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

Speaker Index
Debates of the House of Assembly (Hansard)

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SPEAKER (BENNETT, HON. DEREK (L) LEWISPORTE - TWILLINGATE)

Auditor General

Monitoring Report on Outstanding Performance Audit Recommendations 2014-2020—Tabled

Speaker, 1743

Baie Verte - Green Bay (District)

Guests, introduction

Paddock, Lin—Member-Elect

Speaker, 5049

Bay Roberts

Guests, introduction

Madrock Theatre Troupe

Speaker, 4831

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

Ruled in order

Speaker, 4220

Budget 2023

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Non-confidence motion

Ruled in order

Speaker, 1521

Sub-amendment

Ruled in order

Speaker, 1627

Budget 2024

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Non-confidence motion

Ruled in order

Speaker, 3972

Sub-amendment

Ruled in order

Speaker, 4125

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Non-confidence motion

Ruled in order

Speaker, 7115

Sub-amendment

Ruled in order

Speaker, 7390(6)

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

Second reading

Amendment (Referral to a Committee)

Ruled in order

Speaker, 6902(22)

Charles III, King of Great Britain

Acknowledging occasion of His Majesty's coronation

Speaker, 2070

Clarenville

Guests, introduction

Clarenville High School—Principal Michael Spurrell and teacher Rodney Boutcher

Speaker, 2281

Dooley, Janie and family and friends at Clarenville Retirement Centre

Speaker, 298

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

Committee

Amendment—Clause 13

Ruled in order

Speaker, 2382

Environment and Climate Change

Climate change

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

Amendment

Ruled not in order

Speaker, 2698

Amendment

Ruled not in order

Speaker, 2704

Finance

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

Amendment

Ruled not in order

Speaker, 3007

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 land's actions against occupied properties in the province

Amendment

Ruled not in order

Speaker, 1984

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

Amendment

Ruled in order

Speaker, 482

Food Premises Inspection and Licensing Program

Performance audit

Speaker, 2445

Gander

Guests, introduction

Gander Collegiate Concert Band students and teacher

Speaker, 4358

Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Guests, introduction

Mealy Mountain Collegiate students and chaperones

Speaker, 3903

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

Amendment

Ruled not in order

Speaker, 4711

Amendment

Ruled in order

Speaker, 4717

Holyrood

Guests, introduction

Fire Department Representatives

Speaker, 3240

House of Assembly

Accessibility

Comments on

Speaker, 7607

Addresses

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

Speaker, 6527–6528

Summer adjournment 2023

Speaker, 2512–2515

Summer adjournment 2024

Speaker, 5084–5085

Summer adjournment 2025

Speaker, 7651–7653

Winter adjournment 2022

Speaker, 938(28)–938(29)

Winter adjournment 2023

Speaker, 3435–3437

Winter adjournment 2024

Speaker, 6039–6041

Clerk

Acknowledging 11 years of service by Clerk Sandra Barnes, and best wishes for her retirement

Speaker, 2516

Welcoming Acting Clerk Kim Hawley George

Speaker, 2516

Commissioner for Legislative Standards

Tibbs Report dated September 14, 2022—Tabled

Speaker, 197

Confederation 75 Teachers Institute on Parliamentary Democracy

House of Assembly partnering with Departments of Education and Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation for inaugural professional development and learning opportunity

Speaker, 5683

Daily sitting

House to adjourn until March 20th, Budget Day

Division—Carried

Speaker, 3823

Suspension of Routine Proceedings for the day, and that Notices of Motion be deemed to have been given on bill entitled An Act Respecting the Provision of Essential Ambulance Services, Bill 24; that the said bill shall also be deemed to have been read for a first time and that the bill now stand ready for second reading; and that the House not adjourn at 5:30 p.m. today, January 23, 2023

Leave not granted

Speaker, 939

Leave granted

Speaker, 940

Employee retirements

Petten, Andrew

Speaker, 85

Schioldan, Trine

Speaker, 6595

Simms, Cathy

Speaker, 85

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

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

Power Advisory—Marketing Director and Senior Manager

Speaker, 6287

Welcoming guests

Speaker, 6406, 6432, 6486

Greetings

Acknowledging Rosalie Belbin—Red Bay

Speaker, 3416

Group photo on front steps of Colonial Building

Speaker, 27

Guests, introduction

5 Wing Goose Bay Commander Lieutenant Colonel Aleem Sajan and Chief Master Warrant Officer Paul Mooney

Speaker, 3316

Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia—His Excellency Margus Rava

Speaker, 4196

Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia—His Excellency Kaspars Ozolins

Speaker, 4196

Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania—His Excellency Darius Skusevicius

Speaker, 4196

Assistant Commander Cahill, Sergeant Lodge, Sergeant Major Baldwin, Constable Halliday and Constable Bennett

Speaker, 5742

Association for New Canadians Program Counsellor—Akoubi, Henda

Speaker, 1229

Barbour, Ruby and Kate Hickey

Speaker, 641

Barrett, Barbara and John

Speaker, 236

Bauline Community Committee

Speaker, 4628

Beanland, Roland and John Tobin

Speaker, 2427

Bishop Abraham Elementary School principal—Fennemore, Rick

Speaker, 1229

Blackwood, Amanda and Jim Giles

Speaker, 7164

Bouziane, Lina and Nadia

Speaker, 1860

Chief Hart and his staff

Speaker, 962

Christian Home Educators of the Avalon students

Speaker, 4560

Clarenville High School—Principal Michael Spurrell and teacher Rodney Boutcher

Speaker, 2281

Clarenville High School Robotics Team

Speaker, 7327

Coady, Ronnie and family

Speaker, 4282

Community Supports Program workers

Speaker, 3848

Connections for Seniors representatives

Speaker, 5832

Consul General of Japan—Uchikawa, Akihiko

Speaker, 5383

Crocker, Kaiden and Ian Crocker

Speaker, 6978

Croke, Martin

Speaker, 2070

CUPE President—Hillier, Sherry

Speaker, 5259

Dalton, Jeanie and Joe—Parents of page Cody Dalton

Speaker, 4831

Dean, Susan and Patricia Power

Speaker, 2744

Deon, Chief Petty Officer Rod

Speaker, 774

Deputy Minister of Justice and Public Safety

Speaker, 6069

Dooley, Janie and family and friends at Clarenville Retirement Centre

Speaker, 298

Drover, Ken, and Sherri Hiscock and Steven Forward

Speaker, 3317

East Coast Trail Association President—Murphy, Randy

Speaker, 4197

Escott, Helen and Sabrina

Speaker, 4985

Evans, Lily and Mark Butt

Speaker, 1030

Family and friend of former Member of the House of Assembly Tom Hedderson

Speaker, 28

Family and friends of the late Harvey Weir

Speaker, 5259

Farrell-Post, Abbey

Speaker, 4770

Fifield, Kelsey and Brenda and Heather King

Speaker, 5742

Fire Department representatives

Speaker, 1180

Flynn, Denis

Speaker, 2665

Former Member and Leader of the New Democratic Party—Coffin, Alison

Speaker, 507

Former Member and Leader of the New Democratic Party—Michael, Lorraine

Speaker, 5623

Former Member for Baie Verte - Green Bay—Warr, Brian

Speaker, 4282

Former Member Kevin Parsons' wife Denise and his children

Speaker, 5087

Former Member—Parsons, Kevin

Speaker, 725

Former Members Kevin Aylward and Roger Simmons

Speaker, 4770

Former Sergeant-at-Arms—Harnum, Wayne

Speaker, 3317

Foss, Emma and Katie

Speaker, 4197

Freake, Garland

Speaker, 4238

Freeman, Brody and family members

Speaker, 7327

Friends and family of Mr. Harry Stone

Speaker, 5049

Friends and family of Tony Andersen

Speaker, 2816

Furey, Eleanor and David Furey

Speaker, 6838

Furey, Rachael and Mia Critch

Speaker, 6778

Gambin, Dan—Jerseyside, Placentia

Speaker, 5259

Gander Collegiate Concert Band students and teacher

Speaker, 4358

Gill, Mason and his mother, Lesleyanne

Speaker, 7327

Glover, Maddox and family

Speaker, 1328

Gonzaga High School—Canadian Civics class

Speaker, 641

Goudie, Pastor Lorne and his wife Dawn

Speaker, 888

Grade 10 French immersion social studies class—Holy Spirit High School

Speaker, 85

Grand champion, American-Canadian—Labrador Retriever GoFetch Beaumont Hamel and his owners Pat Coady, Caitlin O'Brien and Pam Squires

