, 1107
Junior Exploration Assistance Performance Measures Evaluation 2022-23, 6923–6924
Junior Exploration Assistance Performance Measures Evaluation 2023-24, 6923–6924

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Annual Report 2023, 5068
Strategic Plan 2023-2025, 1345

Oil and Gas Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador

Strategic Plan 2023-2025, 1345

Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation

Tourism

How are tourists supposed to get to our province this summer, 1731–1732

Winding Up of Judgment Recovery (Nfld.) Ltd. Act (Bill 11)

Second reading, 566–568
Committee, 569

PARSONS, HON. PAM (L) (HARBOUR GRACE - PORT DE GRAVE)

Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 56)

Second reading, 3052–3053
Committee, 3059

Bay Roberts

Arts

Madrock Theatre Troupe—Congratulating group on its accomplishments, 4834

Budget 2023

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Estimates

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation, 2042
Women and Gender Equality, 2045, 2046–2047, 2048–2050, 2051, 2052–2056, 2057, 2058, 2059

Budget 2024

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Estimates

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Women and Gender Equality, 4237(42)–4237(44), 4237(45), 4237(46), 4237(47), 4237(48)–4237(51), 4237(52), 4237(53)

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Estimates

Social Services Committee

Concurrence motion, 7278–7282

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Women and Gender Equality, 7369

Butlerville

Arts

Lewis, Jacob—congratulations on winning the 2025 season of Canada's Got Talent, 7419

Change of Name Act, 2009 (Amdt.) (Bill 50)

Committee, 2790

Cost of living

How will government ensure that vulnerable women fleeing domestic abuse receive their cheques rather than their abusers, 44

House of Assembly

Singing

"Ode to Labrador," 6043
"Ode to Newfoundland," 5085–5086, 6043–6044

Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation

Will Premier commit to ensuring his Ministers stop turning a blind eye to the continued harm and address the real causes of Indigenous economic and social marginalization, 4543–4544

Interim Supply Act, 2023 (Bill 21)

Committee, 1131–1134

Interim Supply Act, 2025 (Bill 105)

Committee, 6759–6762, 6864–6867

Justice and Public Safety

First Voice

Why does Minister refuse to say where he stands on the First Voice recommendation to establish a police oversight board, 787

Minister

Instead of defending the Minister and his statements, why does Premier not stand with the people of the province and ask for his resignation, 4113

Sexual assault survivors

Is Minister of Women and Gender Equality concerned that statements made by the Justice Minister will deter victims from reporting abuse, 3861

Labour

Anti-replacement worker legislation

Will the Minister table anti-scab legislation and continue to work to make sure that the scales are truly balanced for workers, 7476

Occupational health and safety

Will the Minister establish a dedicated occupational health and safety clinic, 7477–7478
Will the Minister publish all workplace health and safety inspections on the government website, 7478

Unions

When will this government reintroduce card-check certification to make it easier for workers to unionize, 7476

Members' Statements

Arts

Lewis, Jacob—congratulations on winning the 2025 season of Canada's Got Talent—Butlerville, 7419
Madrock Theatre Troupe—Congratulating group on its accomplishments—Bay Roberts, 4834

Ministerial Statements

Women and Gender Equality

Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)

Supporting equitable government policy, 509–510

International Day of the Girl Child

Recognition of, 88

International Women's Day

Recognition of, 1184, 3635–3636, 6727–6728

National Day of Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ (2023)

Recognition of, 1998–1999

National Day of Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ (2024)

Recognition of, 4530–4531

Provincial Indigenous Women's Reconciliation Council

Recognizing the establishment of a collaborative, ongoing working relationship between Indigenous women and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, 3195–3196

Purple Ribbon Campaign

Launch of campaign and 16 days of activism to end gender-based violence, 5455

Women police officers

Minister recognizes 50th anniversary of women becoming regular members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 4876

WorkplaceNL

Student Safety Video and Radio Ad Contest, 2025—Eli Peach, Darwin Anderson, Jayda Crummey and Mehak Anderson award winners, 7564–7565

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate (Members), 6432–6434, 6435, 6436, 6437

Ocean Ranger

House to call on government to work with the Government of Canada to repatriate artifacts and records from the Ocean Ranger to St. John's for a permanent exhibit

Debate, 5665–5666

Oral Questions

Cost of living

How will government ensure that vulnerable women fleeing domestic abuse receive their cheques rather than their abusers, 44

Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation

Will Premier commit to ensuring his Ministers stop turning a blind eye to the continued harm and address the real causes of Indigenous economic and social marginalization, 4543–4544

Justice and Public Safety

First Voice

Why does Minister refuse to say where he stands on the First Voice recommendation to establish a police oversight board, 787

Minister

Instead of defending the Minister and his statements, why does Premier not stand with the people of the province and ask for his resignation, 4113

Sexual assault survivors

Is Minister of Women and Gender Equality concerned that statements made by the Justice Minister will deter victims from reporting abuse, 3861

Labour

Anti-replacement worker legislation

Will the Minister table anti-scab legislation and continue to work to make sure that the scales are truly balanced for workers, 7476

Occupational health and safety

Will the Minister establish a dedicated occupational health and safety clinic, 7477–7478
Will the Minister publish all workplace health and safety inspections on the government website, 7478

Unions

When will this government reintroduce card-check certification to make it easier for workers to unionize, 7476

Pay equity

Are Minister's statements that pay equity legislation isn't a silver bullet to solve the gender wage gap her way of obstructing the development of regulations and the reset of the legislation, 3520
Have pay equity regulations been implemented in this province, 6920
How does Minister react to Ms. Shortall when she called the legislation woefully inadequate, 471
Was legislation rushed to save government embarrassment or will it improve pay equity, 313
What steps is Minister going to take to restore trust and confidence with pay equity advocacy groups, so as to have meaningful future consultations, 472
When will Minister live up to her Ministerial duties for women and gender equality, 3607
When will recommendation be implemented which recommended that both public and private employers be required to ensure pay equity and pay transparency, 1598–1599
When will we see pay equity legislation fully implemented for true, 7477
Why is government refusing to be accountable to the media and to pay equity groups in our province, 3451
Why is Minister ignoring the need for change to this legislation, 3251
Why wasn't the Federation of Labour given the opportunity to consult on the pay equity bill and will the Minister pull back that bill and properly consult labour, 369
Why won't Minister answer question on whether she will make changes to the legislation, 2149–2150
Why won't Minister take advice from the Provincial Action Network on the Status of Women and have the bill redrafted, 2239
Will changes to the legislation come in this sitting of the House, 3250–3251
Will department listen to advocate for once and for all and redraft the failed legislation, 5373
Will Minister bring in amendments to legislation, 1598
Will Minister bring in any of the recommended legislative changes, 2149
Will Minister do the right thing, listen to stakeholder groups, and let them help rewrite the legislation, 2239–2240
Will Minister listen to ten women's groups concerning the need to improve the legislation, 2239
Will Premier ensure that stakeholder groups are consulted so that legislation will be wide-reaching, well-resourced and proactive, 38
Will women in Newfoundland and Labrador have to wait another five years before they truly achieve pay equity and pay transparency, 2150
Women of this province want to know when there will be pay equity regulations, 6921

Violence

How will government ensure that vulnerable women fleeing domestic abuse receive their cost of living relief cheques rather than their abusers, 44
What funding increases were made in this year's budget to address the gender-based violence epidemic in our province, 1401–1402
What has government done to implement trauma-informed training for all government employees that interact with the public, 308
When will we see a violence prevention plan in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1802
Will Minister commit to further funding the work of Violence Prevention Avalon East, 1402
Without a plan, how will we end gender-based violence in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1688

Women and Gender Equality

Blue Door Program

Does Minister regret standing idly by and letting Blue Door's funding lapse, 362–363
Will Minister commit to reinstating funding for the Blue Door Program, 363

Pay equity

Are Minister's statements that pay equity legislation isn't a silver bullet to solve the gender wage gap her way of obstructing the development of regulations and the reset of the legislation, 3520
Have pay equity regulations been implemented in this province, 6920
How does Minister react to Ms. Shortall when she called the legislation woefully inadequate, 471
Was legislation rushed to save government embarrassment or will it improve pay equity, 313
What steps is Minister going to take to restore trust and confidence with pay equity advocacy groups, so as to have meaningful future consultations, 472
When will Minister live up to her Ministerial duties for women and gender equality, 3607
When will recommendation be implemented which recommended that both public and private employers be required to ensure pay equity and pay transparency, 1598–1599
When will we see pay equity legislation fully implemented for true, 7477
Why is government refusing to be accountable to the media and to pay equity groups in our province, 3451
Why is Minister ignoring the need for change to this legislation, 3251
Why wasn't the Federation of Labour given the opportunity to consult on the pay equity bill and will the Minister pull back that bill and properly consult labour, 369
Why won't Minister answer question on whether she will make changes to the legislation, 2149–2150
Why won't Minister take advice from the Provincial Action Network on the Status of Women and have the bill redrafted, 2239
Will changes to the legislation come in this sitting of the House, 3250–3251
Will department listen to advocate for once and for all and redraft the failed legislation, 5373
Will Minister bring in amendments to legislation, 1598
Will Minister bring in any of the recommended legislative changes, 2149
Will Minister do the right thing, listen to stakeholder groups, and let them help rewrite the legislation, 2239–2240
Will Minister listen to ten women's groups concerning the need to improve the legislation, 2239
Will Premier ensure that stakeholder groups are consulted so that legislation will be wide-reaching, well-resourced and proactive, 38
Will women in Newfoundland and Labrador have to wait another five years before they truly achieve pay equity and pay transparency, 2150
Women of this province want to know when there will be pay equity regulations, 6921

Pay Equity and Pay Transparency Act (Bill 3)

Second reading, 320–323, 350–352
Committee, 393–395, 399, 402–404, 412

Resolution, Government

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate, 6432–6434, 6435, 6436, 6437

Ocean Ranger

House to call on government to work with the Government of Canada to repatriate artifacts and records from the Ocean Ranger to St. John's for a permanent exhibit

Debate, 5665–5666

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) and Income Tax Act, 2000 (Amdt.) (Bill 38)

Committee, 2407–2408

Violence

How will government ensure that vulnerable women fleeing domestic abuse receive their cost of living relief cheques rather than their abusers, 44
What funding increases were made in this year's budget to address the gender-based violence epidemic in our province, 1401–1402
What has government done to implement trauma-informed training for all government employees that interact with the public, 308
When will we see a violence prevention plan in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1802
Will Minister commit to further funding the work of Violence Prevention Avalon East, 1402
Without a plan, how will we end gender-based violence in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1688

Women and Gender Equality

Blue Door Program

Does Minister regret standing idly by and letting Blue Door's funding lapse, 362–363
Will Minister commit to reinstating funding for the Blue Door Program, 363

Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)

Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) supports equitable government policy, 509–510

International Day of the Girl Child

Recognition of, 88

International Women's Day 2023

Recognition of, 1184

International Women's Day 2024

Recognition of, 3635–3636

International Women's Day 2025

Recognition of, 6727–6728

National Day of Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ (2023)

Recognition of, 1998–1999

National Day of Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ (2024)

Recognition of, 4530–4531

Provincial Indigenous Women's Reconciliation Council

Recognizing the establishment of a collaborative, ongoing working relationship between Indigenous women and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, 3195–3196

Purple Ribbon Campaign

Launch of campaign and 16 days of activism to end gender-based violence, 5455

Women police officers

Minister recognizes 50th anniversary of women becoming regular members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 4876

WorkplaceNL

Student Safety Video and Radio Ad Contest, 2025-Eli Peach, Darwin Anderson, Jayda Crummey and Mehak Anderson award winners, 7564–7565

PETTEN, BARRY (PC) (CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH)

Answers to Questions For Which Notice Has Been Given

Finance

Carbon tax—What province is doing, 4576

Budget

Urging government to initiate a process and allocate the required time and resources to allow elected Members the opportunity to review budgets and question appropriate senior staff of government agencies, boards, commissions and other similar entities on an annual basis

Amendment

Debate, 4224–4227

Budget 2023

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 1515–1520
Non-confidence motion

Moved, 1520
Debate, 1521–1537
Sub-amendment

Debate, 1749–1755

Estimates

Social Services Committee

Concurrence motion, 2137(11)–2137(16)

Budget 2024

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 3967–3972
Non-confidence motion

Moved, 3972–3988
Sub-amendment

Debate, 4173–4179

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 7110–7115
Non-confidence motion

Moved, 7115
Debate, 7115–7129
Sub-amendment

Debate, 7462(1)–7462(7)

Burials and funerals

After seven years and disgraceful treatment of human remains, why has nothing been done, 3641
After ten months, why can't we offer people a proper burial, 5269
Are rates going to increase or are we going to leave them at $2,300 and leave them in the coolers, 3725
Can Minister provide an update on how many unclaimed bodies are currently in cold storage units, 4840
Did Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development make Minister of Health and Community Services aware of the situation when he found out, 3662
Did officials know what was going on and neglect to tell you, 3641
Given the scathing report from the Chief Medical Examiner that identified space and infrastructure deficiencies, would the Minister like to correct his answer, 3640–3641
Has government made any additional financial arrangements for families to secure proper burial for their loved ones, 4840
Has Minister not asked about the capacity of the morgue, 3664
Have extra resources been put forth to try to give people a proper, respectful burial, 4841
How many bodies are in the parking garage at the Health Sciences Centre, 5267–5268, 5269
How many unclaimed bodies are actually inside the morgue at the Health Sciences Centre, 3663
How many unclaimed bodies are there across the province, 3726
Is it accurate to say that the outside containers are solely for unclaimed bodies, 3664
Is Minister concerned about the situation, or is he going to pass it off to officials, 3663–3664
Is Minister going to provide people with a proper burial, 4842
Is the hospital morgue at capacity today, 3663
What is Minister going to do with these unclaimed bodies, 4842
What is Minister's plan for the bodies, 3727
When will Minister commit to giving bodies a decent burial, 3727
Who is responsible for the bodies, 3726
Why did Minister become aware of containers full of bodies piling up in the parking lot of the Health Sciences Centre by a CBC report, if department officials were already aware, 3662
Why is government refusing to help address barriers to proper burial and get whatever legislative requirements needed in place, 4843
Will Minister commit that these people will get a respectful burial as soon as possible, 3727
Will Minister take action on the rates of assistance for funerals, given the increase in the cost of living, 3724, 3725

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Newfoundland and Labrador Act (Amdt.) (Bill 90)

Second reading, 6902(19)–6902(22)

Amendment (Referral to a Committee)

Moved, 6902(22)
Debate, 6902(22)–6902(23)

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Foster families

Recognizing October as National Foster Family Month, 2935

Conception Bay South (District)

Arts

Tilly the Too-Tall Clover book launch—Ida Linehan Young and Emma Dooley, 7078–7079

Awards, miscellaneous

Presentation of 75th Anniversary of Confederation Medal to 17 residents, 5683–5684

Conception Bay South (Town)

Arts

Music NL awards—Acknowledging winners from Conception Bay South, 725–726
Theatre CBS—congratulations for their remarkable achievements, 7609–7610

Business/entrepreneurship

Bright Business Achievement Awards, 11th Annual, 509
Bright Business Achievement Awards, 12th Annual, 2931
Bright Business Achievement Awards, 13th Annual, 5091–5092

Education

Research Inspired Student Enrichment Awards (RISE Awards)—2023—Congratulating two students, 1997–1998

Municipalities

Citizen of the Year—Taylor, Norine, 1727

Sports/recreation

Baseball

CBS Kiwanis Minor Baseball Association—Jays Care Foundation, Field of Dreams, 7417–7418

Hockey

38th annual Darryl Reid Memorial Hockey Tournament, 5358
Canadian National Blind Hockey Team player—Joy, Brandon, 4473
SAM'S JAM 2nd Memorial Street Hockey Tournament, 4683–4684

Cost of living

Given flawed cost of living rebate, does consultation work better before or after government makes a decision, 89
What does government say to people who are living paycheque to paycheque, 2673
Why did it take bad polling numbers for Premier to take action on the cost of living crisis, 36
Why do Liberals continue to force people in rural communities to pay more, 513
Why hasn't government learned from mistakes of the past, 37
Why is government allowing children to go to school hungry, 2523
Why is government continuing to turn its back on the most vulnerable in the province, 2523
Will Minister bring forward action to end child hunger, 2524