Speaker, 2475

Grenfell Campus Masters Environmental Policy class

Speaker, 1390

Gulliver, Gaylynne

Speaker, 6978

Heritage Collegiate students

Speaker, 1646, 4282

Hickey, Noah

Speaker, 3388

Hickey Jr., Jim and Jasmine Hickey

Speaker, 3316–3317

Hogan, Trinity

Speaker, 1590

Holyrood Fire Department Representatives

Speaker, 3240

Holy Spirit High School—Grade 10 Social studies students and teachers

Speaker, 2475

Holy Spirit High School students—French immersion social studies class

Speaker, 4628

Homeport Night Watchman—Newfoundland dog and his owner Rob Crosbie

Speaker, 2475

Hudson, Doris—Pouch Cove

Speaker, 5982

Hynes, Tyler

Speaker, 4102

Jacque, Bronson—Inuit artist, The Journey—Postville

Speaker, 6906

John Howard Society Representatives

Speaker, 3498

Jones, Allison

Speaker, 5454

Kearley, Makenna and her parents, Sherry and Tim

Speaker, 7327

Killick Trefoil Guild

Speaker, 1954

King, Brenda and Jim Beehan

Speaker, 5259

King's Jesters

Speaker, 6725

Kirby, Michael

Speaker, 7609

Knight, Garry

Speaker, 28

Lane, Janie

Speaker, 5623

Lane, Mark and Gerald Kirby, Ryan Kirby, Melissa Wells and Dr. Anthony Parrell

Speaker, 7463

L'Arche Avalon representatives

Speaker, 832

Leader of the Opposition's family and friends

Speaker, 2516

Lee, Jaida and her mother Amanda

Speaker, 2427

Lilly, Mila

Speaker, 7562

Littlejohn, Glenn—former MHA

Speaker, 6927

Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Development Association chair and members

Speaker, 5358

Manning, Rita—Torbay

Speaker, 354

Martin, Gary

Speaker, 1180

Mathew, Mithun

Speaker, 7208

Mayor Brian Button—Port aux Basques

Speaker, 2744

Mayor Jason Roberts and Deputy Mayor Pat Williams—Triton

Speaker, 1229

Mayor of Hermitage-Sandyville—Crewe, Steve

Speaker, 1954

Mayor of Red Bay—Stone, Juanita and Councilor Bob Stone

Speaker, 4525

McCarthy, Marion

Speaker, 1678

McDonald, Ruth and Elizabeth Hunt and Reggie Hynes

Speaker, 6906

McGrath, Liam and Abby Taylor and Evelyn Murphy

Speaker, 3388

McLoughlan, Falon and her father Wade

Speaker, 4525

Member-Elect for the District of Baie Verte - Green Bay—Paddock, Lin

Speaker, 5049

Member-Elect—Mr. McKenna

Speaker, 4197

Member of Parliament—McDonald, Ken

Speaker, 1453

Mercer, Anne

Speaker, 2516

Mercer, Kaylee and family members

Speaker, 5401

Miller, Harold and Rowena and Carolann Ivany and Jennifer Hiscock

Speaker, 7026

Mills, Julianna

Speaker, 236

Miss Junior Newfoundland and Labrador—Snow, Audrey

Speaker, 4197

Miss Newfoundland and Labrador—Cokes, Megan—Topsail - Paradise (District)

Speaker, 4358

Moores, Hersilia, son and daughter-in-law

Speaker, 5683

Moose Hide Campaign representatives

Speaker, 1546

Mother of Minister Dempster—Goulding, Glenda

Speaker, 1451

Mothers Against Drunk Driving—Avalon Chapter Members

Speaker, 5832

Mount Pearl Seniors Independence Group representatives

Speaker, 1451

Newfoundland and Labrador Childhood Licensees members

Speaker, 1546

Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission representatives

Speaker, 5049

Newfoundland and Labrador Rangers-members from the Western region

Speaker, 7078

Newfoundland and Labrador Sketch Fest organizers

Speaker, 4042

Newfoundland and Labrador Stuttering Association co-founder—O'Grady, Greg

Speaker, 5295

Newfoundland Hydro—Chief Executive Officer

Speaker, 6069

Newfoundland Hydro—Vice-President

Speaker, 6069

New Member's wife—Alice McKenna—Fogo Island - Cape Freels

Speaker, 4525

Nunatsiavut Government former Ordinary Member and Speaker—Ford, Pat

Speaker, 2816

Ocean Ranger families

Speaker, 5623

O'Keefe, Kearney

Speaker, 3240

Olivero, Tina

Speaker, 3388

Outer Cove Marines—Past and present members

Speaker, 1390

Paradise Centennial Lions Club members

Speaker, 4831

Paradise Warrior Elite Kickboxing Club members

Speaker, 5049

Parents of the late Jake Anstey

Speaker, 5295

Pasadena Academy Concert Band and teachers

Speaker, 4525

Peach, Eli and Mehak Humayun, Darwin Anderson and Jayda Crummey

Speaker, 7562

Pendergast, Eileen—wife of late fire chief, Jim Pendergast

Speaker, 7416

Perry, Herman, Sheila and June and Hazen Scarth

Speaker, 1546

Pittman, Brock

Speaker, 5524

Port Rexton Fire Department representatives

Speaker, 2332

Provincial Karate NL Team, team members of

Speaker, 7026

Public service employees and their grade 9 children—National Take Our Kids to Work Day

Speaker, 5217

Quilts of Valour—Canadian representative—MacInnis, Simon

Speaker, 3388

RCMP representatives

Speaker, 4872

Reid, Nadine—South Dildo

Speaker, 5742

Repatriation Project Steering Committee members

Speaker, 4921

Republic of Korea—Representatives from Ministry of Education and the Office of International Cooperation

Speaker, 4921

Retired veterans

Speaker, 5742

Rich, Mary Angela and Simon Gregoire—Sheshatshiu

Speaker, 2281

Rideout, Glenda and Lisa Bolt

Speaker, 5832

Rink Rat Productions co-owner—Sexton, Mary

Speaker, 4985

RNC and RCMP representatives

Speaker, 7327

Rocky Isle Singers

Speaker, 5623

Roil, Glenn

Speaker, 774

Roncalli Elementary School students

Speaker, 3388

Rowe, Penelope

Speaker, 1546

Roxon, Katarina and father

Speaker, 5683

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 1—Representatives

Speaker, 4921

Ryall, Nikita and Margaret Connors

Speaker, 3096

Ryan, Sullivan

Speaker, 3633

Salvation Army Officers and members from the Ches Penney Centre of Hope

Speaker, 2475

Senior, Zach and family members

Speaker, 5259

Seymour, Jabez

Speaker, 2427

Short, Belle and parents

Speaker, 5295

Simms, Ty and Alex and Luke Mercer

Speaker, 2225

Sisters of Mercy Representatives

Speaker, 5742

Small baby in public galleries

Speaker, 2090

Speaker Winters and Deputy Speaker Saunders from Nunatsiavut Government

Speaker, 4872

St. John's Boys and Girls Club representatives—St. John's

Speaker, 573

St. John's Fire Fighters Association representatives

Speaker, 354

St. Teresa's Chorus

Speaker, 7514

STAND For Hannah Foundation representative—Thorne, Gail

Speaker, 507

Students and teachers from Prince of Wales Collegiate

Speaker, 5295

Students from District of Bonavista—Cotter, Mallory and Shannon Shirran

Speaker, 832

Take Our Kids to Work day—Grade 9 students

Speaker, 3193

The Rooms Chief Executive Officer—Chafe, Anne

Speaker, 2744

Tiller, Dave and Barfoot, Peter

Speaker, 5357

Topsail United Church men's club members

Speaker, 3848

Torbay Town Council staff and volunteers

Speaker, 2281

Torbay Volunteer Fire Department representatives

Speaker, 3848

Trowbridge, Sarah

Speaker, 4042

Turkish Ambassador to Canada—His Excellency Kerim Uras

Speaker, 832

Vanda Maunder Dance Studio representatives

Speaker, 4725

Vera Perlin Society—Executive Director Roger Downer

Speaker, 2225

Walters, Jay and Jason and Krista Keating

Speaker, 725

Warr, Brian—former MHA

Speaker, 7026

Warr, Harold and Marg

Speaker, 641, 1229

Williams, Thelma and family of late Albert Williams

Speaker, 5742

Wishart, Reverend Dr. Major Ian S.