Education

Assessments

How is it acceptable for parents to be told there is at least a 2½-year wait to see a developmental pediatrician, 6845, 6846, 6847
Will parents who pay for private assessments be reimbursed, 6848

Child care

Did Premier get a commitment from the Prime Minister to increase the number of staffed child care spaces in this province, 1190
Does Minister agree with colleague from Mount Scio that it is almost impossible to find child care, 1191
Does Minister feel that rollout of the new wage grid plan is going very well, 1191
Does Minister still think his plan is working very well, 1556
How is the discovery for some early childhood educators that they will be paid less on the province's new wage grid and not get a raise for at least three years going to help with recruitment and retention, 1556
How many childhood educators are being trained in Newfoundland and Labrador today, 1095
Is Minister going to wait for another human rights complaint before he orders an appropriate accommodation for these families, 1597
Is Minister saying that segregation, not inclusion, is the way forward on $10-a-day child care, 1596
Is Minister's solution to the child care crisis to insult operators and pay staff less, 1240
Minister highlights actions to increase access to affordable child care, 2978
Urging government to immediately take the necessary action to ensure that accessible child care is as much available as it is affordable, 2296–2297
Was Minister misinformed or did he misinform the House, 1238–1239
What has changed, given that government is requiring each operator to provide audited financial statement, 1557
What has government done to address the unique challenge of shift workers who often work 12-hour days, 2289
What is government doing to remove barriers for our health care workers and parents who wish to return to work, 1097
What is Minister doing to reverse the injustice of children thrown out of daycares due to lack of staff and inclusion workers, 1595
What is Minister doing to reverse the injustice to ensure parents of children with autism can avail of early childhood education, 1595
What is the benefit of $10-a-day child care if you can't access it, 2288
What message does issue send to newcomers and parents of children with exceptionalities, 1597
What's the hang-up, if government has had the wage grid report since October, 1190
When will we see enough staff to meet the demand for child care in our province, 1189–1190
Where are the 6,000 spaces that government was going to create, 1095
Why are staff still waiting for the recruitment and retention incentive while operators are not being consulted, 1096
Why does Minister think it fair that Newfoundland daycare operators are going to be paid a lower rate than home-based centres, 1555
Why has government failed 86 per cent of the families in this province who are desperately looking for child care, 2288
Why is colleague continuing to blame operators for his failures, 1190–1191
Why is Minister blaming child care operators in this province for his failures, 1239
Why is this Minister and government in denial about the child care crisis, 1192
Will Minister admit to the House and the province that we have a child care crisis in the province, 1193
Will Minister convene an urgent meeting with the operators' association and apologize, 1239
Will Minister make the necessary changes to the policy to ensure children with autism are not left behind, 1596
Will Minister stand and apologize to the operators he insulted last week, 1237, 1238
Will Premier and government admit that today's announcement with the Prime Minister was smoke and mirrors and without a single child care space created, 1192

Class sizes

Are we going to wait another seven years or is the current system working very well, 304–305
When can we expect to see action on changes in class sizes, 304
When will Premier table a plan to implement recommendations for class caps, 305

Early childhood education

Government advances work on early childhood education, 463

Memorial University

Does government still have confidence in the president of Memorial University, 1038, 1341–1342
Does Premier have full confidence in the leadership of the university, 1039
Faculty of Medicine—2024 recipient of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada Rural Medical Education Award, 4529–4530
If no one saw a problem in the past few years, what makes Minister believe that now they'll be champions of change, 2983
If Premier and Minister are so concerned about the plight of our students, why couldn't they attend the Memorial University Student Union's meeting, 1736
Is government going to turn away before they admit their mistake in cuts to funding, 1737
Is Minister concerned about the high level of turnover at Memorial University, 1342
Is Minister worried that international students who can't find housing or a family doctor will turn away from Memorial University, 1738
What is Minister going to do to address the out-of-control spending, 2751
What is Minister going to do to change the culture of entitlement at the university, 2982
What is Minister's plan to deal with Auditor General's recommendations on a go-forward basis, 2750
What is one specific action that Minister is going to take regarding alcohol and gifts being billed to taxpayers, 2751
When is Minister going to start representing students versus defending the elite at the university, 2825
When is Minister or Premier going to take action to protect the students and clean house, 2983
Why are students being forced to pay for the failure of government to reign in spending, 2823
Why are students still suffering while everyone else at the university is living high on the hog, 2824
Why does government force students to pay for the administrative bloat at the university, 2825
Why does Minister think the same executive team at the university is able to change, 2982
Why does Premier blame the university for tuition doubling when the Liberal government has been making cuts ever since they came to office, 1685
Why have government ignored university's spending, while slashing the operating grant and increasing tuition, 2752
Why is Minister refusing to condemn the behaviour of spending on chocolates, liquor, limousines and oil changes, 2823
Why is Premier so eager to slash the university's budget and jack up tuition before the Auditor General reviewed the university, 1686
Will Premier admit that the massive decline in student enrollment is due to the Liberal government tuition increase, 1686
Will Premier admit the chaos at the university has occurred on his watch, 1685
Would Minister admit that the Liberal government made a mistake with the $68 million cut, 1737

Planning

Where is the long-term vision and political will for education, 1802

Premier's Award for Teaching Innovation

Nominations open for, 2283–2284

School buses

Is forcing children to walk to St. Andrew's Elementary school, often without sidewalks, how we welcome newcomers to the province, 1461
Is Minister waiting to lose another human rights complaint before taking action, 1461
Why is Minister refusing to help newcomers who do not have transportation to St. Andrew's Elementary School, 1460

Schools

Children need action on Frank Roberts Junior School, 4883
Given that government has known about issues for years, why haven't they done anything about the Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2145–2146
Given that he refused to attend the rally last week to hear concerns about Frank Roberts Junior High School first-hand, will Minister commit to attend a town hall with community stakeholders to answer their questions, 2436
Has any testing been done on the air purifiers that have been installed in schools, and where can parents access those reports, 4884
Has the Minister opened an investigation into conditions at Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2235
If Minister is so secure in his beliefs, could he come to the town hall, 2437
Urging government to make immediate improvements to Frank Roberts Junior High School while planning for a new school, 2349–2350, 2491–2492
What about overcrowding, lack of a cafeteria, and mice and rats running wild at Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2339
When will parents and students at Frank Roberts Junior High School finally get the new school they deserve, 4882
Where does Frank Roberts Junior School rank on the priority list, 4884
Why are children being forced to go to school in conditions such as at Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2235
Why are there two different voices regarding Frank Roberts Junior High School and which is correct, 2339
Why hasn't anything been done about the deplorable conditions at Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2145, 2147
Why isn't new school announced in budget, 2147
Why not order an independent review of Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2437–2438
Why was Frank Roberts Junior High School not included in this year's budget, 4883
Will Minister come to the town hall before the school bell rings, 2482
Will Minister commit to a full, independent, structural and environmental assessment of Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2338
Will Minister commit to an independent investigation and public report into concerns regarding Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2338
Will Minister go and tell the parents and students of Frank Roberts Junior High School what he's telling us here, 2483
Will Minister join Member at a public town hall to hear concerns from parents about Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2482
Will Premier get his facts straight about Member's correspondence concerning Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2483

School safety

Does Minister feel that the Safe & Caring Schools policy is doing enough to address the root causes of violence in our schools, 1038
What long-term measures are being taken to protect children in our schools, 1037

Student assistants

Can Minister update the House on efforts to get eight-year-old boy from Howley back in the classroom, 1961
Is Minister worried about the message that department is sending children and families who have children with exceptionalities, 1962, 1963
Is Premier aware of the student assistant challenges, 1961

Substitute teachers

Are we going to have to wait seven years for a resolution, 241–242
Does Premier believe that the new practice is the best practice, 189
Is Premier going to let this mess drag on for another seven years, 303
What consultations were held for the new system, 188
Why does Premier take Minister seriously when he says the system is working well, 303–304
Why is Premier allowing his Minister to dismiss concerns raised by parents about the SmartFind program, 240

Teachers

After stinging indictment of his leadership, how is Minister going to repair the relationship with the province's teachers, 1801
Does Minister feel that the human resource crisis in our schools is contributing to the problem of violence in our schools, 1038
Is payroll mess related to the integration of the school district into the department, 302
What is plan for teachers who are having problems getting paid, 302
Why doesn't Minister take action to address teacher shortages in Labrador West, 1801

Electrical Power Control Act, 1994 (Amdt.) and Public Utilities Act (Amdt.) (Bill 34)

Second reading, 2370–2371
Committee, 2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376–2377, 2381

Environment and Climate Change

Climate change

Urging Government of Canada to immediately repeal the carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Regulations

Debate, 2687–2690

Essential Ambulance Services Act (Bill 24)

Committee, 1011–1013, 1015, 1020

Amendment—Clause 6(2)

Moved, 1013

Amendment—Clause 7

Moved, 1015

Finance

Carbon tax

Comments in Budget 2024 debate, 4175
Does Premier stand by Minister's statements on carbon tax, 90
Who administers the carbon tax on fuel in Newfoundland and Labrador, 241
Why does Minister feel that more taxes like the sugar tax or carbon tax will help them, 2674
Why is Premier planning to increase the cost of home heating oil again by adding the carbon tax, 512
Will carbon tax increase on home heating fuel help keep more seniors at home or force them out in the cold, 90
Will Premier axe the carbon tax on gasoline and diesel, 188
Will Premier repeal legislation supporting a carbon tax, 242
Will Premier repeal the carbon tax on fuel to Newfoundland and Labrador, 241
Will the carbon tax be charged on home heating oil in 2023, 185

Home heating

Does Premier stand with his six Liberal cousins or does he stand with the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, 187
How will Liberals let the cost of home heat fuel rise, 91
Will carbon tax increase on home heating fuel help keep more seniors at home or force them out in the cold, 90
Will Premier table letter from federal Environment Minister confirming that the cost of home heating fuel will jump by 20 per cent, 186
Will the carbon tax be charged on home heating oil in 2023, 185

Sugar tax

Why does Premier refuse to axe the sugar tax and the carbon tax, 512

Tariffs

Has the government replaced the $22-million contract with Teledoc, 6686–6687
What US-based heath care contracts have been replaced with Canadian vendors so far, 6685–6686

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Crab

Why has Premier turned his back on our billion-dollar crab fishery, 1683
Why is the lifeblood of rural Newfoundland not as important as meeting with John Risley, 1684
Will Premier finally convene a meeting of both parties to try to get crab fishery going, 1684

Future Fund Act (Bill 5)

Committee, 153–155

Amendment—Clause 2

Debate, 235(14)–235(15)

Health care

Ambulance

How will legislation improve the working conditions for these workers, 949

Autism

What is Minister doing to reverse the injustice to ensure parents of children with autism can avail of early childhood education, 1595
Will Minister make the necessary changes to the policy to ensure children with autism are not left behind, 1596

Budget

Will Minister commit to bringing Mr. Diamond in to answer questions on operational issues for Estimates, 4053

Cancer

Daffodil Month—Acknowledgement of, 4046–4047
How many more hundreds of cancer patients are going to have to leave the province before government fixes the retention problem, 3033
On what date will implementation plan be announced, and what date will the cut-off be actually lowered for breast cancer screening, 4781
What does Minister say to a senior citizen frightened for her life because she cannot access timely cancer care, 4537
What is the plan to ensure sufficient new, up-to-date equipment will be in place for proper testing once another 34,000 people become eligible for testing, 4782
What is the plan to ensure sufficient personnel are in place to handle expanded workload from potentially 34,000 more clients or will more clients simply mean longer waits, 4781
When is the Liberal government going to start providing cancer care at home, 3032
When will patients not receiving care within the 28 day national standard stop, 3033
When will there be a plan so women 40 and over can avail of breast cancer screening, 4780
Why did decline in accessing timely radiation therapy happen, 4536
Will Minister confirm that new cancer clinic in Corner Book will not open in June, 3642
With such a high level of cancer in our province, how is it acceptable that only 57 per cent of patients received treatment in the recommended timeline, 4536

Crisis, Health Care System

Are comments of health services manager in Central indicative of a larger, systemic problem in our health care system, 5306
Are doctors leaving the province after eight months the future of health care in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5266
Are emergency room closures and doctors leaving rural Newfoundland and Labrador the Premier's big reset, 34–35
Does it make sense to the Premier that someone cannot see a doctor in his local clinic, but must travel out of town to a clinic down the coast, 5267
Does Premier endorse Prince Edward Island recruitment event, 3397
How can the government justify its silence while primary health care services in Lewisporte erode, 7217
How is virtually everything getting worse under Premier's leadership, 466–467
Is a lack of clinics and emergency rooms the future of rural health care in Newfoundland and Labrador, 5306
What are people in rural Newfoundland supposed to do when emergency departments on are on diversion or closed, 4568
When can the people of CBS expect an urgent care centre to be open, 7337
When is Minister going to understand that recruitment starts with retention, 4537
Where is the urgent care centre for Lewisporte, 7216
Why can private agencies get staff and government cannot, 6537
Why does Premier continue to ignore the health crisis facing Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, 579–580
Why don't we have a health human resources plan, 6535
Why has it taken seven years for government to realize that health care is in crisis, 34
Why is Prince Edward Island holding a large health care professional recruitment event here in St. John's, 3397

Doctors

Are doctors who describe being mistreated, spoken down to and yelled at describing a respectful and collaborative workplace, 5841
Can Minister confirm that the internist recruited for St. Clare's lasted only one week and then quit, 5753–5754
Does Minister believe that recruiting just one physician is a success story, 3782
How many physicians were recruited on the trip to Ireland, 3781
Is the recruited doctor who quit after one week required to pay back incentives, 5754
Where is the one physician recruited from Ireland, 5753
Why did government ignore letter from internist outlining urgency of issues of workload and lack of supports, 5754
Why haven't the two family physicians been reappointed to practice in Lewisporte, 7568, 7569
Will doctors come to our province if they feel they are being disrespected and devalued by Liberal government, 466

Emergency rooms

Does Premier agree with the fit-to-sit program, 5137
Does today's surplus mean that the people of Whitbourne can expect emergency rooms back, 465
How can it be allowed that a pregnant woman is forced to sleep on the floor of an emergency room, 3396
Is avoiding a red alert more important than patient care, 5136, 5137
Is the fit-to-sit program the senior-friendly emergency room that the Health Accord has envisioned, 5138
Is the fit-to-sit project the new Minister's strategy to deal with critical ambulance shortages, 5136
Why are ambulance protocols forcing a cancer patient to a facility that cannot help her, 5224
Why are hallways full of sick people still happening under Premier's watch, 91
Why are seniors who come to hospital by ambulance being forced to sit in a waiting room chair, 5135
Why does ambulance transfer policy require woman to go to the nearest facility in Carbonear to be assessed, then proceed to St. John's, if required, 5225
Why is ambulance transfer policy wasting time and resources, not to mention risking patient's health, 5225
Why is government putting policy and cost above patient care, 5226
Will Premier admit that incidents are occurring because they have failed to ensure we have good enough paramedics, 5226

Home care

A 60-year-old gentleman paralyzed from the neck down has been denied 24-hour home care, what does the Minister expect the gentleman to do, 7618