Speaker, 7562

Youth representative for the District of Topsail - Paradise—Marrie, Chase

Speaker, 5049

Law Clerk

Acknowledging birthday of

Speaker, 3991

Welcoming Acting Law Clerk Gerrie Smith

Speaker, 2744

Leave to table documents—Denied

Speaker, 3648

Leave to table documents—Granted

Speaker, 3648

Mace tour

Announcement of inaugural mace tour in province

Speaker, 5073–5074

Management Commission

Annual Report 2021-2022—Tabled

Speaker, 1605

Annual Report 2022-2023—Tabled

Speaker, 3864

Annual Report 2023-2024—Tabled

Speaker, 7478

Membership of

Speaker, 101, 1849, 7091

Minutes for meeting held on January 24, 2024—Tabled

Speaker, 4117

Minutes for meetings on August 23, October 15, November 1, November 30, 2023 and January 10, 2024—Tabled

Speaker, 3520

Minutes for meetings on February 21, April 11 and May 1, 2024—Tabled

Speaker, 5001

Minutes for meetings on February 21, February 23, May 24, June 7, June 11, July 12 and August 9, 2023—Tabled

Speaker, 2726

Minutes for meetings on January 26, February 16, June 1, June 14, June 24, June 28, July 6, August 17, October 3, October 17, October 19, November 24 and December 5, 2022 and January 13 and January 31, 2023—Tabled

Speaker, 1605

Minutes for meetings on July 17, October 22, November 25, December 4 and December 20, 2024, and February 3, 2025—Tabled

Speaker, 7040

Minutes for meetings on May 21, July 2, August 27 and September 18, 2024—Tabled

Speaker, 5311

Members

Birthdays

Acknowledging Member for Placentia West - Bellevue's birthday

Speaker, 6397

Acknowledging Minister of Labrador Affairs' birthday

Speaker, 2427

Acknowledging Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs' birthday

Speaker, 1589

Longest serving Member post-Confederation—Recognizing the Member for Waterford Valley—Osborne, Hon. Tom

Speaker, 888

Welcoming new Member for Conception Bay East - Bell Island (District)—Hutton, Fred

Speaker, 3438

Welcoming new Member for District of Fogo Island - Cape Freels—McKenna, Jim

Speaker, 4525

Welcoming new Member for Waterford Valley (District)—Korab, Jamie

Speaker, 5087

Welcoming the return of Leader of the Official Opposition

Speaker, 888

Moment of silence

Fitzgerald, Dr. G. William

Speaker, 1729

Former Member of the House of Assembly and Minister Tom Hedderson

Speaker, 31–32

Hiscock, Mark

Speaker, 7210

Member and Minister Derrick Bragg—Greenspond

Speaker, 3440

Mulroney, Prime Minister Brian

Speaker, 3444

Remembering and honouring veterans

Speaker, 3244

Remembrance Day and contributions of Newfoundland and Labrador in World War I

Speaker, 5262

World War II veteran—Saunders, Bill

Speaker, 576

Nunatsiavut Group of Companies

Health and safety advisor—Fisher, Roxanne

Speaker, 832

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

Baie Verte - Green Bay By-Election Report on Election Finances - May 27, 2024—Tabled

Speaker, 7091

Office of the Citizens' Representative

Annual Digest—2022-2023—Tabled

Speaker, 3864

Performance Report and Annual Report—2023-2024—Tabled

Speaker, 5418

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Amendment

Ruled not in order

Speaker, 5920

Special report SR-2023-001 to the House of Assembly: Reduced government consultation with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner under ATIPPA, 2015 section 112—Tabled

Speaker, 3334

Pages

Farewell to Pages Gala Palavicini and Tanisha Wright-Brown

Speaker, 1547, 1589

Welcoming new page—Addo, Portia

Speaker, 1794

Welcoming new page—Conway, Emily

Speaker, 3438

Welcoming new page—Harris, Emma

Speaker, 5982

Welcoming new page—Norman, Alana

Speaker, 6778

Welcoming new page—Okai, Gina

Speaker, 3633

Welcoming new page—Opoku, Blessing

Speaker, 1996

Welcoming new Page—Padua-Sanchez, Ericka

Speaker, 1954–1955

Welcoming new page—Rowe, Anna

Speaker, 5131

Welcoming new page—Tucker, Riley

Speaker, 5087

Welcoming new page—White, Damien

Speaker, 298

Photographs

Female parliamentarians to gather for photo following adjournment

Speaker, 2711

Recess

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

Speaker, 6061, 6069, 6099, 6122, 6143, 6222, 6248, 6267, 6319, 6346, 6363, 6383, 6432, 6463, 6486, 6506–6507, 6526

For 15 minutes

Speaker, 2353, 4809

For 20 minutes

Speaker, 5005

SO 36—Matters of urgent public importance

Adjournment of House to address housing crisis—Recess to review content of motion

Speaker, 2599

Adjournment of House to address serious cost of living and affordable housing crisis—Recess to review content of motion

Speaker, 2542

To allow Members the opportunity to acknowledge Chief Petty Officer Deon

Speaker, 777

To clear the galleries

Speaker, 3725

To consider amendment to bill

Speaker, 716, 1309, 1365

To consider amendment to motion

Speaker, 3007, 5920

To consider amendment to Private Member's Resolution

Speaker, 482, 1984, 2458, 2698, 2704, 4711, 4717

To consider Hansard regarding whether Speaker did return to second reading

Speaker, 3748

To consider non-confidence motion

Speaker, 1521, 7115

To consider point of privilege

Speaker, 4810, 4830

To consider sub-amendment to non-confidence motion

Speaker, 1627, 4125, 7390(6)

Until 3:06 p.m.

Speaker, 2167

Until arrival of Her Honour the Administrator

Speaker, 7644

Until arrival of Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor

Speaker, 2499, 5072, 6042

Wednesday til 2 p.m.

Speaker, 178–179, 459, 725, 1180, 1546, 1678, 1954, 2225, 2426, 2665, 2930, 3193, 3316, 3593, 3773, 3991, 4196, 4472, 4683, 4831, 5049, 5217, 5357, 5622, 5982

While public galleries are cleared

Speaker, 1347

Table Officers

Acknowledging birthday of Kimberley Hammond

Speaker, 7608

Welcome Jennifer Peckham on temporary assignment

Speaker, 6529

Housing

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

Amendment

Time expired before amendment completed

Speaker, 3218

Industry, Energy and Technology

Nalcor Energy

Independent Auditor's Report—Tabled

Speaker, 45

Justice and Public Safety

Firefighters

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

Amendment

Ruled in order

Speaker, 1209

Lewisporte

Birthdays/anniversaries

106th—Compton, Victoria

Speaker, 2334

108th—Compton, Victoria

Speaker, 7463

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

Second reading

Amendment (Hoist—three-month delay)

Ruled in order

Speaker, 1309

Amendment (Reasoned amendment)

Ruled in order

Speaker, 1365

Moose Hide Campaign

Comments on

Speaker, 1546–1547, 7416

Event to take place in Speaker's boardroom

Speaker, 1514

Motions

House of Assembly

Suspension of Routine Proceedings for the day, and that Notices of Motion be deemed to have been given on bill entitled An Act Respecting the Provision of Essential Ambulance Services, Bill 24; that the said bill shall also be deemed to have been read for a first time and that the bill now stand ready for second reading; and that the House not adjourn at 5:30 p.m. today, January 23, 2023

Leave not granted

Speaker, 939

Leave granted

Speaker, 940

Private Member's Resolution

Withdrawal of, with leave—Leave granted

Speaker, 2890

Standing Committees

Standing Orders Committee

House to concur in the second report of the Standing Orders Committee of the 50th General Assembly tabled October 24, 2023

Carried

Speaker, 2973

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

Amendment

Ruled not in order

"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

Amendment

Ruled not in order

Speaker, 2458

Paradise

Guests, introduction

Paradise Centennial Lions Club members

Speaker, 4831

Pasadena

Guests, introduction

Pasadena Academy Concert Band and teachers

Speaker, 4525

Point of Order

Allegation of questioning the integrity of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Williams

Speaker, 6346

Answers to Questions for which Notice has been Given

Minister not addressing a question from the House

Speaker, 5999

Attending and watching meetings virtually, and inference of lying

Speaker, 4411, 4580–4581

Contention of facts in statement concerning parliamentary calendar

Speaker, 4410

Language, unparliamentary

"arse"

Speaker, 1639

"bullshit"

Speaker, 6457

"cooking the books"

Speaker, 7344, 7416

"disingenuous"

Speaker, 4212, 4472

"facts like that stated in this House that aren't true"; "mislead"

Speaker, 3717

"jerk"

Speaker, 5587

"lacks a political backbone"

Speaker, 7577

"liar"

Speaker, 2726, 2743, 2744

"misinformation"

Speaker, 4742, 5049–5050

"misleading"

Speaker, 1105–1106, 3919, 6853

"misleading and false information"

Speaker, 1876

"on parole"

Speaker, 742

Uttering threats

Speaker, 2765

Member apologizes for comments concerning Public Accounts Committee and did not intend to take away from the good work being done

Speaker, 2974

Member's comments had been identified as false, and requesting permission to table two documents

Speaker, 4012, 4237

Member's Private Member's Resolution is out of order

Speaker, 2778

Member takes exception to statement that people who are not impacted do not care about suicides in Labrador

Speaker, 1698

Member who reads letter aloud should table it

Speaker, 1793(19)

Offensive behaviour

Speaker, 746

Referenced a vote

Speaker, 7529, 7644–7645

Relevance

Speaker, 600

Second reading

Seeking consensus of the House to continue with second reading

Speaker, 3751

Speaker had not returned to second reading after amendment

Speaker, 3751

Seeking clarification on prior ruling on proposed amendments raised by the Private Member's Resolution on May 15

Speaker, 4726, 4872–4873

Sitting Members should not be identified by their first name

Speaker, 2763

Tabled documents

Whether leave had been granted to table documents

Speaker, 1793(7)

Third reading

Vote carried when Opposition thought it would be delayed

Speaker, 6906

Tongue-in-cheek exercise shows disregard for institution and Speaker

Speaker, 4699–4700

Unparliamentary to refer to another Member's presence or absence from House

Speaker, 4411, 4415, 4580

Use of names in the House of Assembly

Speaker, 2764, 4699, 4730

Whether Minister or guest could finish their answer during extraordinary debate even if time had expired

Speaker, 6112

Point of Privilege

Confusion over who is currently the Minister of Health

Speaker, 6593–6594, 6595

False claim by Government House Leader regarding draft legislation in public domain having compromised the integrity of the House

Speaker, 4830–4831, 4872

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

Speaker, 4853, 4872

Premature disclosure of Bill 74

Speaker, 4810–4811

Reputational damage caused by the collection of court costs by the Commissioner for Legislative Standards

Speaker, 3505

Port aux Basques

Guests, introduction

Mayor Brian Button

Speaker, 2744

Postville

Guests, introduction

Jacque, Bronson—Inuit artist, The Journey

Speaker, 6906

Red Bay

Guests, introduction

Stone, Juanita and Councillor Bob Stone

Speaker, 4525

Resolution, Government

Environment and Climate Change

Climate Change

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

Amendment

Ruled not in order

Amendment

Ruled not in order

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

Amendment

Ruled not in order

House of Assembly

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Amendment

Ruled not in order

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

Amendment

Resolution, Private Member's

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

Ruled in order

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

Amendment

Ruled not in order

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

Amendment

Ruled in order

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

Amendment

Ruled not in order

Amendment

Ruled in order

Housing

Social housing

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

Amendment

Time expired before amendment completed

Justice and Public Safety

Firefighters

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

Amendment

Ruled in order

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

Amendment

Ruled out of order

Rulings

Amendment to bill ruled in order

Speaker, 716, 1309, 1365

Amendment to motion ruled not in order

Speaker, 5920

Amendment to Private Member's Resolution ruled in order

Speaker, 482, 1209, 4717, 6006

Amendment to Private Member's Resolution ruled not in order

Speaker, 1984, 2458, 2698, 2704, 4711

Answers to Questions for which Notice has been Given

Minister not addressing a question from the House

Speaker, 5999

Arguing back and forth not permitted

Speaker, 1326

Attending and watching meetings virtually

Speaker, 4580–4581

Bill had passed second reading

Speaker, 3748

Budget—Sub-amendment to non-confidence motion ruled in order

Speaker, 4125

Cell phones

Members' phones should be on silent or vibrate

Speaker, 1235

Chatter back and forth

Speaker, 244, 307, 310

Commissionaires directed to clear the galleries

Speaker, 3725

False claim by Government House Leader regarding draft legislation in public domain having compromised the integrity of the House

Speaker, 4872

Given long-standing precedent for Speaker to give specific reasons for rejecting amendments, could speaker indicate why second amendment to Private Member's Resolution was ruled in order and why the first amendment was not

Speaker, 4726, 4872–4873

Heckling will not be tolerated

Speaker, 5269

Interruptions

Last warning, or Members will lose their speaking privileges

Speaker, 4552

Language, unparliamentary

"arse"

Speaker, 1639

"disingenuous"

Speaker, 4472

"liar"

Speaker, 2726, 2743, 2744, 3438

"misinformation"

Speaker, 5049–5050

"pissed off"

Speaker, 3732

"why in the hell"

Speaker, 2127

Member cannot continue debate in committee without an intervening speaker

Chair, 2386

Member may not direct question to Speaker

Speaker, 1793(2)

Member's comments had been identified as false, and requesting permission to table two documents

Speaker, 4237

Members could speak louder

Speaker, 5010

Member should not refer to another Member by his last name

Speaker, 4699

Member should not refer to former premiers by name

Speaker, 5575

Member should refer to people's titles

Speaker, 2767, 2773

Member should respect the Chair

Speaker, 1510, 1559, 1793(1)

Members should address the Chair

Speaker, 1303, 1721, 1793(4), 1794(5), 1913, 2137(36), 2146, 2483, 2485, 2704, 3224, 3808, 3915, 4065, 4068, 4096, 4827, 4880, 5611, 5612, 5774, 5841

Members should listen to the speaker that's identified

Chair, 4665

Members should not be referred to by name

Speaker, 345, 1317, 5146, 7016

Members should not be talking back and forth

Speaker, 1039, 4065

Members should not refer to the presence or absence of another Member

Speaker, 4564

Members should take conversations outside

Speaker, 4194, 5775

Members who are shouting back and forth should take conversations outside

Speaker, 3916

Member will not be recognized until he withdraws his statements

Speaker, 2744

Noise

Speaker, 142, 187, 188, 224, 235(14), 241, 244, 361, 363, 586, 648, 691, 693, 696, 704, 709, 772–773, 898, 1152, 1247, 1316, 1317, 1398, 1399, 1400, 1456, 1464, 1522, 1523, 1524, 1533, 1540, 1558, 1630, 1631, 1667, 1732, 1733, 1736, 1793(10), 1799, 1863, 1867, 1920, 2143, 2485, 2709, 2719, 2820, 2938, 2989, 3348, 3349, 3350, 3782, 3854, 3915, 3917, 3998, 4025, 4090, 4091, 4131, 4132, 4234, 4246, 4416, 4431, 4490, 4536, 4688, 4742, 4841, 4991, 4992, 5301, 5304, 5406, 5530, 5691, 5752, 5841, 5972, 5974, 6157

Non-confidence motion ruled in order

Speaker, 1521, 3972

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

Speaker, 4872

Only the Member who is identified may speak

Speaker, 5222

Premature disclosure of Bill 74

Speaker, 4810–4811

Private Members' Resolution

Amendment—Time expired before amendment completed

Speaker, 3218

Props

Use of props not permitted

Speaker, 1522, 4640

Public galleries will be cleared if visitors will not respect the House

Speaker, 3658

Relevance

In speaking to point of privilege

Speaker, 3504

Speaker, 270, 274, 600, 602, 808, 1327, 1351, 1793(1), 1793(2), 1793(3), 1893, 1928, 1936, 1937, 2137(26), 2137(36), 3272, 3737, 5926, 6055, 6057, 6058, 6902(21), 7636, 7637, 7642, 7643

Reputational damage caused by the collection of court costs by the Commissioner for Legislative Standards

Speaker, 3675–3676

Seeking clarification on prior ruling on proposed amendments raised by the Private Member's Resolution on May 15

Speaker, 4872–4873

Shouting back and forth not permitted

Speaker, 1333, 5882

SO 36

Debate is limited to whether or not matter should move forward

Speaker, 2541

Matters of urgent public importance

Adjournment of House to address housing crisis

Ruled not to proceed

Speaker, 2599

Adjournment of House to address serious cost of living and affordable housing crisis

Ruled not to proceed

Speaker, 2543

Adjournment of House to declare housing emergency

Ruled out of order

Speaker, 2736

Speaker requests order from both sides of the House

Speaker, 3659

Speaker should hear only from the Minister recognized

Speaker, 5270

Speaking privileges

If interruptions continue, Members will lose their speaking privileges

Speaker, 4091, 5368–5369

Member for Ferryland loses speaking privileges for the afternoon

Speaker, 650, 1464

Member for Ferryland receives last warning

Speaker, 3723

Member for Stephenville - Port au Port loses speaking privileges this afternoon

Speaker, 737

Member for Terra Nova will lose speaking privileges if he continues

Speaker, 3722

Members for Placentia West - Bellevue will lose speaking privileges if he continues

Speaker, 3803

Members were warned and may lose their speaking privileges

Speaker, 734

Members who continue to interrupt will be named and lose their speaking privileges

Speaker, 3035, 5845

Members will be named and lose speaking privileges if chatter continues

Speaker, 3638

Members will be named and will lose speaking privileges is noise continues

Speaker, 3859

Members will be named if comments do not cease

Speaker, 511, 512, 1962

Members will lose speaking privileges if they continue to shout back and forth

Speaker, 3721

Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology loses speaking privileges for the afternoon

Speaker, 736

Minister of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation loses speaking privileges for afternoon

Speaker, 1464

Sub-amendment to non-confidence motion ruled in order

Speaker, 1627

Unparliamentary to refer to another Member's presence or absence from House

Speaker, 4580

Visitors not permitted to participate in debate

Speaker, 1108, 1334, 1338, 1346, 2729, 3599, 3647, 3724, 4533, 4889, 5276, 5286

Visitors not permitted to use phones or recording devices, or to participate either in favour or against any debate of the House

Speaker, 3633

Visitors to be removed from gallery

Speaker, 3820

Whether Minister or guest could finish their answer during extraordinary debate even if time had expired

Speaker, 6112

Sheshatshiu

Guests, introduction

Rich, Mary Angela and Simon Gregoire

Speaker, 2281

St. John's

Guests, introduction

St. John's Boys and Girls Club representatives

Speaker, 573

Standing Committees

Standing Orders Committee

House to concur in the second report of the Standing Orders Committee of the 50th General Assembly tabled October 24, 2023

Carried

Speaker, 2973

Speaker indicates intention to write to Standing Orders Committee on behalf of all Members to request the Committee considers issues raised in 2 points of privilege to determine whether any amendments may be made to the Standing Orders

Speaker, 4872

Standing Orders

SO 9(1)(b)

House is recessed until 2 p.m.