Hospitals

Are fourteen rodent traps and rotting food in a hospital room acceptable to the Minister or will he deflect this as an operational issue, 4051
Are surgical services at Carbonear General Hospital in jeopardy, 5842
Are unclean conditions a more wide-spread problem than was originally thought, 4204
Can Minister advise how many jobs are being cut at the Carbonear General Hospital, 5992
Can Minister clarify comments yesterday that he met with the Chief Executive Officer who also met with the doctors of Carbonear, 5990–5991
Can Minister confirm that positions have been eliminated at Carbonear General Hospital, 5992
Can Minister provide an exact date for when radiation therapy will be available at Western Memorial Hospital, 6786
Can Premier clarify where he or the minister met with surgeons in Carbonear, 5990
Do doctors in Carbonear deserve an answer, 5991
Does Minister think that photos provided by recent surgery patient reflect an appropriate level of cleanliness in the province's biggest hospital, 4051
Do patients and families need to go public in order to shame the government into taking action in our health care system, 4205
Given that psychiatric units at St. Clare's, the Health Sciences Centre, and the Janeway have been turning people away, are they in fact closed, 4480–4481
Government hired a new cancer staff in St. John's, why is Corner Brook continuing to take a back seat, 6786–6787
Has Minister determined what's going on at Carbonear hospital given doctors outlined concerns, 5840
How can Premier commit to building a new hospital if he can't staff the current ones, 733
How many radiation therapists has government recruited for Corner Brook, 3642
How much capacity is left in the children's eye health at Janeway, 7173
If Carbonear General Hospital is a backup to Clarenville, what are patients in Carbonear going to do after December 16, 5843
If families cannot even get an appointment time now, how is all this chaos going to help, 7173
If there is so much capacity at the Janeway, why are parents waiting for months and years and upwards of a 2½ year wait, 7174
Is the government's mind already made up about the decision to move the women's health services to the Janeway, 7172
Is the new hospital project a way for Premier to hand another contract to his Liberal friends, 645
Is today's briefing on the new hospital more damage control, 732
Rather than build a new St. Clare's, why doesn't the Minister invest in cleanup and repair of the Health Sciences Centre, 4052
Should government come up with a redevelopment plan for the Health Sciences Centre, 4206
St. Clare's—Can Premier tell us which page of the Health Accord recommends replacing St. Clare's, 578–579, 732–733
St. Clare's—Was announcement to replace St. Clare's pulled out of thin air or to deflect from Premier's fishing trip, 731
St. Clare's—Why wasn't briefing for replacement of St. Clare's hospital carried out on Monday or last week, 731–732
When is government going to begin a redevelopment of the patient areas in the Health Sciences Centre, 4205
When is government going to stop putting band-aids on the Health Sciences Centre, 4052
When will the West Coast finally get this critical piece of diagnostic infrastructure, a PET scanner in Corner Brook, 7338
Where are patients going to go in the Trinity-Conception region, 5842
Why does it take just six months for St. John's to get a PET scanner but it's going to take 13 years for the people of Corner Brook to get theirs, 7339
Why is government continuing to treat health care professionals in the system by prioritizing new executive office suites, 5840–5841
Why is government not adequately maintaining infrastructure at the Health Sciences Centre to an acceptable standard, 4204
Why is Minister slashing front-line health care at the Carbonear General Hospital, 5992
Will Minister confirm that new cancer clinic in Corner Book will not open in June, 3642
Will Minister tell the general surgeons in Carbonear what the plan is, 5844
Will the delayed opening of the cancer clinic impact the long-promised PET scanner in Corner Brook, 3642

Long-term care

Does government have a real plan, 6918
Dr. Parfrey believes licensing and monitoring of personal care homes should be handled by an entity outside of NLHS, who does have responsibility for oversight, 7035
Has Premier commenced an investigation into Baie Verte situation under the Adult Protection Act, 240
Has there been an investigation completed, 7470
How does government justify leaving seniors and vulnerable patients in these conditions, 6918
How many long-term care beds are closed in this province, 646
How many more years will our seniors have to suffer before action is taken, 6917
How many nursing positions are vacant in long-term care homes, 647
If facility in Grand Falls-Windsor was fully staffed last year, what has happened since then, 734
Is the AG report wrong or is the Minister simply covering for the failures of his predecessor, 7035
Is the government concerned that the meaningful action will be delayed while this report sits on the Minister's desk, 6917
People died, were sexually assaulted or suffered negligence, can the Minister table the department's investigation into these serious events, 7469
Since the release of the AG report what action has the Minister taken to protect our seniors, 7034
What additional safeguards have been implemented in long-term care facilities since recent revelations, 580
What steps is the Minister going to take to provide accountability for what took place under her government's watch, 7470
When is Minister going to provide proactive disclosure about how widespread the abuse is in our long-term care system, 358
When will review of long-term care facilities and personal care homes be completed, 581
When will the people see a detailed action plan from government on long-term care, 6916
Why is Minister failing in his duty to disclose serious events, 580
Why is Minister refusing to direct an investigation under the Adult Protection Act, 357
Will government list compliance reports for homes publicly, just as restaurant reviews are currently posted, 7469
Will Premier direct a full investigation into situation in Baie Verte and ensure this is not taking place in other long-term care facilities, 239

Mental health

Can Minister list those services and what communities they are based in, 7085
Can Minister table an action plan so that the Mobile Crisis Response Team in St. John's won't miss 10 call a month, 6787
Given that the recommendations from the first All-Party Committee on Mental Health and Addictions have not been fully implemented, how can those struggling to access services have any faith that Premier's Liberal government is listening, 4735
Given that timely treatment is critical, why is system failing people, 4483
How is it acceptable that child who had attempted suicide was sent home and told to see their general practitioner, 4481
Is department truly committed to working with the All-Party Committee to address the growing crisis, 4291
Mental Health and Addictions Centre opened, 7029
The Mobile Crisis Response Team has 10 missed calls a month: why is the Minister putting lives at risk, 6602
There are no new community beds, why has government cancelled this, 7084
Urging government to expedite the work of the All-Party Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Addictions and fully include people with lived experience, relevant government departments, professionals in health care, policing, justice, education and social work, community groups, Indigenous communities, faith groups and others who can provide insight to help address the wide array of challenges more effectively so everyone in need has somewhere to turn right away

Notice of motion, 4576
Moved, 4703–4706
Debate, 4720–4723

Urging government to remove privacy laws and incorporate mental health addictions into the mental health act, 3406–3407
What is the point of the new hospital in St. John's, it's brick and mortar, when we are trying to get help in their own communities, how is this new building going to help residents in Labrador and the Great Northern Peninsula, 7085–7086
What recommendations and assistance can Minister provide to the family of the child who attempted suicide, 4481
When is Minister going to address the problems that are outstanding, 4292
When mental health care facility opens, will there be enough staff to operate it, 35
When will department invite individuals to present to the All-Party Committee, 4291
Why are some communities still waiting for the creation of Mobile Crisis Response Teams that were promised in the 2024 budget, 6604
Why are stories of gaps in our mental health care system so common, 4482
Why did the Minister change his mind about new community beds, 7084
Why does Minister not act right away to ensure people with mental health and addictions have somewhere to immediately turn, 4734
Why is it acceptable for the Mental Health Crisis Line to miss calls, 6603
Why is it acceptable to tell individuals with a mental health emergency to call back during regular business hours, 6788
Why is the Mental Health Crisis Line missing 10 calls a month, 6603
Why is the Minister allowing the Mental Health Crisis Line to miss 10 calls a month, 6603–6604
Why is the Minister deliberately ignoring this key recommendation about community beds, 7085
Why was reference to including lived experience and people with specific expertise removed from the Private Member's Resolution on mental health and addictions, 4734
Why were words "expedite," "include," and "right away" deleted from the Private Member's Resolution on mental health and addictions, 4733
Will Minister reply to the people's emails regarding specific situations, 4483
Will Premier blame COVID for the inaction on increasing access to long-term mental health care, 36

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

Can Minister say when the recommendations of the task force regarding MRIs will be implemented, 3603
Does Minister agree with Premier that the wait time for an MRI has gone off the rails, 3512
How could a two-year wait for an MRI resulting in an enlarged tumour happen on the Minister's watch, 3513
How did it get so bad that people have to resort to using GoFundMe to cover costly expenses and the two-year wait times for a simple MRI in our province, 3514
Why can't general practitioners order MRIs in our province, 3603

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS)

Can you confirm that the chief of family medicine for the Central Region does not reside in the province, 7569
Can you confirm that the chief of medicine's clinic in Ontario also provides virtual care in the province, including the Lewisporte area, 7570
Is the Minister not concerned about this potential conflict of interest, are you willing to investigate and get to the bottom of it, 7570
There are currently 8,500 people waiting for an MRI, how many could have been helped if the government hadn't cut the health care budget by $50 million, 6732
There are currently approximately 200 people on the cardiac wait-list, how many of them are still waiting for lifesaving care because of the $50-million cut to health care, 6732
When the government cut $50 million from health care, did you consider the consequences, 6731
Will the Minister reverse this $50-million cut from health care so children can get the treatment they require, 6731–6732

Nurse practitioners

Can Minister confirm that no matter what the service or clinic, people can send the invoice back to government and get reimbursed, 4248
How many nurse practitioners did government recruit, 3783
How many nurse practitioners have been recruited through the Come Home Incentive launched in October 2022, 3782
Is Minister confirming that anyone who goes to see a nurse practitioner and has to pay an invoice just has to send it to government and they will be reimbursed, 4247
Is Minister saying it's fine to pay out of pocket to see a nurse practitioner, 4570
Nurse Practitioner Week

Recognition of, 5404

When are we going to stop forcing seniors to pay out of pocket to access basic primary care, 6985
Why can 811, a private entity, bill government for their services, but not nurse practitioners, 4637–4638
Why can other provinces figure out how to pay nurse practitioners, yet we cannot, 4568
Why can't a nurse practitioner bill the government as doctors do, 4569
Why can't Minister approve nurse practitioners being in the family care model, 4638
Why can't nurse practitioners bill government for their services, 5413
Why doesn't Minister look after the local Newfoundland and Labrador practitioners, 4248
Why is government not allowing practitioners to bill government, instead of passing on the cost directly to patients, 4691
Why is government refusing to allow nurse practitioners to bill government for patient visits, 4569
Why is it acceptable to government that the simple need for stitches may result in hours of driving when a nurse practitioner in the community could address the issue, 4567
Why is recruitment and retention so ineffective with such a large amount of taxpayers' dollars being spent, 3782–3783
Why the double standard with paying for US-based virtual care, 4637

Nurses

After a decade, why are we still in a crisis when it comes to nurse staffing, 6985
Are we not hiring local nurses because travel nurses are preferred, 5370
Based on revelations, does Minister believe there was fraud or criminal misappropriation of funds, 4110
Can Minister clarify how widespread was the practice that seniors and other vulnerable individuals were evicted from housing that was in turn rented to travel nurses at higher rates, 5535
Can Minister clarify what statement concerning the violation of the Public Procurement Act was based on, 5464
Can Minister explain the violation of the Public Procurement Act as regards the leasing to agency nurses, 5412
Can Minister explain why we have agency nurses and other registered nurses doing forced overtime while the Premier says they did a great job in recruitment, 5634
Can Minister provide detailed breakdown of how the $40 million was spent, 4003
Can Minister table the basis of the finding forwarded by the Comptroller General, 4110
Did the Comptroller General's office do a report, or not, 3911
Did the former Minister sign off on leases for travel nurses, 5534
Does it make sense that government will pay someone half as much as a registered nurse while expecting her to do the same duties, and then replacing her with a travel nurse making nine times that amount, 4367–4368
Does Minister acknowledge that paying one nurse six times the rate of others is bad for recruitment and retention, 3857
Does Minister believe that all cancer chemotherapy nurses throughout the province should be paid the same rate, 5062–5063
Does Minister share concerns that staff have about the travel nurses scandal, 5531
Does Minister's silence on the leases for agency nurses have anything to do with the Waterford Valley by-election, 5414, 5415
Does Minister support the statement of his officials that the improper leases were well-intended, 5464
Do Springdale nurse's description of stress, forced overtime and poor quality of life sound familiar to the Minister, 4366
Given that Premier is claiming over 90 per cent of nursing graduates are hired, why is it that only 3 of 121 were offered jobs, 5305
Given the inappropriate leases, can employees inside the health authority violate any policy or guideline as long as they do it openly with no intent to hide their actions, 5533
Given the Premier's nurse recruitment in Dubai, does the Premier have little confidence in his Health Minister and the head of the health authority, 4636
Has Minister directed NL Health Services to take immediate action to recover the $1.7 million that was inappropriately paid out for meals, 4001–4002
Has Minister ordered health authority to recover any monies inappropriately paid to individuals who profited by renting to agency nurses, 5411
Has Minister reached out to learn the basis for these international nurses fearing repercussions for speaking out for themselves, 5694
Has Premier ever met with the Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Health Labs, 3909
Have any of the employees who profited by renting to agency nurses been disciplined or fired, 5411, 5412
Have pay discrepancies between chemotherapy nurses in rural Newfoundland and those in St. John's been corrected, 5061
How can Minister or Premier pay lucrative private agencies but not nurses working here in the system, 3855
How does leaving 100 per cent of recent graduates without job offers fulfill promise of a renewed focus on local talent, 5308
How does Minister justify not offering permanent jobs to newly graduating nurses, 3449
How long did staff of health authority personally profit by renting houses and apartments to agency nurses, 5410
How long were cancelled, inappropriate leases in effect, 5533
How many former health authority employees currently have leases in place, 5532
How many internationally recruited nurses who are still waiting for a job were offered housing instead of a job, 5464
How many internationally-trained nurses are waiting for placement in the province, 6987
How many nurses have already left the system due to attitudes regarding travel nurses, 5307
How many nurses have quit in the last year, 5098
How much did cancelling the inappropriate leases cost the taxpayers, 5531–5532
How much money was inappropriately spent under the leasing scheme, 5463
How much of the additional $40 million that was paid to private travel nurse agencies was for meals, 4002
How much was inappropriately paid out to leases for agency nurses, 5411
If government can spend $100 million per year on travel nurses and spend a fortune to travel the world to recruit new nurses, why are they nickel and diming the nurses we already have, 5062
If Minister did not sign off on leases for nurses, who did, 5465
If the meetings in Dubai were so urgent, why couldn't the Premier sit in front of the computer, as patients accessing virtual care must do, 4636–4637
Is it true that health authority management staff are renting houses to travel nursing agencies for a significant profit, 5370
Is Minister misleading the House or did he fail to provide the legislative oversight of improper leases, 5462
Is the legal advice sought by the health authority the result of the findings of the Comptroller General, 4108–4109
Minister celebrates expansion of the Faculty of Nursing, 3028–3029
National Nursing Week

Recognition of, 7421

Was Liberal lobbyist paid any fees or royalties on these lucrative contracts, 3910
Was Minister aware of the $40 million overspending or do we have to wait for another ATIPP to expose what the government is doing, 3856
We've heard that only retired LPNs or students can work casual, is this correct, 7215
What in this budget addresses the verbal and physical abuse nurses continue to face on the job, 6984
When are solutions coming, 3857
When can the 118 nursing students expect full-time, permanent job offers in Newfoundland and Labrador, 5304
When did Minister sign off on leases, 5461–5462
When did the Minister cancel the government's commitment to eliminate travel nurses, 7520
When is government going to start treating nurses with respect, 5099
When is the Minister going to stop relying on temporary casual contracts, 6985
When will the government stop exploiting student nurses for free labour, 6986
Why are 60 nurses recruited from India not at work, 5634–5635
Why are dozens of nursing students and internationally recruited nurses waiting for permanent full-time job offers, 6536
Why aren't nursing students being offered incentives, 5305
Why are the international nurses not yet hired, 5692–5693
Why are we continuing to use travel nurses at $300 per hour when we are issuing layoffs and slashing positions for nurses and licensed practical nurses who want to work in the region, 5993
Why are we still ignoring the 700 nursing vacancies, 6535
Why are we will sponsoring a soccer team in the United Kingdom and spending millions on recruiting nurses when we have no intention of hiring them, 5694
Why can't government show licensed practical nurses respect, yet can pay travel nurses $300 per hour, 4367
Why did it take so long for an investigation to be initiated into the inappropriate leases, 5533
Why did Liberals recruit international nurses if they have no intentions of hiring them, 5633
Why didn't government listen to nurses who expressed concern about travel nurse costs, terms and effect of morale on the public sector nurses, 3449–3450
Why didn't Minister proactively disclose information about leases back in August, 5463
Why doesn't Minister get the Auditor General report done faster than 18 months, 4111
Why doesn't Minister share concerns of senior health official regarding holding people accountable for inappropriate leases, 5531
Why doesn't Minister stand up and do take appropriate action regarding the leases, 5534
Why do Liberals refuse to address the retention issues in the health system, 3856
Why do we have 60 trained and qualified nurses from India sitting at home when we have 741 vacancies, 5634
Why has government eliminated any monitoring or accountability for private or profit agency nurses, 7520
Why is government doing everything in its power to drive prospective nurses away, 5635
Why is government paying rural nurses less, 5062
Why is government refusing to hire nurses it recruited, 5693
Why is government still failing to offer nursing students a full-time job, 5099
Why is government turning its back on the licensed practical nurse class of 2024, 5635
Why is it that this local nurse can work as a travel nurse at a higher cost to the province but NLHS will not hire her as a casual employee, 7216
Why is Minister giving agency nurses another blank cheque, 7519
Why is Minister still hiring agency nurses instead of putting local qualified nurses to work, 6987
Why is Premier ignoring nursing students by searching for nurses in other countries, 3448–3449
Why wasn't the information regarding the leases for agency nurses disclosed publicly when it was received, 5414
Why was the Auditor General called in, 4111
Why were contracts negotiated through the Chief Executive Officer's personal email, 3910
Why weren't leases in conflict of interest made public, 5370
Why won't government hire the nurses from India who are now fully qualified to work here, 5692
Why won't Minister provide information to the House today, 3910
Why won't Premier apologize for fiasco with travel nurses, 3450
Will Minister commit to directing the Auditor General to prioritize the report, 4002
Will Minister commit to making the Auditor General complete the report now, 4003
Will Minister confirm that the number of nurses leaving the profession show that government's recruitment and retention strategy has been a total failure, 5098
Will Minister order the health authority to publicly disclose the investigation they conducted into the leases for agency nurses, 5413
Will Minister provide Comptroller General's documents to the public and the House, 3911
Will Minister recognize that recruitment is not good without retention, 4367
Will Minister table the letter he received from the Auditor General, 5371
Will Minister table the letter he received from the Comptroller General, along with the files that were passed over to the Auditor General, relating to the private nursing scandal, 4001

Nutrition Month

Recogntion of, 3777–3778

Patient Connect NL

A woman had a near fatal experience while trying to access Patient Connect and receive appropriate care, will the Minister order a review into why the provincial health care system almost cost this young lady her life, 7619–7620

Pharmacy Appreciation Month

Recogntion of, 3596, 6680–6681

Provincial Health Authority Act (Bill 20)

Does Premier agree with Minister that government is riddled with mistakes, 781–782
Does Premier agree with the Privacy Commissioner that rushing this bill risks undue harm to the public, 781
How will Premier assure the people of Newfoundland and Labrador that he won't make any more mistakes, 782
If Premier can't get the details right, how can people of the province trust him to get health care right, 781
Will Premier stand and apologize to the Privacy Commissioner for not consulting his office on this bill, 780

Stuttering

Newfoundland and Labrador Stuttering Association bursaries now available, 5298

Tabled documents

Janeway Eye Clinic Patient Letter, 6739
Pictures from Health Sciences Centre, 4059, 4212

Ultrasound services

Why is Minister ignoring front-line health care workers when they put forward solutions, 6536

Urgent Care Centres

Minister recognizes health transformation through urgent care centres, 4242

Vaccines

Does the Minister support the policy that all shingles vaccinations should be free for everyone 50 and older, 7033, 7034
Urging the government to provide the shingles vaccine free of charge to seniors and individuals living with compromised immune systems

Debate, 6931–6933

Virtual care

Why are Liberals forking over tens of millions of dollars for an American-based virtual physician while local nurse practitioners have to turn away patients, 4247

Well-Being Province

Province declared Canada's first Well-Being Province, 5986–5987

World Family Doctor Day

Recognition of, 4728–4729

Health Research Ethics Act (Bill 64)

Second reading, 5208–5209
Committee, 5210, 5211, 5212, 5213

Highway Traffic Act (Amdt.), City of Corner Brook Act (Amdt.), City of Mount Pearl Act (Amdt.), City of St. John's Act (Amdt.) and Municipalities Act, 1999 (Amdt.) (Bill 55)

Committee, 2886–2887

House of Assembly

Clerk

Appointment of Kim Hawley George

Debate, 7484–7485

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate

Appointment of Linda Clemens-Spurrell

Debate, 113–114

Office of the Citizens' Representative

Appointment of Mr. Bradley Moss as Citizens' Representative

Debate, 7634–7635

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5916–5921
Amendment

Moved, 5919–5920

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Will government commit to implementing recommendation for Seniors' Advocate to receive investigative powers, 3327–3328
Will Minister ask the Seniors' Advocate to review the culture of long-term care homes to ensure this issue is not widespread, 358
Will Premier commit to implementing the recommendations of the statutory review committee that asks for more powers for the Seniors' Advocate, 3328

Questions

Opposition's role to ask, 1751, 1752, 1753

Housing

Are security guards at facility being properly trained to deal with people in mental health and addictions crisis, 4935
Can Minister provide assurance that security guards have sufficient training to do their work, 4936
Can Minister table analysis done by Dept. of Health or medical experts that housing people with complex needs at airport inn in such a restrictive environment away from their families will be conducive to recovery, 4934
Can Minister tell the House where the 750 new homes are in the province, 2721
How many decades will it take to build another 850 homes, 2719
What is the exit strategy for people admitted to the facility, 4935
Where and how long were security guards trained, 4936
Where are the units promised almost a year ago, 2718–2719
Where is the 40-unit residential apartment complex for low-income individuals that government announced a year ago, 2718
Why is Minister giving false hope to 2,800 people on waiting list, 2720

Hurricane Fiona

Comments on, 15
Government support for communities impacted by, 33–34

Industry, Energy and Technology

Bay du Nord

Will government commit that construction work will be done in the province by Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, 358–359
Will government ensure that the majority of construction jobs on the FPSO are located in this province so that when the vessel sets sail, it leaves the shores of our province rather than that of foreign countries, 359
Will Minister ensure that labour is engaged and satisfied before he finalizes the benefits agreement, 360

Come By Chance Refinery

Can Premier update the House on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Occupational Health and Safety investigation, 301–302

Mel Woodward Cup

Minister congratulates winner of 2023 Mel Woodward Cup, Notch Embedded, 1551

Mining

Minister highlights impact of industry and future opportunities, 1332

Nalcor Energy

Can Premier confirm exactly what time on March 24 Brendan Paddick, then Chair of Nalcor Energy, submitted his resignation, 837–838
Was it a coincidence that Mr. Paddick submitted his resignation at 1:44 p.m. on March 24, 2022, less than four hours after Cabinet meeting took place, 838
Will Premier refer Auditor General's audit report to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, 89

Wind energy

Based on Premier's friendship with Mr. Risley and Brendan Paddick of World Energy GH2, how can he stay behind an ethical wall when meeting with the company, 4995
Can Premier confirm exactly what time on March 24 Brendan Paddick, then Chair of Nalcor Energy, submitted his resignation, 837–838
Did Brendan Paddick receive a heads-up about the lifting of the wind moratorium, 838
Did Premier meet with anyone connected with Masdar on this trips to Dubai or Rotterdam, 4992–4993
Did Premier recuse himself from Cabinet decision, 578, 579, 837
Did Premier remove himself from the Cabinet meeting when it was decided to lift the ban on wind energy development, 644
Did the former chair of Nalcor have access to insider information on wind generation while at Nalcor, 894
Does Premier intend to meet with Masdar when they visit this province, 4993
Does Premier really believe there is not at least an appearance of conflict of interest in this situation, 464
Is billionaire's hunting lodge where the deal was struck, or is this the biggest coincidence in Newfoundland and Labrador history, 464
Is it ethical or is it a conflict of interest for the Premier to be holding meetings to facilitate an agreement, 4994
Is Premier's trip to luxury cabin the reason John Risley expressed expectation for the project to get approval, 463–464
Was it a coincidence that Mr. Paddick submitted his resignation at 1:44 p.m. on March 24, 2022, less than four hours after Cabinet meeting took place, 838
Was the former chair of Nalcor in a conflict of interest, 895

Interim Supply Act, 2023 (Bill 21)

Committee, 1137–1140, 1278–1281

Interim Supply Act, 2024 (Bill 63)

Committee, 3467–3472

Interim Supply Act, 2025 (Bill 105)

Committee, 6717–6720

Kelligrews

Birthdays/anniversaries

100th birthday—Elizabeth (Bessie) Nugent, 6908

Lands Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 68)

Second reading, 5585(4)–5585(9)
Committee, 5682(5)–5682(7)

Limitations Act (Amdt.) (Bill 74)

Second reading, 4908–4911

Loan Act, 2023 (Bill 37)

Committee, 2267–2270

Loan Act, 2024 (Bill 73)

Committee, 4438–4442

Management of Information Act (Amdt.) and House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act (Amdt.) (Bill 22)

Second reading, 1360–1365

Amendment (Reasoned amendment)

Moved, 1365
Debate, 1365(1)–1365(8)

Committee, 4651–4655

Medical Act, 2011 (Amdt.) and Psychologists Act, 2005 (Amdt.) (Bill 80)

Second reading, 5125
Committee, 5127, 5128

Medical Act, 2011 (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 83)

Second reading, 5344–5345
Committee, 5568, 5569–5570

Members' Statements

Arts

Music NL awards—Acknowledging winners from Conception Bay South, 725–726
Theatre CBS—congratulations for their remarkable achievements—Conception Bay South, 7609–7610
Tilly the Too-Tall Clover book launch—Ida Linehan Young and Emma Dooley—Conception Bay South, 7078–7079

Awards, miscellaneous

Presentation of 75th Anniversary of Confederation Medals to 17 residents of District of Conception Bay South, 5683–5684

Birthdays/anniversaries

100th birthday—Nugent, Elizabeth (Bessie)—Kelligrews, 6908

Business/entrepreneurship

50th Anniversary Business Recognition Celebration—Conception Bay South, 3441
Bright Business Achievement Awards, 11th Annual—Conception Bay South, 509
Bright Business Achievement Awards, 12th Annual—Conception Bay South, 2931
Bright Business Achievement Awards, 13th Annual—Conception Bay South, 5091–5092
CBDC Outstanding Venture of the Year Award—Emma & Katie's Candy Shop—Conception Bay South, 4198–4199
Fork Restaurant—Gold medal winner of Canada's Great Kitchen Party—Mobile, 2931

Education

Heritage Places Contest—Regular, Chloe and Sánchez, Mariell—Conception Bay South (District), 6529
Research Inspired Student Enrichment Awards (RISE Awards)

2023—Congratulating two students from Conception Bay South, 1997–1998

Military

Dedication ceremony for LAV III monument—Recognizing Canadian Armed Forces who served in Afghanistan—Conception Bay South, 85

Municipalities

50th anniversary of incorporation—Town of Conception Bay South, 2665–2666
Citizen of the Year—Taylor, Norine—Conception Bay South, 1727

Sports/recreation

Badminton

Squash

CBS Hot Shots inclusive squash banquet, 4874

Baseball

CBS Kiwanis Minor Baseball Association—Jays Care Foundation, Field of Dreams—Conception Bay South (Town), 7417–7418

Hockey

38th annual Darryl Reid Memorial Hockey Tournament—Conception Bay South, 5358
Canadian National Blind Hockey Team player—Joy, Brandon—Conception Bay South, 4473
SAM'S JAM 2nd Memorial Street Hockey Tournament—Conception Bay South, 4683–4684

Special Olympics

Congratulating CBS Brightstars on performance—Conception Bay South, 1031

Memorial University Act (Amdt.) (Bill 39)

Second reading, 1925–1932

Ministerial Statements

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Foster families

Recognizing October as National Foster Family Month

response, 2935

Education

Child care

Minister highlights actions to increase access to affordable child care

response, 2978

Early childhood education

Government advances work on early childhood education

response, 463

Memorial University

Faculty of Medicine—2024 recipient of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada Rural Medical Education Award

response, 4529–4530

Nursing

Minister celebrates expansion of the Faculty of Nursing

response, 3028–3029

Premier's Award for Teaching Innovation

Nominations open for

response, 2283–2284

Health care

Cancer

Daffodil Month—Acknowledgement of

response, 4046–4047

Mental Health

Mental Health and Addictions Centre opened

response, 7029

Nurse practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Week

Recognition of

response, 5404

Nurses

National Nursing Week

Recognition of

response, 7421

Nutrition Month

Recogntion of

response, 3777–3778

Pharmacy Appreciation Month

Recogntion of

response, 3596, 6680–6681

Stuttering

Newfoundland and Labrador Stuttering Association bursaries now available

response, 5298

Urgent Care Centres

Minister recognizes health transformation through urgent care centres

response, 4242

Well-Being Province

Province declared Canada's first Well-Being Province

response, 5986–5987

World Family Doctor Day

Recognition of

response, 4728–4729

Hurricane Fiona

Government support for communities impacted by

response, 33–34

Industry, Energy and Technology

Mel Woodward Cup 2023

Minister congratulates Notch Embedded on award

response, 1551

Mining

Minister highlights impact of industry and future opportunities

response, 1332

Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Government recognizes the completion of the Trail of the Caribou

response, 836

Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation

East Coast Music Awards (ECMA)

Celebrating award winners and Newfoundland and Labrador's cultural sector

response, 2140–2141

Transportation and Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Western Memorial Regional Hospital—Minister announces completion of

response, 3322

Procurement strategies

New strategies helping support provincial suppliers and assure sustainability

response, 3657

Tributes

Perlin, John Crosbie

response, 182

Mobile

Business/entrepreneurship

Fork Restaurant—Gold medal winner of Canada's Great Kitchen Party, 2931

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

Procedural Rules of Debate

Debate, 6050–6051

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate (Members), 6500–6503, 6504–6505, 6506
Amendment

Moved, 6506

Nurses Act (Bill 87)

Second reading, 5608–5609

"Ode to Labrador"; "Ode to Newfoundland"

Is government going to intervene regarding the continuation of singing the "Ode to Newfoundland," 2233
Urging government to bring forward legislation to require the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" to be sung at graduation ceremonies at Memorial University's convocation

Notice of motion, 2347–2348
Moved, 2447–2450
Debate, 2469–2471

Urging Memorial University to include the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" in all future convocation ceremonies so that Newfoundland and Labrador's one great university will properly honour the people, the legacy, the beauty, the uniqueness, the potential and the fallen of Newfoundland and Labrador

Notice of motion, 656–657
Debate, 819–821, 830

Will Minister immediately bring legislation to amend the Provincial Anthem Act to include it in all upcoming convocations, 2287
Will Minister or the Premier make it an issue, 2233–2234
Will the Minister direct Memorial University to include the Ode in upcoming convocation ceremonies, 2287

Office of the Premier

Can Premier detail his relationship with Brendan Paddick, 836
Does Premier really believe there is not at least an appearance of conflict of interest in this situation, 464
Ethical wall

Does the ethical wall established in 2023 remain in place, 4992
What ethical walls are in place when dealing with Marco, 646
What is an ethical wall and will Premier table documents outlining each time he uses one, 577

Is billionaire's hunting lodge where the deal was struck, or is this the biggest coincidence in Newfoundland and Labrador history, 464
Is Premier's trip to luxury cabin the reason John Risley expressed expectation for the project to get approval, 463–464
Who else was on luxury fishing trip, 895
Who paid for the Premier's fishing trip, 731
Will Premier provide a full list detailing everyone who joined him during his trip, 511
Will Premier provide the House the full guest list of the trip to the fishing lodge, and who else was there with him, 779
Will Premier put speculation to rest and table his receipts for this trip, 510
Will Premier table the decision or guidance of the Commissioner for Legislative Standards, 511
Will Premier table the receipts for his fishing trip with John Risley, 577, 645, 730, 779, 896

Oral Questions

Burials and funerals

After seven years and disgraceful treatment of human remains, why has nothing been done, 3641
After ten months, why can't we offer people a proper burial, 5269
Are rates going to increase or are we going to leave them at $2,300 and leave them in the coolers, 3725
Can Minister provide an update on how many unclaimed bodies are currently in cold storage units, 4840
Did Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development make Minister of Health and Community Services aware of the situation when he found out, 3662
Did officials know what was going on and neglect to tell you, 3641
Given the scathing report from the Chief Medical Examiner that identified space and infrastructure deficiencies, would the Minister like to correct his answer, 3640–3641
Has government made any additional financial arrangements for families to secure proper burial for their loved ones, 4840
Has Minister not asked about the capacity of the morgue, 3664
Have extra resources been put forth to try to give people a proper, respectful burial, 4841
How many bodies are in the parking garage at the Health Sciences Centre, 5267–5268, 5269
How many unclaimed bodies are actually inside the morgue at the Health Sciences Centre, 3663
How many unclaimed bodies are there across the province, 3726
Is it accurate to say that the outside containers are solely for unclaimed bodies, 3664
Is Minister concerned about the situation, or is he going to pass it off to officials, 3663–3664
Is Minister going to provide people with a proper burial, 4842
Is the hospital morgue at capacity today, 3663
What is Minister going to do with these unclaimed bodies, 4842
What is Minister's plan for the bodies, 3727
When will Minister commit to giving bodies a decent burial, 3727
Who is responsible for the bodies, 3726
Why did Minister become aware of containers full of bodies piling up in the parking lot of the Health Sciences Centre by a CBC report, if department officials were already aware, 3662
Why is government refusing to help address barriers to proper burial and get whatever legislative requirements needed in place, 4843
Will Minister commit that these people will get a respectful burial as soon as possible, 3727
Will Minister take action on the rates of assistance for funerals, given the increase in the cost of living, 3724, 3725