Speaker, 1328

SO 37(a)

Matters of urgent public importance

Not more than one motion may be made to adjourn the sitting in the same sitting

Speaker, 2736

SO 36

Matters of urgent public importance

Adjournment of House to address serious cost of living and affordable housing crisis

Ruled not to proceed

Speaker, 2543

Adjournment of House to declare housing emergency

Ruled out of order

Speaker, 2736

SO 69(9)

Amendment submitted for ruling in advance

Speaker, 1209

Tabled Documents

Auditor General

Monitoring Report on Outstanding Performance Audit Recommendations 2014-2020

Speaker, 1743

Food Premises Inspection and Licensing Program

Performance audit

Speaker, 2445

House of Assembly

Commissioner for Legislative Standards

Tibbs Report - September 14, 2022

Speaker, 197

Management Commission

Annual Report 2021-2022

Speaker, 1605

Annual Report 2022-2023

Speaker, 3864

Annual Report 2023-2024

Speaker, 7478

Minutes for meeting held on January 24, 2024

Speaker, 4117

Minutes for meetings on August 23, October 15, November 1, November 30, 2023 and January 10, 2024

Speaker, 3520

Minutes for meetings on February 21, April 11 and May 1, 2024

Speaker, 5001

Minutes for meetings on February 21, February 23, May 24, June 7, June 11, July 12 and August 9, 2023

Speaker, 2726

Minutes for meetings on January 26, February 16, June 1, June 14, June 24, June 28, July 6, August 17, October 3, October 17, October 19, November 24 and December 5, 2022 and January 13 and January 31, 2023

Speaker, 1605

Minutes for meetings on July 17, October 22, November 25, December 4 and December 20, 2024, and February 3, 2025

Speaker, 7040

Minutes for meetings on May 21, July 2, August 27 and September 18, 2024

Speaker, 5311

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

Baie Verte - Green Bay By-Election Report on Election Finances - May 27, 2024

Speaker, 7091

Office of the Citizens' Representative

Annual Digest—2022-2023

Speaker, 3864

Performance Report and Annual Report—2023-2024

Speaker, 5418

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Special report SR-2023-001 to the House of Assembly: Reduced government consultation with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner under ATIPPA, 2015 section 112

Speaker, 3334

Industry, Energy and Technology

Nalcor Energy—Independent Auditor's Report

Speaker, 45

Topsail - Paradise (District)

Guests, introduction

Youth representative for the District of Topsail - Paradise—Marrie, Chase

Speaker, 5049

Torbay

Guests, introduction

Torbay Town Council staff and volunteers

Speaker, 2281

Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation

Colonial Building

Comments on

Speaker, 28

STOODLEY, HON. SARAH (L) (MOUNT SCIO)

Alternate Witnessing of Documents Amendment Act (Bill 23)

Committee, 2326–2327

Answers to Questions For Which Notice Has Been Given

Digital Government and Service NL

Funeral homes—Clarification regarding unclaimed bodies, insofar as department being unaware of any, 2832
Mandatory off-road vehicles legislation going live this evening, 4891
Motor Vehicle Registration—Correction of information regarding Dealers Web, 2155

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Immigration—Number of citizens from the United Kingdom who moved to Newfoundland and Labrador, 5999

Architects Act, 2008 (Amdt.) (Bill 29)

Notice of motion, 1047
Second reading, 2160–2161, 2163
Committee, 2164, 2165

Architects Licensing Board of Newfoundland and Labrador

Annual Report, 13th—Tabled, 1046
Annual Report, 14th—Tabled, 3790

Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities

2022-2023 Annual Report on Automobile Insurance—Tabled, 2155
2023-2024 Annual Report on Automobile Insurance—Tabled, 4645
2024-2025 Annual Report on Automobile Insurance—Tabled, 7344

Budget 2023

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Estimates

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 2093–2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099–2100, 2101, 2102

Budget 2024

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Estimates

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 4237(60), 4237(61)–4237(62), 4237(63), 4237(64)–4237(65), 4237(68)

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Non-confidence motion

Sub-amendment

Debate, 7396

Estimates

Resource Committee

Concurrence motion, 7253–7257

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 7378, 7379–7484, 7385–7386, 7387–7388, 7389

Buildings Accessibility Act (Amdt.) (Bill 52)

Notice of motion, 2534
Second reading, 2952–2955, 2969
Committee, 3065–3067, 3069, 3072, 3073, 3074–3075, 3076–3077, 3078–3079, 3080–3082, 3084, 3085, 3086–3087, 3088, 3089, 3090, 3092

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

Notice of motion, 2534
Second reading, 2782–2784, 2787–2788
Committee, 2789, 2790, 2791–2792, 2793, 2794, 2795, 2796–2797

Chartered Professional Accountants of Newfoundland and Labrador

Annual Report 2021-2022—Tabled, 251
Annual Report 2022-2023—Tabled, 2533

Consumer Protection and Business Practices Act (Amdt.) (Bill 13)

Second reading, 219–223, 230–231
Committee, 232–233

Credit Union Act, 2009 (Bill 8)

Second reading, 548–551, 552
Committee, 557, 558, 559

Credit Union Act, 2009 (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 78)

Notice of motion, 4700
Second reading, 4800–4803
Committee, 4804–4805, 4806–4807

Digital Government and Service NL

ATVs

How many more deaths will we see before the Minister takes action, 4886–4887
Is mandatory off-road vehicle training available, 4940
When will subsection of the act regarding training be implemented, 4784
Why won't Minister act to prevent serious injuries and fatalities in this province, 4940

Collection Services

Have vacancies and delays in recruitment impacted the collection of debt owed to government, 2008
Is amount of money owed to government increasing or decreasing under Minister's watch, 2009
Is Minister concerned that there will be a problem collecting debt owed to government, 2008–2009

Cyberattack

How much money would have been saved if government had corrected the deficiencies, 1195
Why does Minister refuse to be transparent with the public on one of the worst cyberattacks in our country's history, 585
Why does Minister refuse transparency, 585
Will Minister tell House what measures have been taken to address the deficiencies that were identified in the 2020 Canada-Israel Technology Solutions Report, 1194–1195

Delta Hotel chlorine leak

Can Minister provide update on the timeline for the Occupational Health and Safety investigation, 1807

Digitization

What actions has Minister taken on the digitization of government health services to reduce expenditures and improve outcomes, 1807

Elevators

How can the Minister justify leaving thousands of people using uninspected elevators every single day, 7220
When is the Minister going to take action to ensure public safety, 7221

Funeral homes

Clarification regarding unclaimed bodies, insofar as department being unaware of any, 2832

Modernization

Minister highlights actions to improve delivery of government services, 7611–7612

Motorcycle Awareness Month

Recognition of, 2229

Motor Vehicle Registration

Correction of information regarding Dealers Web, 2155
Why is Minister forcing long-standing dealers to close, 2152
Why is Minister trying to force smaller and independent dealers out of business, with its new applications process and requirements, 2151
Why is Minister wrapping small businesses in red tape, 2152

MyGovNL

Online Motor Vehicle Registration renewals surpass one million, 4685–4686

Name change

Has Minister's department looked at making changes to prevent registered sex offenders from changing their names in the future, 309
Will Minister tighten the rules to prevent registered sex offenders from changing their name from now on, 308–309

OCIO

Can Minister explain how department has allocated $11 million with no identified projects, 4251
Can Minister provide an explanation of the unrelated projects and salary saving in the estimates, 4251
What is the budget amount department actually spends on cybersecurity purposes for government, 4252

Residential Tenancies Act

How can Minister stand by and let landlords take advantage of vulnerable people, 248
How many more years is the Minister going to wait before actually enforcing the Residential Tenancies Act, 7474–7475
Will Minister bring forward legislation to fix the loophole, 248

Ride-sharing service

How can Minister allow an owner not to be subject to background checks, 3666
How was Redsea Riding's application approved so quickly, 3666–3667
How will insurance costs compare between taxi companies and ride-sharing businesses, after Minister has met with taxi drivers, 2945

Weigh scales

Does Minister really believe that it is safe that 98 per cent of transport trucks will no longer have to be stopped to be safely inspected or weighed, 3401
Is Minister worried that the safety of our roadways will be compromised, 3401