Cost of living

Given flawed cost of living rebate, does consultation work better before or after government makes a decision, 89
What does government say to people who are living paycheque to paycheque, 2673
Why did it take bad polling numbers for Premier to take action on the cost of living crisis, 36
Why do Liberals continue to force people in rural communities to pay more, 513
Why hasn't government learned from mistakes of the past, 37
Why is government allowing children to go to school hungry, 2523
Why is government continuing to turn its back on the most vulnerable in the province, 2523
Will Minister bring forward action to end child hunger, 2524

Education

Assessments

How is it acceptable for parents to be told there is at least a 2½-year wait to see a developmental pediatrician, 6845, 6846, 6847
Will parents who pay for private assessments be reimbursed, 6848

Child care

Did Premier get a commitment from the Prime Minister to increase the number of staffed child care spaces in this province, 1190
Does Minister agree with colleague from Mount Scio that it is almost impossible to find child care, 1191
Does Minister feel that rollout of the new wage grid plan is going very well, 1191
Does Minister still think his plan is working very well, 1556
How is the discovery for some early childhood educators that they will be paid less on the province's new wage grid and not get a raise for at least three years going to help with recruitment and retention, 1556
How many childhood educators are being trained in Newfoundland and Labrador today, 1095
Is Minister going to wait for another human rights complaint before he orders an appropriate accommodation for these families, 1597
Is Minister saying that segregation, not inclusion, is the way forward on $10-a-day child care, 1596
Is Minister's solution to the child care crisis to insult operators and pay staff less, 1240
Was Minister misinformed or did he misinform the House, 1238–1239
What has changed, given that government is requiring each operator to provide audited financial statement, 1557
What has government done to address the unique challenge of shift workers who often work 12-hour days, 2289
What is government doing to remove barriers for our health care workers and parents who wish to return to work, 1097
What is Minister doing to reverse the injustice of children thrown out of daycares due to lack of staff and inclusion workers, 1595
What is Minister doing to reverse the injustice to ensure parents of children with autism can avail of early childhood education, 1595
What is the benefit of $10-a-day child care if you can't access it, 2288
What message does issue send to newcomers and parents of children with exceptionalities, 1597
What's the hang-up, if government has had the wage grid report since October, 1190
When will we see enough staff to meet the demand for child care in our province, 1189–1190
Where are the 6,000 spaces that government was going to create, 1095
Why are staff still waiting for the recruitment and retention incentive while operators are not being consulted, 1096
Why does Minister think it fair that Newfoundland daycare operators are going to be paid a lower rate than home-based centres, 1555
Why has government failed 86 per cent of the families in this province who are desperately looking for child care, 2288
Why is colleague continuing to blame operators for his failures, 1190–1191
Why is Minister blaming child care operators in this province for his failures, 1239
Why is this Minister and government in denial about the child care crisis, 1192
Will Minister admit to the House and the province that we have a child care crisis in the province, 1193
Will Minister convene an urgent meeting with the operators' association and apologize, 1239
Will Minister make the necessary changes to the policy to ensure children with autism are not left behind, 1596
Will Minister stand and apologize to the operators he insulted last week, 1237, 1238
Will Premier and government admit that today's announcement with the Prime Minister was smoke and mirrors and without a single child care space created, 1192

Class sizes

Are we going to wait another seven years or is the current system working very well, 304–305
When can we expect to see action on changes in class sizes, 304
When will Premier table a plan to implement recommendations for class caps, 305

Memorial University

Does government still have confidence in the president of Memorial University, 1038, 1341–1342
Does Premier have full confidence in the leadership of the university, 1039
If no one saw a problem in the past few years, what makes Minister believe that now they'll be champions of change, 2983
If Premier and Minister are so concerned about the plight of our students, why couldn't they attend the Memorial University Student Union's meeting, 1736
Is government going to turn away before they admit their mistake in cuts to funding, 1737
Is Minister concerned about the high level of turnover at Memorial University, 1342
Is Minister worried that international students who can't find housing or a family doctor will turn away from Memorial University, 1738
What is Minister going to do to address the out-of-control spending, 2751
What is Minister going to do to change the culture of entitlement at the university, 2982
What is Minister's plan to deal with Auditor General's recommendations on a go-forward basis, 2750
What is one specific action that Minister is going to take regarding alcohol and gifts being billed to taxpayers, 2751
When is Minister going to start representing students versus defending the elite at the university, 2825
When is Minister or Premier going to take action to protect the students and clean house, 2983
Why are students being forced to pay for the failure of government to reign in spending, 2823
Why are students still suffering while everyone else at the university is living high on the hog, 2824
Why does government force students to pay for the administrative bloat at the university, 2825
Why does Minister think the same executive team at the university is able to change, 2982
Why does Premier blame the university for tuition doubling when the Liberal government has been making cuts ever since they came to office, 1685
Why have government ignored university's spending, while slashing the operating grant and increasing tuition, 2752
Why is Minister refusing to condemn the behaviour of spending on chocolates, liquor, limousines and oil changes, 2823
Why is Premier so eager to slash the university's budget and jack up tuition before the Auditor General reviewed the university, 1686
Will Premier admit that the massive decline in student enrollment is due to the Liberal government tuition increase, 1686
Will Premier admit the chaos at the university has occurred on his watch, 1685
Would Minister admit that the Liberal government made a mistake with the $68 million cut, 1737

Planning

Where is the long-term vision and political will for education, 1802

School buses

Is forcing children to walk to St. Andrew's Elementary school, often without sidewalks, how we welcome newcomers to the province, 1461
Is Minister waiting to lose another human rights complaint before taking action, 1461
Why is Minister refusing to help newcomers who do not have transportation to St. Andrew's Elementary School, 1460

Schools

Children need action on Frank Roberts Junior School, 4883
Given that government has known about issues for years, why haven't they done anything about the Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2145–2146
Given that he refused to attend the rally last week to hear concerns about Frank Roberts Junior High School first-hand, will Minister commit to attend a town hall with community stakeholders to answer their questions, 2436
Has any testing been done on the air purifiers that have been installed in schools, and where can parents access those reports, 4884
Has the Minister opened an investigation into conditions at Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2235
If Minister is so secure in his beliefs, could he come to the town hall, 2437
What about overcrowding, lack of a cafeteria, and mice and rats running wild at Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2339
When will parents and students at Frank Roberts Junior High School finally get the new school they deserve, 4882
Where does Frank Roberts Junior School rank on the priority list, 4884
Why are children being forced to go to school in conditions such as at Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2235
Why are there two different voices regarding Frank Roberts Junior High School and which is correct, 2339
Why hasn't anything been done about the deplorable conditions at Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2145, 2147
Why isn't new school announced in budget, 2147
Why not order an independent review of Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2437–2438
Why was Frank Roberts Junior High School not included in this year's budget, 4883
Will Minister come to the town hall before the school bell rings, 2482
Will Minister commit to a full, independent, structural and environmental assessment of Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2338
Will Minister commit to an independent investigation and public report into concerns regarding Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2338
Will Minister go and tell the parents and students of Frank Roberts Junior High School what he's telling us here, 2483
Will Minister join Member at a public town hall to hear concerns from parents about Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2482
Will Premier get his facts straight about Member's correspondence concerning Frank Roberts Junior High School, 2483

School safety

Does Minister feel that the Safe & Caring Schools policy is doing enough to address the root causes of violence in our schools, 1038
What long-term measures are being taken to protect children in our schools, 1037

Student assistants

Can Minister update the House on efforts to get eight-year-old boy from Howley back in the classroom, 1961
Is Minister worried about the message that department is sending children and families who have children with exceptionalities, 1962, 1963
Is Premier aware of the student assistant challenges, 1961

Substitute teachers

Are we going to have to wait seven years for a resolution, 241–242
Does Premier believe that the new practice is the best practice, 189
Is Premier going to let this mess drag on for another seven years, 303
What consultations were held for the new system, 188
Why does Premier take Minister seriously when he says the system is working well, 303–304
Why is Premier allowing his Minister to dismiss concerns raised by parents about the SmartFind program, 240

Teachers

After stinging indictment of his leadership, how is Minister going to repair the relationship with the province's teachers, 1801
Does Minister feel that the human resource crisis in our schools is contributing to the problem of violence in our schools, 1038
Is payroll mess related to the integration of the school district into the department, 302
What is plan for teachers who are having problems getting paid, 302
Why doesn't Minister take action to address teacher shortages in Labrador West, 1801

Finance

Carbon tax

Does Premier stand by Minister's statements on carbon tax, 90
Who administers the carbon tax on fuel in Newfoundland and Labrador, 241
Why does Minister feel that more taxes like the sugar tax or carbon tax will help them, 2674
Why is Premier planning to increase the cost of home heating oil again by adding the carbon tax, 512
Will carbon tax increase on home heating fuel help keep more seniors at home or force them out in the cold, 90
Will Premier axe the carbon tax on gasoline and diesel, 188
Will Premier repeal legislation supporting a carbon tax, 242
Will Premier repeal the carbon tax on fuel to Newfoundland and Labrador, 241
Will the carbon tax be charged on home heating oil in 2023, 185

Home heating

Does Premier stand with his six Liberal cousins or does he stand with the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, 187
How will Liberals let the cost of home heat fuel rise, 91
Will Premier table letter from federal Environment Minister confirming that the cost of home heating fuel will jump by 20 per cent, 186
Will the carbon tax be charged on home heating oil in 2023, 185

Home heating rebate

Will carbon tax increase on home heating fuel help keep more seniors at home or force them out in the cold, 90

Sugar tax

Why does Premier refuse to axe the sugar tax and the carbon tax, 512

Tariffs

Has the government replaced the $22-million contract with Teledoc, 6686–6687
What US-based heath care contracts have been replaced with Canadian vendors so far, 6685–6686

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Crab

Why has Premier turned his back on our billion-dollar crab fishery, 1683
Why is the lifeblood of rural Newfoundland not as important as meeting with John Risley, 1684
Will Premier finally convene a meeting of both parties to try to get crab fishery going, 1684

Health care

Ambulance

How will legislation improve the working conditions for these workers, 949
Why are ambulance protocols forcing a cancer patient to a facility that cannot help her, 5224
Why does ambulance transfer policy require woman to go to the nearest facility in Carbonear to be assessed, then proceed to St. John's, if required, 5225
Why is ambulance transfer policy wasting time and resources, not to mention risking patient's health, 5225
Why is government putting policy and cost above patient care, 5226
Will Premier admit that incidents are occurring because they have failed to ensure we have good enough paramedics, 5226

Autism

What is Minister doing to reverse the injustice to ensure parents of children with autism can avail of early childhood education, 1595
Will Minister make the necessary changes to the policy to ensure children with autism are not left behind, 1596

Budget

Will Minister commit to bringing Mr. Diamond in to answer questions on operational issues for Estimates, 4053

Cancer

How many more hundreds of cancer patients are going to have to leave the province before government fixes the retention problem, 3033
On what date will implementation plan be announced, and what date will the cut-off be actually lowered for breast cancer screening, 4781
What does Minister say to a senior citizen frightened for her life because she cannot access timely cancer care, 4537
What is the plan to ensure sufficient new, up-to-date equipment will be in place for proper testing once another 34,000 people become eligible for testing, 4782
What is the plan to ensure sufficient personnel are in place to handle expanded workload from potentially 34,000 more clients or will more clients simply mean longer waits, 4781
When is the Liberal government going to start providing cancer care at home, 3032
When will patients not receiving care within the 28 day national standard stop, 3033
When will there be a plan so women 40 and over can avail of breast cancer screening, 4780
Why did decline in accessing timely radiation therapy happen, 4536
Will Minister confirm that new cancer clinic in Corner Book will not open in June, 3642
With such a high level of cancer in our province, how is it acceptable that only 57 per cent of patients received treatment in the recommended timeline, 4536

Crisis, Health Care System

Are comments of health services manager in Central indicative of a larger, systemic problem in our health care system, 5306
Are doctors leaving the province after eight months the future of health care in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5266
Are emergency room closures and doctors leaving rural Newfoundland and Labrador the Premier's big reset, 34–35
Does it make sense to the Premier that someone cannot see a doctor in his local clinic, but must travel out of town to a clinic down the coast, 5267
Does Premier endorse Prince Edward Island recruitment event, 3397
How can the government justify its silence while primary health care services in Lewisporte erode, 7217
How is virtually everything getting worse under Premier's leadership, 466–467
Is a lack of clinics and emergency rooms the future of rural health care in Newfoundland and Labrador, 5306
What are people in rural Newfoundland supposed to do when emergency departments on are on diversion or closed, 4568
When can the people of CBS expect an urgent care centre to be open, 7337
When is Minister going to understand that recruitment starts with retention, 4537
Where is the urgent care centre for Lewisporte, 7216
Why can private agencies get staff and government cannot, 6537
Why does Premier continue to ignore the health crisis facing Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, 579–580
Why don't we have a health human resources plan, 6535
Why has it taken seven years for government to realize that health care is in crisis, 34
Why is Prince Edward Island holding a large health care professional recruitment event here in St. John's, 3397

Doctors

Are doctors who describe being mistreated, spoken down to and yelled at describing a respectful and collaborative workplace, 5841
Can Minister confirm that the internist recruited for St. Clare's lasted only one week and then quit, 5753–5754
Does Minister believe that recruiting just one physician is a success story, 3782
How many physicians were recruited on the trip to Ireland, 3781
Is the recruited doctor who quit after one week required to pay back incentives, 5754
Where is the one physician recruited from Ireland, 5753
Why did government ignore letter from internist outlining urgency of issues of workload and lack of supports, 5754
Why haven't the two family physicians been reappointed to practice in Lewisporte, 7568, 7569
Will doctors come to our province if they feel they are being disrespected and devalued by Liberal government, 466

Emergency rooms

Does Premier agree with the fit-to-sit program, 5137
Does today's surplus mean that the people of Whitbourne can expect emergency rooms back, 465
How can it be allowed that a pregnant woman is forced to sleep on the floor of an emergency room, 3396
Is avoiding a red alert more important than patient care, 5136, 5137
Is the fit-to-sit program the senior-friendly emergency room that the Health Accord has envisioned, 5138
Is the fit-to-sit project the new Minister's strategy to deal with critical ambulance shortages, 5136
Why are hallways full of sick people still happening under Premier's watch, 91
Why are seniors who come to hospital by ambulance being forced to sit in a waiting room chair, 5135

Home care

A 60-year-old gentleman paralyzed from the neck down has been denied 24-hour home care, what does the Minister expect the gentleman to do, 7618