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Acknowlegement of, 3391–3392

Education

School buses

Had the school bus with the broken axle passed inspection, 1560
Has bus which had catastrophic mechanical failure been seized as part of investigation, 1240
Has Minister ordered a complete inspection of contracted busing in the province after recent incident, 1241
Is Minister jeopardizing student safety due to school bus inspections not being done, 3252
Were all school bus inspections completed before the school year started, 3401
What has department done since accident to ensure that this does not happen again in the near future, 1242
When was the last time that Dept. of Digital Government and Service NL inspected the bus in question, and will she table that report, 1241
When will reports be online so parents can view them, 1560
When will these inspections be available online, 2009–2010
Why is Minister failing school bus safety, 3252–3253
Why is Minister telling parents to check online when the latest information is not available, 1559–1560

Schools

Has the government conducted any air quality testing to ensure the safety of students and staff, 7526
Will the Kenmount Terrace school open as promised for September 2026, 7525

Embalmers and Funeral Directors Act, 2008 (Amdt) (Bill 51)

Notice of motion, 2534
Second reading, 2799–2801, 2805
Committee, 2806–2809, 2810–2812, 2813

Embalmers and Funeral Directors Board of Newfoundland and Labrador

Annual Activity Report 2021—Tabled, 251
Annual Activity Report 2022—Tabled, 2533

Environment and Climate Change

Climate change

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

Debate, 2708–2710

Waste recovery facilities

Why is the government supporting a system that adds even more barriers to those in rural communities, 7523

Finance

Financial Literacy Month

Recognition of, 643–644

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

What happened in the past seven days to change government's stance, 5696–5697

Home heating

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

Debate, 5385–5387

Financial Administration Act

Sec. 26(5)(a)

Orders in Council relating to funding pre-commitment for fiscal years 2025-2026 to 2030-2031—Tabled, 369

Health care

Hospitals

Who will pay for the new water tower needed for the new hospital, 5410

Labrador Affairs

Urging our leaders to ensure that Northern Labrador residents are provided with access to timely and adequate mental health care, 6859

Mental health

Mental Health and Addictions Centre opened, 7029

Nurses

Has Minister reached out to learn the basis for these international nurses fearing repercussions for speaking out for themselves, 5694
How many internationally recruited nurses who are still waiting for a job were offered housing instead of a job, 5465
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 did Liberals recruit international nurses if they have no intentions of hiring them, 5633
Why won't government hire the nurses from India who are now fully qualified to work here, 5692

Highway Traffic Act (Amdt.) (Bill 9)

Second reading, 530–532, 547–548
Committee, 560, 561, 562, 563

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)

Notice of motion, 2534
Second reading, 2838–2841, 2852
Committee, 2869, 2870, 2871–2873, 2874–2877, 2878, 2879, 2880–2881, 2882, 2883–2884, 2885–2886

Highway Traffic Act (Amdt.) and Provincial Offences Act (Amdt.) (Bill 79)

Notice of motion, 4743, 4785
Second reading, 4950–4953, 4960–4961
Committee, 4962–4965, 4966, 4967, 4968, 4969–4970, 4971–4972, 4973, 4974–4975, 4976, 4977–4978, 4979, 4980, 4981, 4982

House of Assembly

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Correspondence between Minister of Digital Government and Service NL and the Information and Privacy Commissioner regarding interpretation of "An Act to Amend Management of Information Act and the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act."—Tabled, 1406

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Does Minister now agree with the Seniors' Advocate, who condemned the abuse of no-fault evictions, 3328–3329
Does the expansion in this year's budget include the Seniors' Advocate recommendation to expand and fund the Home Modification Program, 7172

Housing

Can Minister highlight somewhere in that five-point plan where Labradorians can find affordable housing, 6739
Can Minister table the exact locations and occupancy dates of the 965 new homes built since 2021, 6843–6844
I ask the Minister how she plans to help people who are being pushed to the margins during this housing crisis, 6737
I ask the Minister what action she plans to take to ensure people are not rendered homeless as a result of inflationary and predatory rent increases, 6738
Is the Minister saying that the victims of crime are making up the stories, 6914
Is the Seniors' Advocate recommendation to establish a low-interest loan program to make small preventative home modifications more accessible included in the '24-'25 budget, 7172
Renovictions

Does Minister believe that Executive Director of End Homelessness is telling the truth about the renovictions of seniors or not, 2677
Given that other provinces do not allow no-fault evictions, why does this Minister, 2573
Where is the legislation to prevent renovictions, 2572
Who is telling the truth about renovictions, 2677
Why is Minister allowing renovictions, 2572
With Minister in denial about renovictions, will she now admit she is part of the problem, 2678

Urging government to immediately develop a plan and timeline to have all vacant NLHC units on Livingstone Street and in the neighbouring streets repaired and ready for occupancy within a year and develop a plan to complete renovations and maintenance on all NLHC units within 18 months; and to invest the necessary funding and hire the necessary workers to complete the renovations within the above timelines and work with other government and non-government agencies and organizations to support people who live there remain safely housed, 7093–7094
Urging government to introduce legislation to limit the amount rent can be increased annually, 3525
What do you say to the people of this once peaceful community—106 Airport Road, 6844–6845
What is this government doing to incentivize building new housing units across this province, 6738
When will the province take action and responsibility to create the 40 housing units for Labrador West instead of relying on the federal government, 6793
When will the safety of the neighbourhood surrounding 106 Airport Road be ensured, 6844
When will vacant housing units in need of repair be fixed and ready for habitation, 6843
Where is the action regarding senior being evicted by landlords, 2530
Why are we the only province in the country allowing seniors to be thrown out into the streets with no reason, 2083
Why does government continue to pass over government cheques to their Liberal friends versus keys to the people for their new homes, 6783
Why has Minister done nothing to end the no-fault evictions, given their potential to conceal discrimination by landlords on the basis of race, gender, or age, 2084
Why has Minister refused to act and protect vulnerable seniors and low-income individuals, given the exploitation of the landlord-tenant legislation, 2530
Why has the Housing budget for '24-'25 been reduced by $23 million, 7172
Why is Minister allowing desperate tenants to be exploited, 2083
Why is Minister allowing some landlords to use the 90-day, no-fault eviction loophole to throw people out on the street, 2082–2083
Will Ministers admit that they're part of the problem, 2722
Will the Minister bring in rent and vacancy control on REITs and other large financial landlords to ease the anxiety of renters, or will they simply stand by and let the predatory gouging continue, 7528
Will the Minister demand increase in the Canadian Housing Benefit and increase in provincial supports to offset the high rents people are facing, 7576–7577

Hurricane Fiona

What has the Minister done to get answers for people left in limbo by insurance companies, 901

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Barrow AFC

Did website traffic actually go down relative to the week before the big game, showing how ineffective the jersey ads really were, 5459
Even after an $8-million dollar contact to m5 Advertising, how did government get it so wrong, 5459
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
When will government stop misleading the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and tell us the facts, 5460
Why won't Minister make the m5 contract available, 5536–5537
Will Minister table the full m5 contract, 5535

Immigration

2024 was record-breaking year for immigration, 6909–6910
Number of citizens from the United Kingdom who moved to Newfoundland and Labrador, 5999

Supporting inclusive employment opportunities, 5526
Working Opportunities Program

Minister highlights inaugural class of Working Opportunities Program, 5133

Industry, Energy and Technology

Broadband

How is it a level playing field when there are regions without Internet and cellular coverage that cannot participate in this project, 2942
Is Minister's plan for areas of the province without Internet coverage that they will have to do without, 2942

Come By Chance Refinery

Has Minister ordered an investigation into another stand down in a portion of the refinery due to safety concerns, 470
What measures have been taken to ensure the safety of all workers at the refinery, 1194
What specific actions has government directed to ensure a safe workplace, 40
When will union, community and family see the report on the tragedy, 3207
Why must families and victims have to wait two years for answers, 470
Will Minister make public the occupational health and safety report into the tragic incident, 1193–1194

Insurance Companies Act (Amdt.) (Bill 47)

Notice of motion, 2533–2534
Second reading, 2628–2632, 2639–2640
Committee, 2641, 2642–2646, 2647, 2648, 2649, 2650–2651

Interim Supply Act, 2024 (Bill 63)

Committee, 3569–3572

Interim Supply Act, 2025 (Bill 105)

Committee, 6764–6767

King's Printer Act (Bill 49)

Notice of motion, 2534
Second reading, 2736–2738
Committee, 2739, 2740

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

Second reading, 1293–1297

Amendment (Hoist—three-month delay)

Debate

., 1314–1318

Amendment (Reasoned amendment)

Debate, 3741–3742, 3747

Committee, 4656–4657, 4663–4664, 4669–4670, 4675, 4677

Ministerial Statements

Digital Government and Service NL

Modernization

Minister highlights actions to improve delivery of government services, 7611–7612

Motorcycle Awareness Month

Recognition of, 2229

MyGovNL

Online Motor Vehicle Registration renewals surpass one million, 4685–4686

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Acknowlegement of, 3391–3392

Finance

Financial Literacy Month

Recognition of, 643–644

Health care

Mental Health

Mental Health and Addictions Centre opened, 7029

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Immigration

2024 was record-breaking year for immigration, 6909–6910

Supporting inclusive employment opportunities, 5526
Working Opportunities Program

Minister highlights inaugural class of Working Opportunities Program, 5133

Mortgage Brokerages and Brokers Act (Bill 30)

Notice of motion, 1047
Second reading, 2183–2185, 2187
Committee, 2188, 2189–2190, 2191, 2192, 2193

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), 6174–6176, 6177, 6178, 6389, 6390, 6391, 6392

Occupational Health and Safety Act (Amdt.) (Bill 41)

Notice of motion, 2087
Second reading, 2256–2257, 2260
Committee, 2261–2262, 2263, 2264, 2265

Oral Questions

Digital Government and Service NL

ATVs

How many more deaths will we see before the Minister takes action, 4886–4887
Is mandatory off-road vehicle training available, 4940
When will subsection of the act regarding training be implemented, 4784
Why won't Minister act to prevent serious injuries and fatalities in this province, 4940

Collection Services

Have vacancies and delays in recruitment impacted the collection of debt owed to government, 2008
Is amount of money owed to government increasing or decreasing under Minister's watch, 2009
Is Minister concerned that there will be a problem collecting debt owed to government, 2008–2009

Cyberattack

How much money would have been saved if government had corrected the deficiencies, 1195
Why does Minister refuse to be transparent with the public on one of the worst cyberattacks in our country's history, 585
Why does Minister refuse transparency, 585
Will Minister tell House what measures have been taken to address the deficiencies that were identified in the 2020 Canada-Israel Technology Solutions Report, 1194–1195

Delta Hotel chlorine leak

Can Minister provide update on the timeline for the Occupational Health and Safety investigation, 1807

Digitization

What actions has Minister taken on the digitization of government health services to reduce expenditures and improve outcomes, 1807

Elevators

How can the Minister justify leaving thousands of people using uninspected elevators every single day, 7220
When is the Minister going to take action to ensure public safety, 7221

Motor Vehicle Registration

Why is Minister forcing long-standing dealers to close, 2152
Why is Minister trying to force smaller and independent dealers out of business, with its new applications process and requirements, 2151
Why is Minister wrapping small businesses in red tape, 2152

Name change

Has Minister's department looked at making changes to prevent registered sex offenders from changing their names in the future, 309
Will Minister tighten the rules to prevent registered sex offenders from changing their name from now on, 308–309

OCIO

Can Minister explain how department has allocated $11 million with no identified projects, 4251
Can Minister provide an explanation of the unrelated projects and salary saving in the estimates, 4251
What is the budget amount department actually spends on cybersecurity purposes for government, 4252

Residential Tenancies Act

How can Minister stand by and let landlords take advantage of vulnerable people, 248
How many more years is the Minister going to wait before actually enforcing the Residential Tenancies Act, 7474–7475
Will Minister bring forward legislation to fix the loophole, 248

Ride-sharing service

How can Minister allow an owner not to be subject to background checks, 3666
How was Redsea Riding's application approved so quickly, 3666–3667
How will insurance costs compare between taxi companies and ride-sharing businesses, after Minister has met with taxi drivers, 2945

Weigh scales

Does Minister really believe that it is safe that 98 per cent of transport trucks will no longer have to be stopped to be safely inspected or weighed, 3401
Is Minister worried that the safety of our roadways will be compromised, 3401

Education

School buses

Had the school bus with the broken axle passed inspection, 1560
Has bus which had catastrophic mechanical failure been seized as part of investigation, 1240
Has Minister ordered a complete inspection of contracted busing in the province after recent incident, 1241
Is Minister jeopardizing student safety due to school bus inspections not being done, 3252
Were all school bus inspections completed before the school year started, 3401
What has department done since accident to ensure that this does not happen again in the near future, 1242
When was the last time that Dept. of Digital Government and Service NL inspected the bus in question, and will she table that report, 1241
When will reports be online so parents can view them, 1560
When will these inspections be available online, 2009–2010
Why is Minister failing school bus safety, 3252–3253
Why is Minister telling parents to check online when the latest information is not available, 1559–1560

Schools

Has the government conducted any air quality testing to ensure the safety of students and staff, 7526
Will the Kenmount Terrace school open as promised for September 2026, 7525

Environment and Climate Change

Waste recovery facilities

Why is the government supporting a system that adds even more barriers to those in rural communities, 7523

Finance

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

What happened in the past seven days to change government's stance, 5696–5697

Health care

Hospitals

Who will pay for the new water tower needed for the new hospital, 5410

Nurses

Has Minister reached out to learn the basis for these international nurses fearing repercussions for speaking out for themselves, 5694
How many internationally recruited nurses who are still waiting for a job were offered housing instead of a job, 5465
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 did Liberals recruit international nurses if they have no intentions of hiring them, 5633
Why won't government hire the nurses from India who are now fully qualified to work here, 5692

House of Assembly

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Does Minister now agree with the Seniors' Advocate, who condemned the abuse of no-fault evictions, 3328–3329
Does the expansion in this year's budget include the Seniors' Advocate recommendation to expand and fund the Home Modification Program, 7172

Housing

Can Minister highlight somewhere in that five-point plan where Labradorians can find affordable housing, 6739
Can Minister table the exact locations and occupancy dates of the 965 new homes built since 2021, 6843–6844
I ask the Minister how she plans to help people who are being pushed to the margins during this housing crisis, 6737
I ask the Minister what action she plans to take to ensure people are not rendered homeless as a result of inflationary and predatory rent increases, 6738
Is the Minister saying that the victims of crime are making up the stories, 6914
Is the Seniors' Advocate recommendation to establish a low-interest loan program to make small preventative home modifications more accessible included in the '24-'25 budget, 7172
Renovictions

Does Minister believe that Executive Director of End Homelessness is telling the truth about the renovictions of seniors or not, 2677
Given that other provinces do not allow no-fault evictions, why does this Minister, 2573
Where is the legislation to prevent renovictions, 2572
Who is telling the truth about renovictions, 2677
Why is Minister allowing renovictions, 2572
With Minister in denial about renovictions, will she now admit she is part of the problem, 2678

What do you say to the people of this once peaceful community—106 Airport Road, 6844–6845
What is this government doing to incentivize building new housing units across this province, 6738
When will the province take action and responsibility to create the 40 housing units for Labrador West instead of relying on the federal government, 6793
When will the safety of the neighbourhood surrounding 106 Airport Road be ensured, 6844
When will vacant housing units in need of repair be fixed and ready for habitation, 6843
Where is the action regarding senior being evicted by landlords, 2530
Why are we the only province in the country allowing seniors to be thrown out into the streets with no reason, 2083
Why does government continue to pass over government cheques to their Liberal friends versus keys to the people for their new homes, 6783
Why has Minister done nothing to end the no-fault evictions, given their potential to conceal discrimination by landlords on the basis of race, gender, or age, 2084
Why has Minister refused to act and protect vulnerable seniors and low-income individuals, given the exploitation of the landlord-tenant legislation, 2530
Why has the Housing budget for '24-'25 been reduced by $23 million, 7172
Why is Minister allowing desperate tenants to be exploited, 2083
Why is Minister allowing some landlords to use the 90-day, no-fault eviction loophole to throw people out on the street, 2082–2083
Will Ministers admit that they're part of the problem, 2722
Will the Minister bring in rent and vacancy control on REITs and other large financial landlords to ease the anxiety of renters, or will they simply stand by and let the predatory gouging continue, 7528
Will the Minister demand increase in the Canadian Housing Benefit and increase in provincial supports to offset the high rents people are facing, 7576–7577

Hurricane Fiona

What has the Minister done to get answers for people left in limbo by insurance companies, 901

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Barrow AFC

Did website traffic actually go down relative to the week before the big game, showing how ineffective the jersey ads really were, 5459
Even after an $8-million dollar contact to m5 Advertising, how did government get it so wrong, 5459
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
When will government stop misleading the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and tell us the facts, 5460
Why won't Minister make the m5 contract available, 5536–5537
Will Minister table the full m5 contract, 5535

Industry, Energy and Technology

Broadband

How is it a level playing field when there are regions without Internet and cellular coverage that cannot participate in this project, 2942
Is Minister's plan for areas of the province without Internet coverage that they will have to do without, 2942

Come By Chance Refinery

Has Minister ordered an investigation into another stand down in a portion of the refinery due to safety concerns, 470
What measures have been taken to ensure the safety of all workers at the refinery, 1194
What specific actions has government directed to ensure a safe workplace, 40
When will union, community and family see the report on the tragedy, 3207
Why must families and victims have to wait two years for answers, 470
Will Minister make public the occupational health and safety report into the tragic incident, 1193–1194