Hospitals

Are fourteen rodent traps and rotting food in a hospital room acceptable to the Minister or will he deflect this as an operational issue, 4051
Are surgical services at Carbonear General Hospital in jeopardy, 5842
Are unclean conditions a more wide-spread problem than was originally thought, 4204
Can Minister advise how many jobs are being cut at the Carbonear General Hospital, 5992
Can Minister clarify comments yesterday that he met with the Chief Executive Officer who also met with the doctors of Carbonear, 5990–5991
Can Minister confirm that positions have been eliminated at Carbonear General Hospital, 5992
Can Minister provide an exact date for when radiation therapy will be available at Western Memorial Hospital, 6786
Can Premier clarify where he or the minister met with surgeons in Carbonear, 5990
Do doctors in Carbonear deserve an answer, 5991
Does Minister think that photos provided by recent surgery patient reflect an appropriate level of cleanliness in the province's biggest hospital, 4051
Do patients and families need to go public in order to shame the government into taking action in our health care system, 4205
Given that psychiatric units at St. Clare's, the Health Sciences Centre, and the Janeway have been turning people away, are they in fact closed, 4480–4481
Government hired a new cancer staff in St. John's, why is Corner Brook continuing to take a back seat, 6786–6787
Has Minister determined what's going on at Carbonear hospital given doctors outlined concerns, 5840
How can Premier commit to building a new hospital if he can't staff the current ones, 733
How many radiation therapists has government recruited for Corner Brook, 3642
How much capacity is left in the children's eye health at Janeway, 7173
If Carbonear General Hospital is a backup to Clarenville, what are patients in Carbonear going to do after December 16, 5843
If families cannot even get an appointment time now, how is all this chaos going to help, 7173
If there is so much capacity at the Janeway, why are parents waiting for months and years and upwards of a 2½ year wait, 7174
Is the government's mind already made up about the decision to move the women's health services to the Janeway, 7172
Is the new hospital project a way for Premier to hand another contract to his Liberal friends, 645
Is today's briefing on the new hospital more damage control, 732
Rather than build a new St. Clare's, why doesn't the Minister invest in cleanup and repair of the Health Sciences Centre, 4052
Should government come up with a redevelopment plan for the Health Sciences Centre, 4206
St. Clare's—Can Premier tell us which page of the Health Accord recommends replacing St. Clare's, 578–579, 732–733
St. Clare's—Was announcement to replace St. Clare's pulled out of thin air or to deflect from Premier's fishing trip, 731
St. Clare's—Why wasn't briefing for replacement of St. Clare's hospital carried out on Monday or last week, 731–732
When is government going to begin a redevelopment of the patient areas in the Health Sciences Centre, 4205
When is government going to stop putting band-aids on the Health Sciences Centre, 4052
When will the West Coast finally get this critical piece of diagnostic infrastructure, a PET scanner in Corner Brook, 7338
Where are patients going to go in the Trinity-Conception region, 5842
Why does it take just six months for St. John's to get a PET scanner but it's going to take 13 years for the people of Corner Brook to get theirs, 7339
Why is government continuing to treat health care professionals in the system by prioritizing new executive office suites, 5840–5841
Why is government not adequately maintaining infrastructure at the Health Sciences Centre to an acceptable standard, 4204
Why is Minister slashing front-line health care at the Carbonear General Hospital, 5992
Will Minister confirm that new cancer clinic in Corner Book will not open in June, 3642
Will Minister tell the general surgeons in Carbonear what the plan is, 5844
Will the delayed opening of the cancer clinic impact the long-promised PET scanner in Corner Brook, 3642

Long-term care

Does government have a real plan, 6918
Dr. Parfrey believes licensing and monitoring of personal care homes should be handled by an entity outside of NLHS, who does have responsibility for oversight, 7035
Has Premier commenced an investigation into Baie Verte situation under the Adult Protection Act, 240
Has there been an investigation completed, 7470
How does government justify leaving seniors and vulnerable patients in these conditions, 6918
How many long-term care beds are closed in this province, 646
How many more years will our seniors have to suffer before action is taken, 6917
How many nursing positions are vacant in long-term care homes, 647
If facility in Grand Falls-Windsor was fully staffed last year, what has happened since then, 734
Is the AG report wrong or is the Minister simply covering for the failures of his predecessor, 7035
Is the government concerned that the meaningful action will be delayed while this report sits on the Minister's desk, 6917
People died, were sexually assaulted or suffered negligence, can the Minister table the department's investigation into these serious events, 7469
Since the release of the AG report what action has the Minister taken to protect our seniors, 7034
What additional safeguards have been implemented in long-term care facilities since recent revelations, 580
What steps is the Minister going to take to provide accountability for what took place under her government's watch, 7470
When is Minister going to provide proactive disclosure about how widespread the abuse is in our long-term care system, 358
When will review of long-term care facilities and personal care homes be completed, 581
When will the people see a detailed action plan from government on long-term care, 6916
Why is Minister failing in his duty to disclose serious events, 580
Why is Minister refusing to direct an investigation under the Adult Protection Act, 357
Will government list compliance reports for homes publicly, just as restaurant reviews are currently posted, 7469
Will Premier direct a full investigation into situation in Baie Verte and ensure this is not taking place in other long-term care facilities, 239

Mental health

Can Minister list those services and what communities they are based in, 7085
Can Minister table an action plan so that the Mobile Crisis Response Team in St. John's won't miss 10 call a month, 6787
Given that the recommendations from the first All-Party Committee on Mental Health and Addictions have not been fully implemented, how can those struggling to access services have any faith that Premier's Liberal government is listening, 4735
Given that timely treatment is critical, why is system failing people, 4483
How is it acceptable that child who had attempted suicide was sent home and told to see their general practitioner, 4481
Is department truly committed to working with the All-Party Committee to address the growing crisis, 4291
The Mobile Crisis Response Team has 10 missed calls a month: why is the Minister putting lives at risk, 6602
There are no new community beds, why has government cancelled this, 7084
What is the point of the new hospital in St. John's, it's brick and mortar, when we are trying to get help in their own communities, how is this new building going to help residents in Labrador and the Great Northern Peninsula, 7085–7086
What recommendations and assistance can Minister provide to the family of the child who attempted suicide, 4481
When is Minister going to address the problems that are outstanding, 4292
When mental health care facility opens, will there be enough staff to operate it, 35
When will department invite individuals to present to the All-Party Committee, 4291
Why are some communities still waiting for the creation of Mobile Crisis Response Teams that were promised in the 2024 budget, 6604
Why are stories of gaps in our mental health care system so common, 4482
Why did the Minister change his mind about new community beds, 7084
Why does Minister not act right away to ensure people with mental health and addictions have somewhere to immediately turn, 4734
Why is it acceptable for the Mental Health Crisis Line to miss calls, 6603
Why is it acceptable to tell individuals with a mental health emergency to call back during regular business hours, 6788
Why is the Mental Health Crisis Line missing 10 calls a month, 6603
Why is the Minister allowing the Mental Health Crisis Line to miss 10 calls a month, 6603–6604
Why is the Minister deliberately ignoring this key recommendation about community beds, 7085
Why was reference to including lived experience and people with specific expertise removed from the Private Member's Resolution on mental health and addictions, 4734
Why were words "expedite," "include," and "right away" deleted from the Private Member's Resolution on mental health and addictions, 4733
Will Minister reply to the people's emails regarding specific situations, 4483
Will Premier blame COVID for the inaction on increasing access to long-term mental health care, 36

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

Can Minister say when the recommendations of the task force regarding MRIs will be implemented, 3603
Does Minister agree with Premier that the wait time for an MRI has gone off the rails, 3512
How could a two-year wait for an MRI resulting in an enlarged tumour happen on the Minister's watch, 3513
How did it get so bad that people have to resort to using GoFundMe to cover costly expenses and the two-year wait times for a simple MRI in our province, 3514
Why can't general practitioners order MRIs in our province, 3603

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS)

Can you confirm that the chief of family medicine for the Central Region does not reside in the province, 7569
Can you confirm that the chief of medicine's clinic in Ontario also provides virtual care in the province, including the Lewisporte area, 7570
Is the Minister not concerned about this potential conflict of interest, are you willing to investigate and get to the bottom of it, 7570
There are currently 8,500 people waiting for an MRI, how many could have been helped if the government hadn't cut the health care budget by $50 million, 6732
There are currently approximately 200 people on the cardiac wait-list, how many of them are still waiting for lifesaving care because of the $50-million cut to health care, 6732
When the government cut $50 million from health care, did you consider the consequences, 6731
Will the Minister reverse this $50-million cut from health care so children can get the treatment they require, 6731–6732

Nurse practitioners

Can Minister confirm that no matter what the service or clinic, people can send the invoice back to government and get reimbursed, 4248
How many nurse practitioners did government recruit, 3783
How many nurse practitioners have been recruited through the Come Home Incentive launched in October 2022, 3782
Is Minister confirming that anyone who goes to see a nurse practitioner and has to pay an invoice just has to send it to government and they will be reimbursed, 4247
Is Minister saying it's fine to pay out of pocket to see a nurse practitioner, 4570
When are we going to stop forcing seniors to pay out of pocket to access basic primary care, 6985
Why can 811, a private entity, bill government for their services, but not nurse practitioners, 4637–4638
Why can other provinces figure out how to pay nurse practitioners, yet we cannot, 4568
Why can't a nurse practitioner bill the government as doctors do, 4569
Why can't Minister approve nurse practitioners being in the family care model, 4638
Why can't nurse practitioners bill government for their services, 5413
Why doesn't Minister look after the local Newfoundland and Labrador practitioners, 4248
Why is government not allowing practitioners to bill government, instead of passing on the cost directly to patients, 4691
Why is government refusing to allow nurse practitioners to bill government for patient visits, 4569
Why is it acceptable to government that the simple need for stitches may result in hours of driving when a nurse practitioner in the community could address the issue, 4567
Why is recruitment and retention so ineffective with such a large amount of taxpayers' dollars being spent, 3782–3783
Why the double standard with paying for US-based virtual care, 4637

Nurses

After a decade, why are we still in a crisis when it comes to nurse staffing, 6985
Are we not hiring local nurses because travel nurses are preferred, 5370
Based on revelations, does Minister believe there was fraud or criminal misappropriation of funds, 4110
Can Minister clarify how widespread was the practice that seniors and other vulnerable individuals were evicted from housing that was in turn rented to travel nurses at higher rates, 5535
Can Minister clarify what statement concerning the violation of the Public Procurement Act was based on, 5464
Can Minister explain the violation of the Public Procurement Act as regards the leasing to agency nurses, 5412
Can Minister explain why we have agency nurses and other registered nurses doing forced overtime while the Premier says they did a great job in recruitment, 5634
Can Minister table the basis of the finding forwarded by the Comptroller General, 4110
Did the Comptroller General's office do a report, or not, 3911
Did the former Minister sign off on leases for travel nurses, 5534
Does it make sense that government will pay someone half as much as a registered nurse while expecting her to do the same duties, and then replacing her with a travel nurse making nine times that amount, 4367–4368
Does Minister acknowledge that paying one nurse six times the rate of others is bad for recruitment and retention, 3857
Does Minister believe that all cancer chemotherapy nurses throughout the province should be paid the same rate, 5062–5063
Does Minister share concerns that staff have about the travel nurses scandal, 5531
Does Minister's silence on the leases for agency nurses have anything to do with the Waterford Valley by-election, 5414, 5415
Does Minister support the statement of his officials that the improper leases were well-intended, 5464
Do Springdale nurse's description of stress, forced overtime and poor quality of life sound familiar to the Minister, 4366
Given that Premier is claiming over 90 per cent of nursing graduates are hired, why is it that only 3 of 121 were offered jobs, 5305
Given the inappropriate leases, can employees inside the health authority violate any policy or guideline as long as they do it openly with no intent to hide their actions, 5533
Given the Premier's nurse recruitment in Dubai, does the Premier have little confidence in his Health Minister and the head of the health authority, 4636
Has Minister ordered health authority to recover any monies inappropriately paid to individuals who profited by renting to agency nurses, 5411
Has Minister reached out to learn the basis for these international nurses fearing repercussions for speaking out for themselves, 5694
Has Premier ever met with the Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Health Labs, 3909
Have any of the employees who profited by renting to agency nurses been disciplined or fired, 5411, 5412
Have pay discrepancies between chemotherapy nurses in rural Newfoundland and those in St. John's been corrected, 5061
How can Minister or Premier pay lucrative private agencies but not nurses working here in the system, 3855
How does leaving 100 per cent of recent graduates without job offers fulfill promise of a renewed focus on local talent, 5308
How does Minister justify not offering permanent jobs to newly graduating nurses, 3449
How long did staff of health authority personally profit by renting houses and apartments to agency nurses, 5410
How long were cancelled, inappropriate leases in effect, 5533
How many former health authority employees currently have leases in place, 5532
How many internationally recruited nurses who are still waiting for a job were offered housing instead of a job, 5464
How many internationally-trained nurses are waiting for placement in the province, 6987
How many nurses have already left the system due to attitudes regarding travel nurses, 5307
How many nurses have quit in the last year, 5098
How much did cancelling the inappropriate leases cost the taxpayers, 5531–5532
How much money was inappropriately spent under the leasing scheme, 5463
How much was inappropriately paid out to leases for agency nurses, 5411
If government can spend $100 million per year on travel nurses and spend a fortune to travel the world to recruit new nurses, why are they nickel and diming the nurses we already have, 5062
If Minister did not sign off on leases for nurses, who did, 5465
If the meetings in Dubai were so urgent, why couldn't the Premier sit in front of the computer, as patients accessing virtual care must do, 4636–4637
Is it true that health authority management staff are renting houses to travel nursing agencies for a significant profit, 5370
Is Minister misleading the House or did he fail to provide the legislative oversight of improper leases, 5462
Is the legal advice sought by the health authority the result of the findings of the Comptroller General, 4108–4109
Was Liberal lobbyist paid any fees or royalties on these lucrative contracts, 3910
Was Minister aware of the $40 million overspending or do we have to wait for another ATIPP to expose what the government is doing, 3856
We've heard that only retired LPNs or students can work casual, is this correct, 7215
What in this budget addresses the verbal and physical abuse nurses continue to face on the job, 6984
When are solutions coming, 3857
When can the 118 nursing students expect full-time, permanent job offers in Newfoundland and Labrador, 5304
When did Minister sign off on leases, 5461–5462
When did the Minister cancel the government's commitment to eliminate travel nurses, 7520
When is government going to start treating nurses with respect, 5099
When is the Minister going to stop relying on temporary casual contracts, 6985
When will the government stop exploiting student nurses for free labour, 6986
Why are 60 nurses recruited from India not at work, 5634–5635
Why are dozens of nursing students and internationally recruited nurses waiting for permanent full-time job offers, 6536
Why aren't nursing students being offered incentives, 5305
Why are the international nurses not yet hired, 5692–5693
Why are we continuing to use travel nurses at $300 per hour when we are issuing layoffs and slashing positions for nurses and licensed practical nurses who want to work in the region, 5993
Why are we still ignoring the 700 nursing vacancies, 6535
Why are we will sponsoring a soccer team in the United Kingdom and spending millions on recruiting nurses when we have no intention of hiring them, 5694
Why can't government show licensed practical nurses respect, yet can pay travel nurses $300 per hour, 4367
Why did it take so long for an investigation to be initiated into the inappropriate leases, 5533
Why did Liberals recruit international nurses if they have no intentions of hiring them, 5633
Why didn't government listen to nurses who expressed concern about travel nurse costs, terms and effect of morale on the public sector nurses, 3449–3450
Why didn't Minister proactively disclose information about leases back in August, 5463
Why doesn't Minister get the Auditor General report done faster than 18 months, 4111
Why doesn't Minister share concerns of senior health official regarding holding people accountable for inappropriate leases, 5531
Why doesn't Minister stand up and do take appropriate action regarding the leases, 5534
Why do Liberals refuse to address the retention issues in the health system, 3856
Why do we have 60 trained and qualified nurses from India sitting at home when we have 741 vacancies, 5634
Why has government eliminated any monitoring or accountability for private or profit agency nurses, 7520
Why is government doing everything in its power to drive prospective nurses away, 5635
Why is government paying rural nurses less, 5062
Why is government refusing to hire nurses it recruited, 5693
Why is government still failing to offer nursing students a full-time job, 5099
Why is government turning its back on the licensed practical nurse class of 2024, 5635
Why is it that this local nurse can work as a travel nurse at a higher cost to the province but NLHS will not hire her as a casual employee, 7216
Why is Minister giving agency nurses another blank cheque, 7519
Why is Minister still hiring agency nurses instead of putting local qualified nurses to work, 6987
Why is Premier ignoring nursing students by searching for nurses in other countries, 3448–3449
Why wasn't the information regarding the leases for agency nurses disclosed publicly when it was received, 5414
Why was the Auditor General called in, 4111
Why were contracts negotiated through the Chief Executive Officer's personal email, 3910
Why weren't leases in conflict of interest made public, 5370
Why won't government hire the nurses from India who are now fully qualified to work here, 5692
Why won't Minister provide information to the House today, 3910
Why won't Premier apologize for fiasco with travel nurses, 3450
Will Minister confirm that the number of nurses leaving the profession show that government's recruitment and retention strategy has been a total failure, 5098
Will Minister order the health authority to publicly disclose the investigation they conducted into the leases for agency nurses, 5413
Will Minister provide Comptroller General's documents to the public and the House, 3911
Will Minister recognize that recruitment is not good without retention, 4367
Will Minister table the letter he received from the Auditor General, 5371

Patient Connect NL

A woman had a near fatal experience while trying to access Patient Connect and receive appropriate care, will the Minister order a review into why the provincial health care system almost cost this young lady her life, 7619–7620

Provincial Health Authority Act (Bill 20)

Does Premier agree with Minister that government is riddled with mistakes, 781–782
Does Premier agree with the Privacy Commissioner that rushing this bill risks undue harm to the public, 781
How will Premier assure the people of Newfoundland and Labrador that he won't make any more mistakes, 782
If Premier can't get the details right, how can people of the province trust him to get health care right, 781
Will Premier stand and apologize to the Privacy Commissioner for not consulting his office on this bill, 780

Ultrasound services

Why is Minister ignoring front-line health care workers when they put forward solutions, 6536

Vaccines

Does the Minister support the policy that all shingles vaccinations should be free for everyone 50 and older, 7033, 7034

House of Assembly

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Will government commit to implementing recommendation for Seniors' Advocate to receive investigative powers, 3327–3328
Will Minister ask the Seniors' Advocate to review the culture of long-term care homes to ensure this issue is not widespread, 358
Will Premier commit to implementing the recommendations of the statutory review committee that asks for more powers for the Seniors' Advocate, 3328

Housing

Are security guards at facility being properly trained to deal with people in mental health and addictions crisis, 4935
Can Minister provide assurance that security guards have sufficient training to do their work, 4936
Can Minister table analysis done by Dept. of Health or medical experts that housing people with complex needs at airport inn in such a restrictive environment away from their families will be conducive to recovery, 4934
Can Minister tell the House where the 750 new homes are in the province, 2721
How many decades will it take to build another 850 homes, 2719
What is the exit strategy for people admitted to the facility, 4935
Where and how long were security guards trained, 4936
Where are the units promised almost a year ago, 2718–2719
Where is the 40-unit residential apartment complex for low-income individuals that government announced a year ago, 2718
Why is Minister giving false hope to 2,800 people on waiting list, 2720

Industry, Energy and Technology

Bay du Nord

Will government commit that construction work will be done in the province by Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, 358–359
Will government ensure that the majority of construction jobs on the FPSO are located in this province so that when the vessel sets sail, it leaves the shores of our province rather than that of foreign countries, 359
Will Minister ensure that labour is engaged and satisfied before he finalizes the benefits agreement, 360

Come By Chance Refinery

Can Premier update the House on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Occupational Health and Safety investigation, 301–302

Nalcor Energy

Can Premier confirm exactly what time on March 24 Brendan Paddick, then Chair of Nalcor Energy, submitted his resignation, 837–838
Was it a coincidence that Mr. Paddick submitted his resignation at 1:44 p.m. on March 24 2022, less than four hours after Cabinet meeting took place, 838
Will Premier refer Auditor General's audit report to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, 89

Wind energy

Based on Premier's friendship with Mr. Risley and Brendan Paddick of World Energy GH2, how can he stay behind an ethical wall when meeting with the company, 4995
Can Premier confirm exactly what time on March 24 Brendan Paddick, then Chair of Nalcor Energy, submitted his resignation, 837–838
Can Premier confirm whether he recused himself from the Cabinet discussions surrounding the wind moratorium, 837
Did Brendan Paddick receive a heads-up about the lifting of the wind moratorium, 838
Did Premier meet with anyone connected with Masdar on this trips to Dubai or Rotterdam, 4992–4993
Did Premier recuse himself from Cabinet decision, 578, 579, 837
Did Premier remove himself from the Cabinet meeting when it was decided to lift the ban on wind energy development, 644
Did the former chair of Nalcor have access to insider information on wind generation while at Nalcor, 894
Does Premier intend to meet with Masdar when they visit this province, 4993
Does Premier really believe there is not at least an appearance of conflict of interest in this situation, 464
Is billionaire's hunting lodge where the deal was struck, or is this the biggest coincidence in Newfoundland and Labrador history, 464
Is it ethical or is it a conflict of interest for the Premier to be holding meetings to facilitate an agreement, 4994
Is Premier's trip to luxury cabin the reason John Risley expressed expectation for the project to get approval, 463–464
Was it a coincidence that Mr. Paddick submitted his resignation at 1:44 p.m. on March 24 2022, less than four hours after Cabinet meeting took place, 838
Was the former chair of Nalcor in a conflict of interest, 895

"Ode to Labrador"; "Ode to Newfoundland"

Is government going to intervene regarding the continuation of singing the "Ode to Newfoundland," 2233
Will Minister immediately bring legislation to amend the Provincial Anthem Act to include it in all upcoming convocations, 2287
Will Minister or the Premier make it an issue, 2233–2234
Will the Minister direct Memorial University to include the Ode in upcoming convocation ceremonies, 2287

Office of the Premier

Can Premier detail his relationship with Brendan Paddick, 836
Does Premier really believe there is not at least an appearance of conflict of interest in this situation, 464
Does the ethical wall established in 2023 remain in place, 4992
Is billionaire's hunting lodge where the deal was struck, or is this the biggest coincidence in Newfoundland and Labrador history, 464
Is Premier's trip to luxury cabin the reason John Risley expressed expectation for the project to get approval, 463–464
What ethical walls are in place when dealing with Marco, 646
What is an ethical wall and will Premier table documents outlining each time he uses one, 577
Who else was on luxury fishing trip, 895
Who paid for the Premier's fishing trip, 731
Will Premier provide a full list detailing everyone who joined him during his trip, 511
Will Premier provide the House the full guest list of the trip to the fishing lodge, and who else was there with him, 779
Will Premier put speculation to rest and table his receipts for this trip, 510
Will Premier table the decision or guidance of the Commissioner for Legislative Standards, 511
Will Premier table the receipts for his fishing trip with John Risley, 577, 645, 730, 779, 896

Persons with disabilities

How many interpreters are available in our health care system for those with deafness, 4690
When will we see action on recommendation to help struggling families, 4692
Why are we so far behind our Atlantic counterparts with regard to the number of interpreters for health care, 4691

Seniors

How can Minister allow our province's seniors to be in danger in hospitals, 3604
How could Minister allow senior to be unsafe in hospital, 3604–3605
Why does a senior on a fixed income have to pay to access health care, 4247
Why doesn't government make it easier for seniors, instead of harder, 4249
Why does the Liberal government continue to take money out of seniors' pockets, 3327
Why is Minister forcing those with the lowest incomes to pay out of pocket for health care, 3326–3327
Why must seniors pay more out of their own pockets for home care services, 3326

Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation

Theatre

Did Premier actually listen to what the artists wanted or did he just want another photo op, 2005
What is Minister's answer regarding the Reid Theatre, 2079
Why are Liberals using public money to compete with a private business, 2078
Why are we spending money on a brand new space when the completed Reid Theatre still needs attention, 2004
Why didn't Minister do his homework before last week's photo op, 2078
Why is Premier building a new theatre when the historic Reid Theatre has sat vacant for more than a decade, 2003–2004
Will Premier and Minister now admit that last week's announcement was nothing short of a photo op, 2080

Transportation and Infrastructure

Ferries

Are the reduced ferry trips to Change Islands which further limit people's access to health care a means of forced resettlement, 3514–3515

Pay Equity and Pay Transparency Act (Bill 3)

Second reading, 347–350

Persons with disabilities

How many interpreters are available in our health care system for those with deafness, 4690
When will we see action on recommendation to help struggling families, 4692
Why are we so far behind our Atlantic counterparts with regard to the number of interpreters for health care, 4691

Petitions

Education

Child care

Urging government to immediately take the necessary action to ensure that accessible child care is as much available as it is affordable, 2296–2297

Schools

Urging government to make immediate improvements to Frank Roberts Junior High School while planning for a new school, 2349–2350, 2491–2492

Health care

Mental health

Urging government to remove privacy laws and incorporate mental health addictions into the mental health act, 3406–3407

Pharmacy Act, 2024 (Bill 66)

Second reading, 4603–4605
Committee, 4608–4609, 4610, 4611, 4612, 4613, 4614–4615, 4617, 4618

Point of Order

Answers to Questions for which Notice has been Given

Minister not addressing a question from the House, 5999

Language, unparliamentary

"cooking the books," 7343
"I know his mother would be ashamed of him," 7134
"misleading," 1106, 1180, 3919, 6853, 6854
"on parole," 777–778
"you can't read," 2981

Offensive behaviour, 744, 745
Second reading

Speaker had not returned to second reading after amendment, 3749–3750

Seeking clarification on prior ruling on proposed amendments raised by the Private Member's Resolution on May 15, 4725
Sitting Members should not be identified by their first name, 2762–2763
Use of names in the House of Assembly, 4699, 4729–4730

Point of Privilege

Confusion over who is currently the Minister of Health, 6595–6596
False claim by Government House Leader regarding draft legislation in public domain having compromised the integrity of the House, 4818–4820
Not allowing Members to have advance copies of legislation is an obstruction of Members' duties on behalf of constituents, 4849–4850

Provincial Health Authority Act (Bill 20)

Second reading, 773(13)–773(19)
Committee, 887(50)–887(53)

Provincial Health Authority Act (Amdt.) and Fatalities Investigations Act (Amdt.) (Bill 85)

Second reading, 5802–5805
Committee, 5811, 5812, 5813, 5814, 5815–5817, 5818–5819, 5820, 5821, 5825, 5826, 5827

Registered Nurses Act, 2008 (Amdt.) (Bill 84)

Second reading, 5328–5329
Committee, 5335, 5336

Resolution, Government

Environment and Climate Change

Climate Change

Urging Government of Canada to immediately repeal the carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Regulations

Debate, 2687–2690

House of Assembly

Clerk

Appointment of Kim Hawley George

Debate, 7484–7485

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate

Appointment of Linda Clemens-Spurrell

Debate, 113–114

Office of the Citizens' Representative

Appointment of Mr. Bradley Moss as Citizens' Representative

Debate, 7634–7635

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5916–5921
Amendment

Moved, 5919–5920

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

Procedural Rules of Debate

Debate, 6050–6051

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate, 6500–6503, 6504–6505, 6506
Amendment

Resolution, Private Member's

Cost of living

Taxes and fees

Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Debate, 3355–3358

Finance

Budget

Urging government to initiate a process and allocate the required time and resources to allow elected Members the opportunity to review budgets and question appropriate senior staff of government agencies, boards, commissions and other similar entities on an annual basis

Amendment

Debate, 4224–4227

Health care

Mental health

Urging government to expedite the work of the All-Party Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Addictions and fully include people with lived experience, relevant government departments, professionals in health care, policing, justice, education and social work, community groups, Indigenous communities, faith groups and others who can provide insight to help address the wide array of challenges more effectively so everyone in need has somewhere to turn right away

Notice of motion, 4576
Moved, 4703–4706
Debate, 4720–4723

Vaccines

Urging the government to provide the shingles vaccine free of charge to seniors and individuals living with compromised immune systems

Debate, 6931–6933

Memorial University of Newfoundland

"Ode to Labrador"; "Ode to Newfoundland"

Urging government to bring forward legislation to require the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" to be sung at graduation ceremonies at Memorial University's convocation

Notice of motion, 2347–2348
Moved, 2447–2450
Debate, 2469–2471

Urging Memorial University to include the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" in all future convocation ceremonies so that Newfoundland and Labrador's one great university will properly honour the people, the legacy, the beauty, the uniqueness, the potential and the fallen of Newfoundland and Labrador

Notice of motion, 656–657
Debate, 819–821, 830

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) and Income Tax Act, 2000 (Amdt.) (Bill 38)

Second reading, 1844–1849

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 7 (Bill 106)

Second reading, 6811–6816

Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Government recognizes the completion of the Trail of the Caribou, 836

Schools Act, 1997 (Amdt.) (Bill 7)

Committee, 615, 616, 617–618, 619–621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627

Schools Act, 1997 (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 43)

Second reading, 2856–2859
Committee, 2901–2903, 2911, 2912, 2913–2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2918–2919, 2920

Seniors

How can Minister allow our province's seniors to be in danger in hospitals, 3604
How could Minister allow senior to be unsafe in hospital, 3604–3605
Why does a senior on a fixed income have to pay to access health care, 4247
Why doesn't government make it easier for seniors, instead of harder, 4249
Why does the Liberal government continue to take money out of seniors' pockets, 3327
Why is Minister forcing those with the lowest incomes to pay out of pocket for health care, 3326–3327
Why must seniors pay more out of their own pockets for home care services, 3326

Speech from the Throne

Select Committee Appointment (Address in Reply)

Debate, 13–17

Standing Committees

Privileges and Elections Committee

Point of privilege to be referred to committee and committee to report back to the House

Debate, 4811–4813

Standing Orders

SO 36

Matters of urgent public importance

Adjournment of House to address serious cost of living and affordable housing crisis

Moved, 2539–2540

Supplementary Supply Act, 2022-2023 (Bill 2)

Committee, 70–73

Tabled Documents

Health care

Janeway Eye Clinic Patient Letter, 6739
Pictures from Health Sciences Centre, 4059, 4212

Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation

Colonial Building

Comments on, 14

East Coast Music Awards (ECMA)

Celebrating award winners and Newfoundland and Labrador's cultural sector, 2140–2141

Theatre

Did Premier actually listen to what the artists wanted or did he just want another photo op, 2005
What is Minister's answer regarding the Reid Theatre, 2079
Why are Liberals using public money to compete with a private business, 2078
Why are we spending money on a brand new space when the completed Reid Theatre still needs attention, 2004
Why didn't Minister do his homework before last week's photo op, 2078
Why is Premier building a new theatre when the historic Reid Theatre has sat vacant for more than a decade, 2003–2004
Will Premier and Minister now admit that last week's announcement was nothing short of a photo op, 2080

Transportation and Infrastructure

Ferries

Are the reduced ferry trips to Change Islands which further limit people's access to health care a means of forced resettlement, 3514–3515

Infrastructure

Western Memorial Regional Hospital—Minister announces completion of, 3322

Procurement strategies

New strategies helping support provincial suppliers and assure sustainability, 3657

Tributes

Perlin, John Crosbie, 182

PIKE, HON. PAUL (L) (BURIN - GRAND BANK)

All-Party Committees

All-Party Committee on Basic Income

When is the All-Party Committee on Basic Income set to meet again and will government commit to tabling a report on the guaranteed basic income that they're discussing, 3333

Basic income

When is the All-Party Committee on Basic Income set to meet again and will government commit to tabling a report on the guaranteed basic income that they're discussing, 3333

Budget 2024

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Estimates

Social Services Committee

Concurrence motion, 4310–4314

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Estimates

Social Services Committee

Concurrence motion, 7286–7289

Burials and funerals

Are rates going to increase or are we going to leave them at $2,300 and leave them in the coolers, 3726
Can Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development provide update on his department's progress in addressing the problem of accumulating bodies at the Health Sciences Centre, 4783
Did the Dept. of Children, Seniors and Social Development know about the bodies in storage at the Health Sciences Centre, 3643
Has government made any additional financial arrangements for families to secure proper burial for their loved ones, 4841
Have extra resources been put forth to try to give people a proper, respectful burial, 4841
If Minister was aware of the issue, why has government failed to act, 3645–3646
Is Minister going to provide people with a proper burial, 4842
Two months after issue was raised in the House of Assembly, will Minister provide an update, 3860
What additional funding can families expect to help their loved ones, and will it be indexed to the cost of living, 3864
When Minister became aware of the operational issue on February 16, did he notify the Dept. of Health and Community Services, 3665
When will Minister commit to giving bodies a decent burial, 3728
Why didn't the Minister consider the emotional and financial burden placed on families due to the lack of sufficient funeral assistance, 3644
Why didn't the Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development notify the Dept. of Health and Community Services, 3665
Why is government refusing to help address barriers to proper burial and get whatever legislative requirements needed in place, 4843
Will Minister commit that these people will get a respectful burial as soon as possible, 3727
Will Minister commit to tying financial assistance to inflation, simplifying the application process and reviewing protocols, 3646
Will Minister commit to working with families and funeral homes to pay for and carry out funeral arrangements quickly, 3667–3668
Will Minister take action on the rates of assistance for funerals, given the increase in the cost of living, 3725