Seniors

Why are we one of the only places in the country that allows landlords to put seniors out on the street, with no-fault evictions, 3329
Will Minister implement rent and vacancy controls so that seniors do not have to worry about losing their homes, 5067

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

How many highway enforcement officer positions are vacant, 3251–3252
Why is Minister picking and choosing who can take part in speed camera program, 2439
Why was City of St. John's ignored with regard to speed cameras, 2438

Pension Benefits Act, 1997 (Amdt.) (Bill 61)

Notice of motion, 3041
Second reading, 3376–3378, 3379
Committee, 3380, 3381, 3382

Petitions

Health care

Labrador Affairs

Urging our leaders to ensure that Northern Labrador residents are provided with access to timely and adequate mental health care

response, 6859

Housing

Urging government to immediately develop a plan and timeline to have all vacant NLHC units on Livingstone Street and in the neighbouring streets repaired and ready for occupancy within a year and develop a plan to complete renovations and maintenance on all NLHC units within 18 months; and to invest the necessary funding and hire the necessary workers to complete the renovations within the above timelines and work with other government and non-government agencies and organizations to support people who live there remain safely housed

response, 7093–7094

Urging government to introduce legislation to limit the amount rent can be increased annually

response, 3525

Point of Order

Member did not shake her head, as claimed, 914

Point of Privilege

Damaging a Member's reputation and provision of misleading information, 1389–1390

Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland and Labrador

2021 Annual Report—Revised edition—Tabled, 369
2021 Annual Report—Tabled, 252
2022 Annual Report—Tabled, 2533

Real Estate Trading Act, 2019 (Amdt.) (Bill 14)

Second reading, 553–554, 556

Resolution, Government

Environment and Climate Change

Climate Change

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

Debate, 2708–2710

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, 6174–6176, 6177, 6178, 6389, 6390, 6391, 6392

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, 5385–5387

Seniors

Why are we one of the only places in the country that allows landlords to put seniors out on the street, with no-fault evictions, 3329
Will Minister implement rent and vacancy controls so that seniors do not have to worry about losing their homes, 5067

Tabled Documents

Architects Licensing Board of Newfoundland and Labrador

Annual Report, 13th, 1046
Annual Report, 14th, 3790

Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities

2022-2023 Annual Report on Automobile Insurance, 2155
2023-2024 Annual Report on Automobile Insurance, 4645
2024-2025 Annual Report on Automobile Insurance, 7344

Chartered Professional Accountants of Newfoundland and Labrador

Annual Report 2021-2022, 251
Annual Report 2022-2023, 2533

Embalmers and Funeral Directors Board of Newfoundland and Labrador

Annual Activity Report 2021, 251
Annual Activity Report 2022, 2533

House of Assembly

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Correspondence between Minister of Digital Government and Service NL and the Information and Privacy Commissioner regarding interpretation of "An Act to Amend Management of Information Act and the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act.," 1406

Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland and Labrador

2021 Annual Report, 252
2021 Annual Report—Revised edition, 369
2022 Annual Report, 2533

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

How many highway enforcement officer positions are vacant, 3251–3252
How many more years does the Minister need before she issues a single speed camera-ticket, 4739
When is Minister going to issue a speed camera-ticket and how many more years does she need, 4739
Why is Minister picking and choosing who can take part in speed camera program, 2439
Why was City of St. John's ignored with regard to speed cameras, 2438

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

Second reading, 7536–7537

Vital Statistics Act, 2009 (Amdt.) (Bill 77)

Notice of motion, 4700
Second reading, 4791–4792, 4794–4795
Committee, 4796, 4797–4798, 4799

STOYLES, LUCY (L) (MOUNT PEARL NORTH)

House of Assembly

Maiden speech, 12–13

Members' Statements

Arts

Congratulating Jenny Mallard on achievements in music and wishing her a successful career—Mount Pearl, 2475
Release of solo album Heart to Heart—Brophy, Korona—Mount Pearl, 508
Simms, Justin—acknowledging successes in directing career and wishing success in future, 7208

Awards, miscellaneous

Focus on Youth Awards—congratulations to all the award recipients—Mount Pearl, 7515
Miss Canada Earth pageant—Second runner up—Jones, Allison—Mount Pearl North (District), 5455
Mount Pearl 2024 Youth of the Year Award—Courtney Abbott and Eamon Fogwill, 7419–7420
Presentation of 75th Anniversary of Confederation Medals to 17 residents of District of Mount Pearl North, 5218

Birthdays/anniversaries

105th—Freake, Garland—Mount Pearl North (District), 4240

Business/entrepreneurship

Canadian Daikin Dealer of the Year—Hot Frost—Mount Pearl North (District), 3317–3318
JAC—Multi-award winning digital marketing agency—Congratulating John Atkins—Mount Pearl, 2139
Mount Pearl Paradise Chamber of Commerce Best in Business Award—O'Neill Auto Group, 832

Clubs/organizations

Echelon Wellness Centre—Opening of centre offering health care services to military veterans and members of the RCMP—Mount Pearl North (District), 5744
Girl Guides—65 years of guiding—Mount Pearl Marconi District Girl Guides, 4770
Lions Club

Acknowledging their many contributions—Mount Pearl, 2976

Mount Pearl-Paradise Chamber of Commerce—Celebrating their work since 1985, 3593–3594
Mount Pearl Seniors Independence Group—25th anniversary, 1453

Municipalities

Warming centre—Our Lady Queen of Families Parish partnering with City of Mount Pearl, 2713

Sports/recreation

Canada Games 2025

Congratulating naming to coaching staff for Team NL's indoor volleyball—Dawe, Sarah—Mount Pearl North (District), 3718–3719

Deaf Pan American Games

Recognizing Falon McLoughlan's selection to join Team Canada at the games, 4528

Tributes

Acknowledging almost 40 years of coaching, officiating and volunteering—Martin, Gary—Mount Pearl North (District), 1182
Acknowledging long service at Mount Pearl Paint Shop and community work—Smith, Calvin—Mount Pearl, 1329–1330
Anstey, Reg—Mount Pearl, 299–300
Furlong, Colin—Mount Pearl, 6677
McDonald, Ruth—over 50 years as a volunteer and 32 as a constituency assistant—Mount Pearl North (District), 6908–6909
Music teacher—O'Keefe, Susanne—Mount Pearl North (District), 4985

Volunteers

Acknowledging Jeff Blackwood's volunteer activities—Mount Pearl North (District), 2281–2282
Thanking volunteers in our communities, 3992

Mount Pearl

Arts

Congratulating Jenny Mallard on achievements in music and wishing her a successful career, 2475
Release of solo album Heart to Heart—Brophy, Korona, 508

Awards, miscellaneous

Focus on Youth Awards—congratulations to all the award recipients, 7515
Mount Pearl 2024 Youth of the Year Award—Courtney Abbott and Eamon Fogwill, 7419–7420

Business/entrepreneurship

JAC—Multi-award winning digital marketing agency—Congratulating John Atkins, 2139

Clubs/organizations

Girl Guides—65 years of guiding—Mount Pearl Marconi District Girl Guides, 4770
Lions Club—Acknowledging their many contributions, 2976
Mount Pearl Seniors Independence Group—25th anniversary, 1453

Municipalities

Warming centre—Our Lady Queen of Families Parish partnering with City of Mount Pearl, 2713

Sports/recreation

Deaf Pan American Games

Recognizing Falon McLoughlan's selection to join Team Canada at the games, 4528

Tributes

Anstey, Reg, 299–300
Furlong, Colin, 6677
Smith, Calvin—Acknowledging long service at Mount Pearl Paint Shop and community work, 1329–1330

Mount Pearl North (District)

Awards, miscellaneous

Miss Canada Earth pageant—Second runner up—Jones, Allison, 5455
Presentation 75th Anniversary of Confederation Medals to 17 residents, 5218

Birthdays/anniversaries

105th—Freake, Garland, 4240

Business/entrepreneurship

Canadian Daikin Dealer of the Year—Hot Frost, 3317–3318

Clubs/organizations

Echelon Wellness Centre—Opening of centre offering health care services to military veterans and members of the RCMP, 5744
Mount Pearl-Paradise Chamber of Commerce—Celebrating their work since 1985, 3593–3594

Sports/recreation

Canada Games 2025—Congratulating naming to coaching staff for Team NL's indoor volleyball—Dawe, Sarah, 3718–3719

Tributes

Martin, Gary—Acknowledging almost 40 years of coaching, officiating and volunteering, 1182
McDonald, Ruth—over 50 years as a volunteer and 32 as a constituency assistant, 6908–6909
Music teacher—O'Keefe, Susanne, 4985

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), 6413–6415

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, 6413–6415

Speech from the Throne

Select Committee Appointment (Address in Reply)

Seconded, 12–13

Standing Committees

Government Services Committee (2024)

Report of Committee, 4299

Government Services Committee (2025)

Report of Committee, 7224

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