Burin - Grand Bank (District)

Miscellaneous

Cake, Susan—Lifesaving actions by family support worker saved life of toddler, 641–642
Come Home Year—Acknowledging events, 29–30

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Children in care

Does Minister think his response to concerns about security and operation were appropriate, 5689
How many vacancies exist today in relation to the social worker program in our province, 6988
I ask the Minister to update this House on critical social worker vacancies, 6987–6988
Is review and investigation from Minister's office appropriate, 5688–5689
What is department doing right now to protect children in care, 5688
Why is Minister not taking immediate steps to protect our children, 5688

Foster families

Recognizing October as National Foster Family Month, 2934–2935

National Seniors' Month

Recognition of, 4773

National Social Work Month

Acknowledgement of, 3597, 6598

Cost of living

Are overflowing food banks a sign of Liberal successes, 2526
How many children will be lifted out of poverty by this government with this budget, 4572
Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Debate, 3339–3341

Why aren't we having a more focussed effort to bring our province's children out of poverty, 4572
Will budget move a significant percentage of our children out of poverty and what is the estimate, 4570
Will Minister bring forward action to end child hunger, 2524

Education

Deaf and hard of hearing

Why haven't services improved for deaf people, especially seniors, 5636
Will Minister commit to helping more people obtain training and certification as ASL interpreters, 5636
Will Minister commit to immediately putting more supports in place like ASL interpreters to help seniors live full lives with dignity, 5636–5637

Finance

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

Will government remove the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax from a selection of children's goods so that middle-class families can have some relief, 5637–5638

Health care

Long-term care

Everyone has a legal duty to report suspected cases of abuse and neglect, why is the Minister failing to act on his legislative responsibility, 6989
In light of the AG report into neglect and abuse of seniors in personal care homes, has the Minister ordered a review, 6988

Vaccines

I ask the Minister, which seniors' shingle vaccine policy do you endorse, the one your government has implemented or the one the Member for Windsor Lake has announced during his leadership run, 7038
Urging the government to provide the shingles vaccine free of charge to seniors and individuals living with compromised immune systems

Debate, 6933–6935

House of Assembly

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Will the government implement all six recommendations made by the Seniors' Advocate today, 7170–7171

Housing

Can Minister explain what happened to the other 20 units which were to be repaired in Corner Brook, 2940
Can Minister please clarify whether the repair of 143 units includes 12 or 32 for the West Coast, 2939
Can Minister please explain the scope of the work and when we can expect to see the consultant's results, 3037
Can Minister tell the House where the 750 new homes are in the province, 2721
Can Premier explain why he ignored the request to meet and what government is doing to provide safe housing, not shelters, for those living in tents, 2575
Did Minister misspeak again, 2988
Does Minister believe that the uncleaned housing with rat feces and unfinished plywood walls is setting someone up for a good, fulfilling life, 2945
Given the 50 per cent increase in the wait-list for a housing unit, does Minister regret not having done more, 2569
Homelessness

How will Minister get those who are currently experiencing homelessness in out of the cold, 3036

How long will 2,800 remain on the housing wait-list, 2676
How many current vacancies does Minister have in his department for tradespeople, 2940
How many of the 850 homes are actually built and occupied, 3248
How will tearing down housing units help this individual and his son, 3202
Letter of response to Member's letter of October 6 2023—Tabled, 2576
Urging government to ensure that Newfoundland and Labrador vacant houses have established timelines for reoccupation of these units including building safety inspections, renovation and repair, 2950–2951
Urging government to immediately take steps to reduce the lack of social housing in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

Debate, 3216–3218
Amendment

Moved, 3217–3218

Were there or were there not standards in place for shelters and housing owned and operated by the Newfoundland Housing Corporation, 4253
What is department doing to help municipalities with the gaps and get homes built in their local communities, 2989
When is Premier finally going to replace the Minister, 3105
When will Minister implement the plan submitted by the Housing & Homelessness Coalition to the former Minister in late 2022, 2757
When will people see housing options, 2722
Why did Minister deliberately mislead the people of the province, 2987
Why did Minister forget about the West Coast in the housing plan, 2826
Why did Premier deliberately choose to not adequately fund low-income housing units, 2675
Why does single father have to choose between a home and his family, 3202
Why has issue of chronic housing staff shortages gone unaddressed, 2756–2757
Why has Minister not intervened to a significant degree while the housing crisis has exploded, 2569
Will Minister apologize to the 2800 families that are on the housing wait-list, 2721
Will Minister implement the plan to expand to a 24-hour staffing model and have more beds, 2758
Will Minister table a full list of the 850 new homes, and where they are to be built in the province, 3247–3248
Will Minster commit to a housing maintenance plan for the District of Torngat Mountains, 3208
Will Premier admit that what his Minister said was a lie, and that he has misled the House about the actual numbers of houses built, 2725

Interim Supply Act, 2024 (Bill 63)

Committee, 3535–3537

Interim Supply Act, 2025 (Bill 105)

Committee, 6706–6708, 6884–6886

Justice and Public Safety

Firefighters

Urging government to explore innovative solutions and best practices that will further support our volunteer firefighters

Debate, 1222–1223

Sexual abuse investigations

Why was Tony Humby repeatedly investigated over the years but never charged, 5629

Lawn

Education

Acknowledging positive learning environment at Holy Name of Mary Academy, 1030

Lord's Cove

Sports/recreation

Marathon—World Marathon Majors medal—Papail, Leo, 1996

Members' Statements

Arts

Highlighting Soapstone Quarry and Museum—Fleur de Lys, 5296

Clubs/organizations

Sunshine Friends—Thanking membership and founders of group formed in response to growing concerns of number of issues with mental health—St. Lawrence, 1796

Education

Acknowledging positive learning environment at Holy Name of Mary Academy—Lawn, 1030

Miscellaneous

Come Home Year—Acknowledging events in District of Burin - Grand Bank, 29–30
Life-saving actions by family support worker saved life of toddler—Cake, Susan—Burin - Grand Bank (District), 641–642

Sports/recreation

Cornhole

First two players to have become pro outside of Ontario and have received contracts with the American Cornhole League—Cuza, Deon and Albert Parsons—Point May, 354

Marathon

World Marathon Majors medal—Papail, Leo—Lord's Cove, 1996

Tributes

Acknowledging contributions of RCMP officer Corporal Derm Roul—Burin, 1679

Ministerial Statements

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Foster families

Recognizing October as National Foster Family Month, 2934–2935

National Seniors' Month

Recognition of, 4773

National Social Work Month

Acknowledgment of, 3597, 6598

Seniors

Seniors of Distinction Awards

Minister congratulates the 2024 Seniors of Distinction, 5984–5985

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate (Members), 6237–6239

Oral Questions

Basic income

When is the All-Party Committee on Basic Income set to meet again and will government commit to tabling a report on the guaranteed basic income that they're discussing, 3333

Burials and funerals

Are rates going to increase or are we going to leave them at $2,300 and leave them in the coolers, 3726
Can the Minister provide an update on his department's progress in addressing the problem of accumulating bodies at the Health Sciences Centre, 4783
Did the Dept. of Children, Seniors and Social Development know about the bodies in storage at the Health Sciences Centre, 3643
Has government made any additional financial arrangements for families to secure proper burial for their loved ones, 4841
Have extra resources been put forth to try to give people a proper, respectful burial, 4841
If Minister was aware of the issue, why has government failed to act, 3645–3646
Is Minister going to provide people with a proper burial, 4842
Two months after issue was raised in the House of Assembly, will Minister provide an update, 3860
What additional funding can families expect to help their loved ones, and will it be indexed to the cost of living, 3864
When the Minister became aware of the operational issue on February 16, did he notify the Dept. of Health and Community Services, 3665
When will Minister commit to giving bodies a decent burial, 3728
Why didn't the Minister consider the emotional and financial burden placed on families due to the lack of sufficient funeral assistance, 3644
Why didn't the Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development notify the Dept. of Health and Community Services, 3665
Why is government refusing to help address barriers to proper burial and get whatever legislative requirements needed in place, 4843
Will Minister commit that these people will get a respectful burial as soon as possible, 3727
Will Minister commit to tying financial assistance to inflation, simplifying the application process and reviewing protocols, 3646
Will Minister commit to working with families and funeral homes to pay for and carry out funeral arrangements quickly, 3667–3668
Will Minister take action on the rates of assistance for funerals, given the increase in the cost of living, 3725

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Children in care

Does Minister think his response to concerns about security and operation were appropriate, 5689
How many vacancies exist today in relation to the social worker program in our province, 6988
I ask the Minister to update this House on critical social worker vacancies, 6987–6988
Is review and investigation from Minister's office appropriate, 5688–5689
What is department doing right now to protect children in care, 5688
Why is Minister not taking immediate steps to protect our children, 5688

Cost of living

Are overflowing food banks a sign of Liberal successes, 2526
How many children will be lifted out of poverty by this government with this budget, 4572
Why aren't we having a more focussed effort to bring our province's children out of poverty, 4572
Will budget move a significant percentage of our children out of poverty and what is the estimate, 4570
Will Minister bring forward action to end child hunger, 2524

Finance

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

Will government remove the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax from a selection of children's goods so that middle-class families can have some relief, 5637–5638

Health care

Long-term care

Everyone has a legal duty to report suspected cases of abuse and neglect, why is the Minister failing to act on his legislative responsibility, 6989
In light of the AG report into neglect and abuse of seniors in personal care homes, has the Minister ordered a review, 6988

Vaccines

I ask the Minister, which seniors' shingle vaccine policy do you endorse, the one your government has implemented or the one the Member for Windsor Lake has announced during his leadership run, 7038

House of Assembly

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Will the government implement all six recommendations made by the Seniors' Advocate today, 7170–7171

Housing

Can Minister explain what happened to the other 20 units which were to be repaired in Corner Brook, 2940
Can Minister please clarify whether the repair of 143 units includes 12 or 32 for the West Coast, 2939
Can Minister please explain the scope of the work and when we can expect to see the consultant's results, 3037
Can Minister tell the House where the 750 new homes are in the province, 2721
Can Premier explain why he ignored the request to meet and what government is doing to provide safe housing, not shelters, for those living in tents, 2575
Did Minister misspeak again, 2988
Does Minister believe that the uncleaned housing with rat feces and unfinished plywood walls is setting someone up for a good, fulfilling life, 2945
Given the 50 per cent increase in the wait-list for a housing unit, does Minister regret not having done more, 2569
Homelessness

How will Minister get those who are currently experiencing homelessness in out of the cold, 3036

How long will 2,800 remain on the housing wait-list, 2676
How many current vacancies does Minister have in his department for tradespeople, 2940
How many of the 850 homes are actually built and occupied, 3248
How will tearing down housing units help this individual and his son, 3202
Were there or were there not standards in place for shelters and housing owned and operated by the Newfoundland Housing Corporation, 4253
What is department doing to help municipalities with the gaps and get homes built in their local communities, 2989
When is Premier finally going to replace the Minister, 3105
When will Minister implement the plan submitted by the Housing & Homelessness Coalition to the former Minister in late 2022, 2757
When will people see housing options, 2722
Why did Minister deliberately mislead the people of the province, 2987
Why did Minister forget about the West Coast in the housing plan, 2826
Why did Premier deliberately choose to not adequately fund low-income housing units, 2675
Why does single father have to choose between a home and his family, 3202
Why has issue of chronic housing staff shortages gone unaddressed, 2756–2757
Why has Minister not intervened to a significant degree while the housing crisis has exploded, 2569
Will Minister apologize to the 2800 families that are on the housing wait-list, 2721
Will Minister implement the plan to expand to a 24-hour staffing model and have more beds, 2758
Will Minister table a full list of the 850 new homes, and where they are to be built in the province, 3247–3248
Will Minster commit to a housing maintenance plan for the District of Torngat Mountains, 3208
Will Premier admit that what his Minister said was a lie, and that he has misled the House about the actual numbers of houses built, 2725

Justice and Public Safety

Sexual abuse investigations

Why was Tony Humby repeatedly investigated over the years but never charged, 5629

Persons with disabilities

Given the announcement of the federal disability benefit, will those who receive provincial support continue to do so, 4690
Will you table legislation creating a disability advocate before the House closes this spring, 7089, 7174

Seniors

How many seniors will avail of the targeted basic income that will be launched in two weeks' time, 4371
How many will benefit from the targeted poverty reduction strategy that will be launched in a couple of weeks, 4371
What meaningful actions will Minister take to help seniors, 4844–4845
When can seniors of the province, living in food insecure homes, expect to see the seniors' Poverty Reduction Plan, 4115
When will Minister finally take action to protect the seniors of Newfoundland and Labrador, 3329
When will the targeted seniors' Poverty Reduction Plan be released, 4371

Persons with disabilities

Given the announcement of the federal disability benefit, will those who receive provincial support continue to do so, 4690
House calls on government to immediately create a dedicated advocate for persons with disabilities, who, as a stand-alone statutory Officer of the hon. House, will investigate and make recommendations based on the principle of “nothing about us without us”

Debate, 7593–7595

Will you table legislation creating a disability advocate before the House closes this spring, 7089, 7174

Petitions

Housing

Urging government to ensure that Newfoundland and Labrador vacant houses have established timelines for reoccupation of these units including building safety inspections, renovation and repair

response, 2950–2951

Transportation and Infrastructure

Bridges

Urging government to immediately begin the process of replacing Canning Bridge in Marystown

response, 2994, 3043–3044, 3522

Point May

Sports/recreation

Cornhole—First two players to have become pro outside of Ontario and have received contracts with the American Cornhole League—Deon Cuza and Albert Parsons, 354

Provincial Health Authority Act (Amdt.) and Fatalities Investigations Act (Amdt.) (Bill 85)

Committee, 5818, 5828, 5829–5830

Resolution, Government

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate, 6237–6239

Resolution, Private Member's

Cost of living

Taxes and fees

Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Debate, 3339–3341

Health care

Vaccines

Urging the government to provide the shingles vaccine free of charge to seniors and individuals living with compromised immune systems

Debate, 6933–6935

Housing

Social housing

Urging government to immediately take steps to reduce the lack of social housing in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

Debate, 3216–3218
Amendment

Moved, 3217–3218

Justice and Public Safety

Firefighters

Urging government to explore innovative solutions and best practices that will further support our volunteer firefighters

Debate, 1222–1223

Persons with disabilities

Advocate

House calls on government to immediately create a dedicated advocate for persons with disabilities, who, as a stand-alone statutory Officer of the hon. House, will investigate and make recommendations based on the principle of “nothing about us without us”

Debate, 7593–7595

Seniors

Seniors' Benefit

Urging government to increase the Newfoundland and Labrador Seniors' Benefit by 20 per cent, for a maximum of $1,819, effective January 2025 and further commit to annual increases indexed to inflation

Debate, 6009–6011

Schools Act, 1997 (Amdt.) (Bill 7)

Second reading, 607–609

Seniors

How many seniors will avail of the targeted basic income that will be launched in two weeks' time, 4371
How many will benefit from the targeted poverty reduction strategy that will be launched in a couple of weeks, 4371
Seniors of Distinction Awards

Minister congratulates the 2024 Seniors of Distinction, 5984–5985

Urging government to increase the Newfoundland and Labrador Seniors' Benefit by 20 per cent, for a maximum of $1,819, effective January 2025 and further commit to annual increases indexed to inflation

Debate, 6009–6011

What meaningful actions will Minister take to help seniors, 4844–4845
When can seniors of the province, living in food insecure homes, expect to see the seniors' Poverty Reduction Plan, 4115
When will Minister finally take action to protect the seniors of Newfoundland and Labrador, 3329
When will the targeted seniors' Poverty Reduction Plan be released, 4371

St. Lawrence

Clubs/organizations

Sunshine Friends—Thanking membership and founders of group formed in response to growing concerns of number of issues with mental health, 1796

Standing Committees

Government Services Committee (2023)

Report of Committee, 1876

Tabled Documents

Housing

Letter of response to Member's letter of October 6 2023, 2576

Transportation and Infrastructure

Bridges

Urging government to immediately begin the process of replacing Canning Bridge in Marystown, 2994, 3043–3044, 3522